Kenya sets up own geo-hazard surveillance system to monitor distribution, strength of seismic events
During a meeting with the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Mining to deliberate over the Budget Policy Statement, a mining team led by the PS appealed to the committee for allocation of adequate resources that will ensure execution of vital programs under the department.
Across the bridge: From academic writing to public writing, then public action publishing
Public writing is definitely necessary for retired academics and intellectuals to keep their minds productive beyond the Ivory Tower. Many academics are never heard of again once they leave the ivory tower because they only know academic writing, which is unnecessary beyond the Ivory Tower. To remain productive outside the Ivory Tower, they should engage in public writing.
Publish or perish: Why internet publishing is new storehouse of knowledge for deprived African scholars
In Africa South of the Sahara, South Africa and Nigeria have progressed fastest in the adoption and use social media in academic libraries. However, it is true to say that in most African universities there is still a lot of hesitation to use academic production in social media such as Researchgate.net and Academia.edu to measure academic success and reward those who publish in these media, however qualitative their work is. This is probably true in most universities of the world.
Shape up or ship out: Kenyan journalists warned they must embrace artificial intelligence or be tossed out
In Africa, AI uptake has been slower due to limited access to technology, inadequate training, and regulatory concerns. Nevertheless, some media houses have begun integrating AI for newsroom automation, audience analytics and fact-checking
Kenya’s information ministry expands internet access with establishment of two more digital hubs in rural areas
The high-end hub will include a boardroom, computer laboratories, office spaces and a Huduma Centre unit.
Welcome to artificial intelligence that’s likely to turn East African universities into ‘knowledge dinosaurs’
Some critics are worried about machine learning. One writer has recorded that 50 per cent of all AI researchers are worried about the impact of AI on thinking and reasoning of those using AI. Indeed, one has written about quest to reclaim what makes us human: thinking, reasoning, values, virtues, consciousness, emotional responses, love, ethics, morality and feelings.
Kenya extends digital superhighway to the hinterland in push for creative economy
Plans for the realisation of a digital superhighway and creative economy in Trans Nzoia County are on course. This is evident following handover of the site for the construction of a modern digital centre of excellence to the contractor at Cherangany Sub County headquarters. Addressing the press before overseeing the...
‘Value of Acceptance’ report by Visa and 4Sight Research shows 58 per cent business transactions in Kenya are paid for with mobile money
As Kenya leads Africa in financial innovation, the message is clear that digital payments are not limited in time as they constantly transform businesses, empower entrepreneurs, and shape a stronger economy.
Herders embrace artificial intelligence to increase goat milk, meat to match rising demand in Kenya
Speaking during an open day event with goat dairy farmers at the Kutus Ahiti Domba Centre, Kirinyaga County KAGRC Managing Director Benadette Misoi told goat herders the importance of AI in modern farming, describing it as ground-breaking technology that is expected to help farmers maximise their yields.
Revealed: WikiLeaks lays bare how USAID bankrolled Internews Network, with regional headquarters Kenya, to suppress media freedom
WikiLeaks is a multinational organisation founded by Julian Assange that specialises “in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying and corruption.”
