Opera, one of the world’s leading browser providers, and international nonprofit organization, Worldreader, are expanding access to eBooks for children and students via the Opera Mini browser during the coronavirus outbreak. Starting this week, World reader will offer a new selection of eBooks to all Opera Mini users as well as a brand new web app designed for children. The new app, Book Smart from World reader, will offer a wide variety of eBooks dedicated for children while the regular version will continue providing eBooks for young adult readers. World…

Pay Television operator StarTimes Media has launched a new dedicated television program aimed at sharing the latest information about coronavirus pandemic. StarTimes Daily —— COVID-19 Report will broadcast every weekday on 7 channels as well as on StarTimes ON mobile application in English, Kiswahili, French among other languages. The program aims at ensuring information on the pandemic is more accessible to viewers. StarTimes Daily —— COVID-19 Report will provide viewers with relevant updates and data about the situation in Africa and across the world. Speaking on this development, StarTimes Regional Marketing Director Mr…

StarTimes Media subscribers are set to enjoy enriched programming with the pay-television company set to boost its Telenovela offering following the introduction of the first Afro-Brazilian channel – Nina Novelas. Nina Novelas channel has partnerships with Côte Ouest, the leading distribution leader of content for and from Africa who pioneered the telenovelas having established the largest network of partner producers and is also Globo’s exclusive distributor in Africa who are world’s leading producers of telenovelas with a combined production budget of over $ 400,000. While highlighting this development, StarTimes Regional…

CSOs in the health sector have called on the BBI Taskforce to ensure that the health sector is allocated adequate funding. In the last two financial years, the health ministry’s budget rose from KSh60.3 billion in 2016/17 to KSh90.01 billion in 2018/19, an increase of 49%. The current financial year the docket was allocated 92.3b. And with the affordable healthcare national rollout getting ready it was expected that the funding were to be increased further The CSOs are saying that the current budget needs to be further enhanced to prevent Kenyans from dipping…

Handicap 17 Ian Njoroge was imperious form as he emerged the winner of the Johnnie Walker Grand Finale at Vet Lab golf course. Four pars in the front nine and six in the back nine was all he needed to earn a Kenya Open Pro-Am Qualification slot. The winner will nevertheless cool his heels until a new date for the European Tour Kenya Open is determined. The Kenya Open was postponed indefinitely following a government directive to ban all international events and meetings in the next 30 days. Apart from…