Empowering Lives: Fireside Group at the Mater Heart Run
Empowering Lives: Fireside Group at the Mater Heart Run Fireside Group is committed to community involvement through various initiatives. This year, our team members from Nairobi and Mombasa participated in the Mater Heart Run on May 25th, which took place in over 10 towns nationwide. The event, themed “Touch a Child’s Heart,” aimed to raise […]
Safaricom Women In Business
Safaricom Women in Business In March, Rebecca Wanjiku, CEO of Fireside Group, was honored at the She Connects event for her outstanding efforts in empowering women in the technological landscape. The award, presented by Women in Connectivity, recognized her dedication and achievements in bridging the digital divide and supporting women and girls in engineering and […]
Wind and Solar Have the Potential to Boost Telcos’ Earnings and Sustainability
Wind and Solar Have the Potential to Boost Telcos’ Earnings and Sustainability Kenya has an ambitious plan to attain a 100 percent renewable energy grid by 2030.According to data from the government, the country recorded 2,613MW in installed renewable energy capacity last year.This represents 76 percent of the total installed capacity being renewable and last […]
Why Women in Real Estate Deserve a Bigger Pie in State Projects
Why Women in Real Estate Deserve a Bigger Pie in State Projects In October 2013 Kenya launched the Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) programme in keeping with a campaign pledge to open up State tenders to disadvantaged groups in the country.AGPO was intended to facilitate enterprises owned by the youth, women and persons with […]
Internet Service Providers Should Focus on Offering Customers Value
Internet Service Providers Should Focus on Offering Customers Value In the last 10 years, Kenya’s Internet landscape has witnessed remarkable growth, yet a stark digital divide persists. While urban centres and middle and high-end estates boast of increasing connectivity, many rural and low-income communities remain largely unconnected. This gap isn’t simply about infrastructure, it’s about […]
How Community Networks Could Bridge the ‘Digital Divide’
How Community Networks Could Bridge the ‘Digital Divide’ Last month, the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) published guidelines for licensing community networks to connect to the national broadband grid. The Licensing and Shared Spectrum Framework for Community Networks may help regulators tap into the opportunities from reducing the barriers to entry for small operators looking […]
Extend fiber network to rural areas and spur development
Extend fiber network to rural areas and spur development Earlier this year, Google’s parent company Alphabet announced it was shutting down Loon, a connectivity project that beamed high-speed Internet to underserved areas in Kenya. The sudden announcement came barely six months after the project was officially launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta with deployments in 14 […]
Kabete Rehabilitation School
Kabete Rehabilitation School From afar, the Kabete Rehabilitation Centre seems like a normal primary school. On closer scrutiny, one, however, notices several police vehicles parked near the Administration Police post at the entrance of the school. This together with the heavy grills installed on doors and windows around the institution indicate that although the establishment […]
Joy Divine Centre
Joy Divine Centre When a street kid approaches someone, that person often clutches their wallet or bag tight, or walks away. To most people, street kids are a pain in the foot: Poor, misplaced, and sometimes dangerous. Joy Divine Centre has made giving a home to these children a priority. The Centre further has a […]
A New Ray of Hope
A New Ray of Hope A story of Mary Anne Muthoni Maryanne was born one and half months before time, and only two months into her young life she was separated from her mum who had to leave for Dubai to work. Maryanne had to be left under the care of her grandmother, Grace. All […]