The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) went viral Monday afternoon after the student financing institution sent a text to borrowers. The SMS is a notification to borrowers on new M-pesa payment option. “You can conveniently pay your outstanding HELB loan … More
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has partnered with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the Immigration Department to rope in more repayments from the thousands of former students who still haven’t start repaying their loan. The new … More
My name is Erick Kivuva, commonly known as Ryk Mchoraji. I am a free-style fashion artist. I design and make hand-painted, airbrushed and embroidery art T-shirts and polo shirts. I wanted to own the kind of tees I make when … More
Nokia, AppCampus and infoDev, a global innovation program of the World Bank, has announced a collaboration with mobile innovation hubs across Africa, Asia and Latin America – a move that will empower these hubs to act as scouts and agents … More
Martin Siele and Brian Kirotich are no ordinary high school students. The two form-four students at Alliance High School have created a web platform that gives high school students access to past examination papers. The exam papers are sourced from … More
Students have been invited to participate in a global challenge aimed at coming up with an innovative solution to improve data collection and management in the dairy sector. Scientists Without Borders and The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science in collaboration … More
It is approximated that the vibrant community micro-saving groups have collectively saved up over a billion shillings through the merry-go-round system. Obviously, without proper systems, financial management and accountability is a challenge. But one student has identified the gap and … More
On Saturday 18th May at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), eMobilis Institute and Nokia organized an awarding ceremony for the 40 students who created and published innovative mobile applications during a Windows Phone Application Boot Camp. The … More
When four University of Nairobi engineering students entered the Airbus Fly Your Ideas (FYI) competition, they had no idea they will be finalists in the video category. But eight months down the road, rigorous pre-qualification stages, hundreds of man hours … More
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has waived all penalties to individuals who will pay their outstanding loan in lump sum. The one-month amnesty will run from 6th May to June 6th 2013. The Board has also announced that defaulting … More
