Nairobi Living

1. BA-Kenya flight schedule to operate as normal

A schedule of flights released by British Airways indicates Kenya will operate a normal service between the 20th and the 22nd of March when British Airways cabin crew down their tools. British Airways Kenya Commercial Manager Mr. George Mawadri...

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 | 165 hits | Read more

2. Babu, Just a Band and Maia Von Lekow

Nairobi living is not just about partying until the sung comes up or heading out of town to watch rugby or any of those other random events. We too also like going for the occasional concert and I can assure you that if I could have avoided it, the...

Thursday, 22 October 2009 | 478 hits | 5 comments | Read more

3. Balance Sheet of life

Our Birth is our Opening Balance!  Our Death is our Closing Balance! Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities  Our Creative Ideas are our Assets  Heart is our Current Asset  Soul is our Fixed Asset  Brain is our Fixed Deposit  ...

Thursday, 03 December 2009 | 401 hits | 1 comment | Read more

4. Bamburi rugby series and a UEFA Champions final

Saturday was going to be legendary and it started out so well. The weather was those weird ones where it’s hot in spite of there being a cloudy sky. Perfect weather for the days plans of a sporting nature; Bamburi Rugby Super Series and the UEFA...

Monday, 24 May 2010 | 243 hits | 4 comments | Read more

5. Bamburi Rugby Super Series media briefing

The Bamburi Rugby Super Series 2010 Organizing Committee held a media briefing at Nairobi’s Hotel Inter Continental on Wednesday 7th April 2010. BRSS Chairman Aggrey Chabeda took members of the press through a presentation aimed at educating them...

Wednesday, 07 April 2010 | 313 hits | 1 comment | Read more

6. Bamburi Rugby Super Series: The future of fifteens rugby

It was first played in 2003,and was known as the Jogoo Rugby Super Series, courtesy of sponsorship from Unga Limited. The 2004 event was sponsored by UAP Insurance before cement giants Bamburi took up title sponsorship in 2005, a role that they...

Monday, 22 March 2010 | 160 hits | Read more

7. Bank of Africa (“BOA”) says hallo to Eldoret

“The north Rift is one of the fastest growing regions in Kenya and huge SME population, and in line with our strategy of focusing on SMEs, we have to be present. We believe that by, responding promptly to our customers’ needs, we will continue...

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 | 203 hits | 2 comments | Read more

8. Bank of Africa now taps into non-profit space

Bank of Africa “BOA” has announced their push it into non-profit sector with the launch of its “Goodwill Current Account,” specifically tailor made to suit this segment. The product has been launched to support the large number of local and...

Monday, 26 July 2010 | 93 hits | Read more

9. Bank of Africa opens in Ngong Road

Thursday evening and all roads lead to Bishop Maigua building on Ngong road. This evening we were to witness the opening of the latest branch of Bank of Africa. The building is of special interest to the techie community as it hosts the I-hub. It...

Monday, 26 July 2010 | 117 hits | 1 comment | Read more

10. Bank of Africa profit grows by 209%

Bank of Africa- Kenya (“BOA”) has reported a pre-tax profit of Kshs 180.4 million for the three months ending March 2010, representing a growth of 209 percent compared to the Kshs. 58.2 million reported for the same period last year. “This...

Monday, 17 May 2010 | 212 hits | Read more

11. Bank of Africa sponsors this years Law Society of Kenya Conference

Bank of Africa (“BOA”), one of the most innovative and fastest growing banks in Kenya has announced their sponsorship for this year’s Law Society of Kenya (“LSK”) Annual Conference. The bank is contributing Ksh.600,000 to the conference...

Friday, 13 August 2010 | 86 hits | Read more

12. Bank of Africa's new branch

      I really hadn't planned on going for that Bank of Africa Launch. In fact, the plan was simply to head to Kengeles Nairobi West, have a few beers, and listen...

Sunday, 25 February 2007 | 582 hits | Read more

13. Barclays bank Automated Teller machines (ATMs)

This is a list of all the Barclays Bank Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in Nairobi ABC Place Langata Shop'ng Cnt. Location:  Abc Place Waiyaki Way Location:  langata shopping centre    ...

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 | 258 hits | Read more

14. Barclays SME customers to benefit from improved internet banking

Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited (Barclays Kenya) has entered into a strategic alliance with top ICT firm, Access Kenya, to enhance the internet banking solutions for Barclays SME customers. The Barclays Kenya Commercial Banking Director, Nick...

Thursday, 06 May 2010 | 266 hits | Read more

15. Be good to your neighbours OR Just kill them all

Since the wife is eight months into her pregnancy, the husband has to sleep on the floor to avoid any regrettable mistakes which might happen pretty easily, for he has been desperate for quite ...

Saturday, 07 February 2009 | 292 hits | Read more

16. Before you date my daughter

At the rate young girls and boys are getting to know/do things that we only started doing/knowing in the recent past, I believe the form below should be very helpful to all of us. If you have a...

Saturday, 07 February 2009 | 303 hits | Read more

17. Beijing with Nokia week

Last week was spent in the wonderful city of Beijing, China. I was part of a contingent of journalists that Nokia had sent to show their Beijing operation. The journalists came from a region that Nokia, the world’s largest handset manufacturer,...

Monday, 02 August 2010 | 157 hits | Read more

18. Beijing with Nokia: Nairobi, Bangkok, Guanzou, Beijing

You can read the intro to this series of blogs here. The day of leaving for Beijing was Sunday 25 July and the return was for Friday 30 July. Sunday evening the pick up was 6pm for us to check in for the 10pm flight. Was I going to comply with...

Monday, 02 August 2010 | 156 hits | Read more

19. Benefits of sex

Did you know that you can tell from the skin whether a person is sexually active or not? 1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and...

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 | 598 hits | 3 comments | Read more

20. Bharti Airtel appoints Andre Beyers as Chief Marketing Officer for African operations

Bharti Airtel, a leading emerging market telecom services provider, today announced the appointment of Andre Beyers as the Chief Marketing Officer for its African operations. The company recently acquired the mobile services operations of Zain in 15...

Friday, 30 July 2010 | 105 hits | Read more

21. Bharti Airtel to boost Eastern Africa connectivity with EASSy

In a move that is set to hugely boost connectivity of East African countries with rest of the world, Bharti Airtel, one of the leading emerging markets’ telcos together with global telcos today announced the launch of the EASSy cable system. This...

Thursday, 05 August 2010 | 101 hits | Read more

22. Bharti to harness local manpower as it seeks rapid growth of Zain Kenya

Bharti Airtel, one of the largest mobile companies in the world, which has recently acquired 15 African operations of Zain including Kenya, reiterated that it will seek to empower local operations by developing its local human capital as part of its...

Monday, 21 June 2010 | 149 hits | Read more

23. Bishop Njenga Girls Bungoma crowned the ladies champs of Western Kenya

Bishop Njenga Girls Bungoma are the ladies 2010 COPA Coca-Cola Western Province champions after thrashing Butere Girls 2-0 in scorching hot finals, at Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega. The stadium was lit up 5 minutes into the game after both sides...

Sunday, 18 April 2010 | 189 hits | Read more

24. Blacktown are the 2010 Sprite Slam Nyanza Champions

Blacktown are the 2010 Sprite Slam basketball Nyanza champions after beating Kenya Re 52-35, in a tough match that saw both teams fighting to outdo each other on the score board. The game was played at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Grounds where fans cheered...

Monday, 16 August 2010 | 71 hits | Read more

25. BLU 3 and AY to perform at the MAMA

Also added to the lineup of performers at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain are Lizha James from Mozambique – a hot contender for the Best Female trophy – South Africa’s Da L.E.S (Best Male, Best Video nominee), A.Y. from Tanzania...

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 | 301 hits | Read more

26. Boni Odinga's Wikipedia mention

Boni Odinga Have really become a Wikipedia addict over the last few weeks. As I was looking through the website they had this section about Kenyan media and specifically about ...

Monday, 20 November 2006 | 386 hits | 1 comment | Read more

27. Botswana knocks out Zambia in the semi-finals of Copa coca-cola 2010

Botswana continued with their giant killing act by beating 10-man Zambia 2-1 at Kathlehong Stadium to book a final slot in the Copa Coca Cola U17 football tournament.  With the match destined for the penalty shootout, Tshepo Phaladi popped up in...

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 | 126 hits | Read more

28. Bowling with the Facebookers

So Friday was the day. After many voting like a nonsense for the Facebook King and Queen several months ago it was time for the people who were part of the madness to get their reward. King Syoks and Queen Shiro were losing their crowns and they...

Monday, 23 August 2010 | 137 hits | Read more

29. Bread is dangerous!

Research on bread indicates that: 1. More than 98 percent of convicted criminals are bread users. 2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on...

Saturday, 07 February 2009 | 236 hits | Read more

30. Brian Muthiani's Nestlé’s procurements

I met Brian several years ago when he was the long suffering chairperson of AIESEC in USIU. He was instrumental in ensuring the survival of the association at a very tumultuous time. And he did a...

Sunday, 06 May 2007 | 415 hits | Read more

31. Bringing the Online Tourism World to Nairobi

With faster online speeds, the dominance of e-commerce and the rise of social media networking- the tourism business has been revolutionized. Add to this the global interest in Africa generated from the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, and it is critical...

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 | 121 hits | Read more

32. Bronze Rat

A tourist wanders into a back-alley antique shop in San Francisco's Chinatown. Picking through the objects on display he discovers a detailed, life-sized bronze sculpture of a rat. The sculpture is so interesting and unique that he picks it up and...

Sunday, 13 September 2009 | 274 hits | Read more

33. Budding footballers to display skills in Eastern region - Copa Coca Cola

The 2010 COPA Coca-Cola tournament moves to Eastern Region this weekend where a total of 164 teams are expected to battle it out during the two day tournament at the District level for the top 24 slots.     The games, which will involve both...

Thursday, 25 February 2010 | 231 hits | Read more

34. Buying Booze in Woolmatt

My pal was having a housewarming bash and asked me over. I hadn't seen her for quite a bit so I had to go over and see her new diggs. As is the rule when one ...

Sunday, 09 April 2006 | 215 hits | Read more