His story: How Bill Gates terrorised his parents, classmates, spent night in jail and joked it’s impossible to amass $15 million fortune

His story: How Bill Gates terrorised his parents, classmates, spent night in jail and joked it’s impossible to amass $15 million fortune

Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers says that it’s possible to explain why some people are special. They practice at their special skill for 10,000 hours and are alive at the perfect time for their expertise to matter. You certainly spent more than 10,000 hours programming, and the time was right.

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East Africa’s leading gaming firm SportPesa transforms betting with M-Pesa mini-app integration

East Africa’s leading gaming firm SportPesa transforms betting with M-Pesa mini-app integration

M-Pesa’s extensive reach, coupled with SportPesa’s reputation for delivering unparalleled gaming experiences, creates a synergy that benefits both platforms. This collaboration solidifies M-Pesa’s position as Kenya’s leading financial services provider.

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Office of Personnel Management staff locked out of computer systems on Elon Musk orders

Office of Personnel Management staff locked out of computer systems on Elon Musk orders

Don Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, said the actions inside OPM raised concerns about congressional oversight at the agency and how Trump and Musk view the federal bureaucracy.

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Kenya eyes deeper economic ties with Europe to diversify exports from coffee, tea and flowers

Kenya eyes deeper economic ties with Europe to diversify exports from coffee, tea and flowers

Principal Secretary K’Ombudo said Kenya’s commitment to adhering to environmental standards, to attract trade and investment by maintaining supply chains that are ethical and verifiable to guard sustainability.

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Nairobi county resolves bus owners and hawkers impasse but fails to address role of criminal enterprises in Kenyan capital’s chaos

Nairobi county resolves bus owners and hawkers impasse but fails to address role of criminal enterprises in Kenyan capital’s chaos

Nairobi City County government led by Governor Johnson Sakaja has embarked on a clean-up exercise that has drawn in 3,500 ‘Green Army’ personnel every Sunday to restore a semblance  of the gleam that once gave the Kenya capital the acclamation ‘Africa’s Green City in the Sun’ owing to its cleanliness, orderliness, security and public safety.

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Rising access to electricity in Kenya, worries conservationists as 500 colobus monkeys, 5,000 birds are electrocuted by power transmission lines

Rising access to electricity in Kenya, worries conservationists as 500 colobus monkeys, 5,000 birds are electrocuted by power transmission lines

Colobus Conservation in collaboration with KPLC in 2017 removed 12 kilometres of uninsulated powerlines in Diani at the Kenya coast and replaced them with insulated lines. The agencies also moved transformers, which given their location, were causing multiple primate electrocutions.

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How Sierra Leon teenage defender outfoxed Valladolid to sign for Manchester City in six days

How Sierra Leon teenage defender outfoxed Valladolid to sign for Manchester City in six days

Bah was enthused by the idea of joining City – the group, which includes 13 teams worldwide from the United States to Japan, Brazil and Australia – and will receive good money for doing so.

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How climate change and counterfeits are hurting Kenyan farmers and raising concerns about who can share seeds

How climate change and counterfeits are hurting Kenyan farmers and raising concerns about who can share seeds

Kenya is not alone facing food security pressures. According to a UN Food and Agriculture and Organization (FAO) report in 2023, over a billion people across the African continent are unable to afford healthy diets, and the number of hungry people is increasing.

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Trump’s orders on aid freeze meet with legal resistance, force White House to revoke spending pause

Trump’s orders on aid freeze meet with legal resistance, force White House to revoke spending pause

At the virtual hearing from Providence, Rhode Island, McConnell, an appointee of Democratic President Barack Obama, said the states have convinced him that the “inappropriate effects” of the now-rescinded funding freeze directive “are going to continue and that hasn’t changed based on comments by the president’s press secretary.”

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Livestock vaccination: Kenya’s gloomy economic outlook compels government to raise investment in meat industry   

Livestock vaccination: Kenya’s gloomy economic outlook compels government to raise investment in meat industry   

Speaking during a media briefing in Nairobi, Dr Isaac Mwaura said that in Kakamega County, 2,500 heads of cattle, 200 sheep and goats and 19 pigs have been vaccinated while the veterinary department in Trans Nzoia County has received 4,000 doses of the FMD vaccines and plans to roll out the vaccination in due course even as farmers are being encouraged to also continue vaccinating their flocks privately

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