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How to Assemble a School in Mathare
Out of the box thinking results in the unconventional construction of Mcedo-Beijing School in Mathare.
DetailsA journey into Kenya’s first Nursery school
Driving down Forest lane, a road that was covered in greenery decades ago, we head to Kenya’s first nursery school. Although there were British teaching facilities for British toddlers, there were none for Asians or Africans in Kenya until 1966 when one inspirational teacher, Virmathi Patel opened the doors to Shushi Bal Nursery School. Born
Details#wcw: Lois Obisa Hannigan
Our #wcw today has stolen hearts all over Kenya every time she puts up a new post on her Facebook page. Ever seen those girls so beautiful she could update anything and still get 200 likes in ten minutes? Or the reason so many grown men started watching Teen Republik on NTV? Well scroll down
DetailsViral Wednesdays
On Viral Wednesdays this week STL rhymes, Peter skates, a seven minute horror film captivates, and Kenyan fashion sense is investigated.
DetailsDJ Ras Nesta Kills It at RVF
The fantastic DJ Nesta and Lady Slyke husband and wife duo brought the audience to their feet at the banging Rift Valley Festival. DJ Nesta’s tells UP about his experience of RVF.
DetailsBlueroom Mayhem: The MiniUP club review
A review of one of the most talked about clubs (in fact the only club) at the Rift Valley Festival with some special insider pics from the RVF official photographer Julia Mckay.
DetailsNairobi Cocktail Week: WEDNESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER
As promised here’s where you need to be tomorrow if you want to get the full Nairobi Cocktail experience. Dont forget to take your #safeys as you head home with Easy Taxi
DetailsTop Ten Tuesdays- Shooters
Today’s top ten tuesday’s list will knock you out if you are not careful. What the hell are shooters? We at Up Magazine came up with our special shooter recipes.
DetailsI (He)art Kenya
That said, many of the culturally oriented organisations working in Kenya, like for example HIVOS or the Prince Claus Fund, genuinely appear to focus on the arts because in so doing they are promoting a vibrant artistic society which is an essential voice in any democracy.
DetailsNairobi Cocktail Week:TUESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER
Cocktail week is finally on. Here’s what to expect tomorrow.
DetailsBruno Ruzage #MCM
RVF had many great looking, perfectly sculpted, packaged for every type of woman kind of men. But sadly, we can only do one crush at a time. This time round we chose, Mr.brown eyes himself, Bruno Ruzage a.k.a DJ Slim B. He’s a a DJ at Homeboyz entertainment. We happened to bump into him over the weekend at
DetailsA Week Of Cocktails And Nairobi Celebration
The perfect setting for a sundowner is in a garden, by the pool watching the sun say sayonara. That’s what we got to sample on Thursday at the launch party for Nairobi cocktail week. Brian Owango, Managing Director of Aqueous welcomed members of the press to a private tasting at his Loresho home. We got
DetailsThe Week In Review
A missing limo, trigger happy policemen and as usual politicians behaving like children who need a major timeout. Here’s the week in review.
DetailsCelebrating Half a Decade of Rift Valley Festival
Its finally Rift Valley Festival time again!!! We look back at the past five years which have been touched and changed by this awesome experience in the cradle of mankind and sample whats new this year.
DetailsThrowback Thursday: The Advert Edition
This week on Throwback thursday we have a special treat for you. We go back years to a bygone era of television advertising with old time favourites like Sportsman Number One, Vick’s Kingo and one of our favourites the first Maisha Iko Sawa Na Trust Ad. Vicks Kingo Sports Man UNO Fiat Maisha Iko Sawa
DetailsArtist in a Frame- Joel Lukhovi
Our Artist in A Frame today is the man behind the camera. Meet Joel Lukhovi.
Details#WCW Steffie Reti
Our woman crush this wednesday is the unbelievably beautiful Steffie Reti. A name thats synonymous with modelling in kenya and she was Kenya’s representative at Africa’s Next Top Model. Yes you did read right, AFRICA”S NEXT TOP MODEL Close your mouth and breathe again because the fist photo was just a taste of the sheer
DetailsFinding Space For Words: No Violet Bulawayo
We Need More Writers - a conversation with NoViolet Bulawayo
DetailsViral Wednesdays
Kusunga with Boneless, get lost in Inami’s world of colour and voice, discover what waiting with Naomi and Rabbit looks like and take a trip through Nairobi with Likarion Wainaina and the Canon 7D.
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