The UN’s cultural body conferred world heritage status on a number of new sites this weekend. Here is a list of some of the new additions. FRANCE: CHAMPAGNE AND BURGUNDY VINEYARDS The historic vineyards, wine…
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#FoodTrend: Odd shaped watermelons herald Japan’s summer
Japanese consumers are used to paying through the nose for fruit, and now the summer’s here there’s another way for them to empty their wallets: cube and heart-shaped watermelons. But this pricey produce is not…
What is the 22 day plant based diet?
If you are always looking for new and fun ways to get healthy and change the way you eat for the better you have probably heard of the 22 Day Revolution. Its all over social…
Our2Cents: Handling demanding family during wedding planning
Recently engaged Sharon Mundia looks to Susan Wong and Amina Abdi to get their two cents on how to handle demanding parents during wedding planning. As we all know, sometimes trying to get your guest…
Google ‘campuses’ give tech startups room to flourish
In a nod to its humble beginning in the garage of a Silicon Valley house, Google is building “campuses” around the world intended as fertile ground where entrepreneurs can flourish. A campus that opened…
#Travel: 2015 Kenya Eco Warrior Awards nominations now open
Ecotourism Kenya has opened the call for nominations for the 10th edition of the Eco Warrior Awards for Excellence and Exceptional Innovations in Responsible Tourism. Tourism initiatives from within Kenya that enhance social-cultural, economic…
#MustRead: Four lessons from Lupita
Written by Isis Nyongo for MumsVillage There’s been considerable buzz about Lupita Nyong’o’s first official visit to Kenya since becoming a global star. I joined three other mums from the MumsVillage community in attending…
Disgust dampens women’s sexual arousal more than fear
What’s more of a passion killer than fear? Well, for women it’s being disgusted. In a recent study, researchers from the University of Portsmouth compared how sexually aroused women were after being exposed to negative…
GQ’s Most stylish men alive 2015
After analyzing thousands of street style pictures and hundreds of candidates (a process that we believe most women would have killed to be a part of), GQ Magazine finally came up with a list of…
Google apologizes after photo app tagged black couple ‘gorillas’
Google apologized after an identification program in its new photo app put a “gorillas” label on a picture of a black couple. “We’re appalled and genuinely sorry that this happened,” a Google representative said late…