By Allan Wasega, KamiLimu Committee Member Quiet and a little shy, it is easy to miss him in a crowd. He seemed the type of person you would not normally find seated at the front of a room; the kind who prefers being in a corner with loud but unsaid…

Recently, Kenya has witnessed a remarkable growth in the number of foreign tech firms that set up shop in the country. In April alone, we saw Google announce plans to establish a product development center in Nairobi, while Visa also opened its Product Innovation Hub in the city and first…

Writing, when deconstructed, oftentimes has less to do with communication between person and person, but more of a conversation with different parts of the self. In 6 Months and Counting, Mark Tanui, a KamiLimu Cohort 6.0 mentee, writes a letter to a pre-KamiLimu version of himself in which he shares…

Handwashing and social distancing have been preached as the best ways to protect ourselves and our families from getting infected with COVID. We have (re)learnt when and how we should wash our hands to stay safe. As we slowly inch through the current post-pandemic resurgence, space has seen more visitors…

A few years ago, if you’d asked me what a community is, I would have naively defined it as a group of people who share a common ancestral origin. However, over the past four months that I have been in KamiLimu, I have come to realize that a community is…

By Allan Wasega, KamiLimu Committee Member The first time I met Titus was in 2017 when I was a KamiLimu mentee. He walked into the room in KeMU’s 8th Floor in his characteristic well-cut blazer and shirt, and I thought to myself, “I want that blazer!” He was to talk…

By Edwin Muema, a KamiLimu 5.0 mentee and SOC Analyst and Junior Penetration Tester at Visibility Technology Services. Last year, I won the University Mega Cyber Challenge sponsored by the EC Council University (ECCU). ECCU is a part of the EC Council, which is the global institution that provides cybersecurity…

By Mwaniki Nyaga, KamiLimu Management Committee Member Design provides us with choices to define ourselves. It is often hidden in places, within services and in business innovation. Nowadays, people are finding a deeper sense of identity, purpose and gratification through creating and maintaining connections, memories and experiences. Oftentimes, this cannot…

By Mwaniki Nyaga, KamiLimu Management Committee Member Earlier this year, I posited that one of the key components of a strong community is an environment where members feel welcome to share their questions, knowledge, and ideas. I met Tabitha two years ago when she joined KamiLimu’s fourth cohort as a…