A Kenyan film by university students has won an international award in the Zanzibar International Film Festival (Ziff) during the award ceremony held on Saturday.. The film, ‘Sticking ribbons’ was awarded as best East African Talent. Directed by students Bill Jones Afwani, produced by Kevin Njue who is also the film’s scriptwriter, with Brian Achar […]
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LOS ANGELES Kenyan Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, Somalia’s Barkhad Abdi, “Happy” songster Pharrell Williams and Irish-German star Michael Fassbender are among 271 actors newly invited to join Hollywood’s Oscar-bestowing Academy, organisers have said. Other non-US invitees include Britain’s Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan, as well as Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki and Israeli-born Palestinian director […]
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For more than a year TV journalist Caleb Karuga wanted to get fired. The Kenyan entrepreneur says that while he was good at his job, his true passion lay in farming, but he did not have the courage to quit his job. Caleb Karuga, founder of Wendy Farms “I would pray with my wife every […]
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KENYAN star actress and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o has optioned and got the film rights to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel, Americanah. In an interview with Arise Entertainment two months ago, the Nigerian author hinted that she will be working with Lupita. She said that Lupita read the novel, loved it and “will be making […]
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“No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid.” Dignified, inspiring words spoken by young woman who looked like a fairy princess on Hollywood’s most spectacular night. Lupita Nyong’o won the Academy Award for best supporting actress — and black, brown and “other” women and girls all around the world exhaled with relief and cheered […]
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1. Honorable Omobola Johnson (Nigeria) Honorable Omobola Johnson takes ‘person of the year’ because by the end of the year, she took action and used her very influential position to create programs and policies that will ensure that Nigerian girls become active participants in the ICT sector by launching the ‘SmartWomen Initiative’ and the ’1000 Girls in […]
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There has never been a more inspired generation of young Africans. These builders, innovators and risk takers are fervent in their resolve to transform the continent. They are solving critical socio-economic problems, exporting African culture to the world, creating job opportunities for Africans, re-telling Africa’s stories, and writing the future. I present to you Africa’s brightest […]
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We all have moments of doubt. Even the best of us question if our dream is going to come true. The one thing that separates the truly successful from those who never reach their true potential is an unbreakable faith in the fact that what they’re doing is right.
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The coming of a new year is the perfect time to take stock of your life, and decide whether it’s going where you want it to go. Chances are, you have room for improvement. (We all do) But how do you make it happen? You know that if you keep doing the same stuff you’ve […]
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Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o is definitely going places with her career as an actress. The former Face of Africa beauty who is a graduate of Yale School of Drama has featured in a couple of impressive Hollywood movies starting off with Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” which stars Hollywood big shots Brad Pitt, Paul Giamatti, […]
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I heard these words as a kid, the song PAPA STOP THE WAR by CHICCO, was just another song that I could dance to, try my latest break dance moves. It was during the the show MUSIC TIME that was hosted by Fred O. Machoka on sunday night when we all would gather round the […]
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