iHub the incubation hub  based in Kenya was launched today. The team behind the project has worked tirelessly to make iHub a reality, and it seems like it will finally pay of.

The event is being shared with the world online.

You  have the option of watching the event online live on Ustream or visiting the  Twitter live stream (the official Twitter hashtag is #iHublaunch).

Embedded below is the Ustream live footage from the iHub launch party.

Whive the East Afican social network is going to start allowing its users to be able to share content on selected Nokia mobile devices. This will be possible through the use of  Whive developed mobile applications.

These will enable

• Blogs [Visit]
• Forum Discussions [Visit]
• Articles [Visit]
• Classifieds [Visit]
• IM and Private Messaging

Serena Williams the world famous female tennis superstar is also a humanitarian. She has been very active is Eastern Africa, where she both opened a school and started a foundation based around teaching poor kids tennis.

She recently opened her second school in Kenya, and due to that was featured in a local television where she received praise from both the Kenyan prime ministers, Mr Raila Odinga and Mr Kalonzo Musyoka.

The clips are below

TEDxAmsterdam: Mark Kamau from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo.

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Kenyan companies are still working to understand the nature of social media and the changes it brings to how they market themselves.

This is mainly due to the fact that the infrastructure in Kenya is shaky, but major investment from  like Seacom are bringing fast paradigm changes.

Below is a clip from KTN; a Kenyan television network where two bloggers discuss the topic.

We haven’t confirmed this, but respected SEO blog and social media blog Social Media Today has written a post stating that Google Adsense is now available in Kenyan shillings. I quote

Kenyan bloggers and website owners are now pleased to note that they can receive their Google Adsense earnings in Kenyan Shillings.

This was not the case previously and many website owners had difficulty banking the foreign currency(Dollar or Euros) cheques with their local banks, Further ,payment would be delayed for up to 21 working days from the date of receipt with Banks charging commissions on the cheques.

Map kibera

Map Kibera is probably one of the best grassroots technology initiatives to happen in Kenya this year. The idea is to map Kibera slum, one of the biggest slums in Kenya.

If you do not know what a slum is, a slum is like a ghetto but probably worse.

Slums suck worst of all not really due to the crime and poverty prevalent in them, but the unregulated, and unstructured nature of the environment. The lack of information about Kibera slums has very serious repercussions to anyone who wants to foster any change within the community.

The way Map Kibera works is that

I was am a big fan of Twyka; the Kenyan microblogging platform until I could not take it any longer. I am done with Twyka until they fix the severe problems they have with their community, and interface.

The relationship started of wonderful enough, we were one of the first people who profiled Twyka just a few hours after their launch. We felt that Twyka was the one we were waiting for; the Kenyan microblogging platform which will allow us to forge a new connection with microbloggers in the region.

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A Kenyan named Wesley Kirinya has developed the first reported African 3-dimensional action game. The game is called ‘The Adventures of Nyangi.’ The game revolves around Nyangi is a character who is on a quest to find rare African artifacts.

She has to do this whilst constantly avoiding blood thirsty tribesmen.

“I want to bring the entertainment from reading a book or watching a film on African stories into video games.”

The game supposedly took three years to accomplish.  With very little in prior technical experience and finance according to Western standards.