Kenyans are calling out the Marriott Group of Hotels for constructing a hotel in the middle of the Maasai Mara–Serengeti ecosystem, saying it is disrupting the wildebeest migration , a major tourist attraction for both Kenya and Tanzania!
Here’s a glimpse of the incredible team behind FORWARD UK! 👋
Together, we’ve worked tirelessly this year to create a brighter future for Black and minoritised women and girls in the UK and across Africa💪
Thank you for being part of our journey. 💜
#FORWARDUK
Urgent #BloodAppeal: Nuru Wanja Mugambi, currently admitted to the ICU at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, urgently needs O-negative blood donations.
All blood groups are welcome to donate.
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Appreciation Tweet for this HERO who helped in retrieving mutilated bodies taken to City Mortuary. Mukuru Kwa Njenga and Kware residents and Kenyans are forever grateful for your service. The director of NIS Noordin Haji is a failure.
My nominee for Sports CS is Wanjii Karani-Mbugua @wanjiii I have followed her career closely for several years; the work she has done/is doing as Secretary General of Tennis Kenya; the job she is doing as CEO of #TeamKenya for #Paris2024 🙌🏽 Integrity 🔝 She has my vote.
NHIF claims it lost Sh368 million due to "typing errors," with no evidence of where the money went.
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu reveals NHIF paid Sh815 million for hospital claims totaling only Sh447 million in the past year.
MPs are guardians of our democracy. We must ensure the system is strengthened so those lying to Parliament aren't protected. We must demand transparency, honesty and integrity and remove from the PM power to enforce the ministerial code and make the House guardians of the code.
An interesting even tumultuous first half of 2023 but the narrative was changed by leaders from VC firms, government, start ups & banks coming together. What was a seeming disaster morphed into strengthening of the VC sector buttressed by the emergence of HSBC Innovation Banking
Everyone at @phxcrt@localglobevc is thrilled to celebrate this important milestone with @Erin_Platts and her team at @HSBCInnovation - and excited to continue to work together to take our exceptional ecosystem for entrepreneurs in the UK and beyond from strength to strength.
And we’re off! #BlackoutTuesdayFestival begins with our host @JacqueOnalo. We have a packed agenda with inspiring speakers & entertainment to celebrate Black cultures & bring together some incredible people in one room
Key takeaways:
✨Need more Black investors, angels & operators in the ecosystem
✨Black founders have to overjustify to overcome bias
✨Less mentoring, more sponsorship
✨Black women need compensating w/ equity & paid their worth
✨Remember the VENTURE in venture capital
We’re ready for our fireside chat between writer, broadcaster and former barrister, @afuahirsch, and lawyer, political & women’s rights activist, @SholaMos1#BlackoutTuesdayFestival
Key takeaways:
✨ Can’t have conversations about race & racism without being combative
✨ Allowed to be angry & not fit the trope of the angry black woman
✨Anti-racism requires leaning into the discomfort
✨These are not the only modes of activism
#BlackoutTuesdayFestival