Author: Khusoko

Caetano Kenya donated the ambulance to NMS together with 500 pieces of certified full medical protective coveralls and over 3,300 comfort and face guard masks

Safaricom Foundation has donated a Ksh 9.5 million boat ambulance to King Fahad Referral Hospital in Lamu County to help deal with medical emergencies. The ambulance will impact over 150,000 people by linking patients from Faza and Mpeketoni Sub-County Hospitals, Kiwayuu and Kizingitini dispensaries, Kiunga and other health centres to referral services at King Fahad Referral Hospital. The ambulance, which uses a toll-free number for emergency services, is also fitted with emergency and surgical equipment needed to treat patients needing critical care and is estimated to be able to conduct 50 referrals per month. “The answer to achieving SDG 3,…

Standard Bank has named former Johannesburg Stock Exchange chair Nonkululeko Nyembezi as the head of its board with effect from 1st June 2022. Nyembezi will take over from Thulani Gcabashe, who is stepping down after seven years in the position, after the group’s Annual General Meeting on May 31. Nyembezi has previously been the chair of Alexander Forbes Group Holdings, a non-executive director of Old Mutual, CEO of ArcelorMittal SA and non-executive director of Standard Bank Namibia. Her role as the non-executive chair of the JSE ended on May 3 and she will remain a board member at Anglo American…

Now approaching its fifth year, the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy has called for applications for its world-class film and TV training programme scheduled for October 2022. The call is open to all emerging filmmakers with either some industry experience or a relevant post-school qualification for this exciting opportunity to hone their television and film production skills. The curriculum combines film studies such as directing, sound design, the business of film, to name a few with workplace experience on M-Net’s top productions. The 12-month fully funded programme is open to candidates from Southern, Western and East African countries. Under the…

PULA Advisors, a leading Agri-insurtech company, has been selected by the World Economic Forum for their innovation and impact in using technology to provide agriculture insurance to millions of smallholder farmers in emerging markets. PULA is among WEF’s selection of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2022 to its Technology Pioneers community. PULA Advisors works with smallholder farmers to provide Yield Index Insurance which is a comprehensive cover that de-risks smallholder farmers against any systemic risks that will affect their yields. PULA also leverages digital technology to provide agronomy advice that helps farmers become better producers.   PULA operates…

To learn to breathe consciously, you must first understand what kind of awareness. Today this definition is carried like a piece of paper and everyone is recommended to apply it in everyday life to be happy, healthy, successful and so on. Researchers from American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA) explain the word mindfulness this way. The state, process, and practise of remembering to observe from moment to moment with openness and without automatic patterns of previously conditioned thoughts, emotions, or behaviour. You can never stay in the here and now moment forever. You are not a stone, but a living being,…