Category archive: Features
Top 10 Festivals To Look Out For In 2016
UP brings you the top 10 festivals in Africa to look out for this year.
DetailsEditorial: Wrapping UP 2015 in the Capital City
As we approach the end of the year, we at UP, in UP tradition, opened the #BestofNairobi poll to record numbers of voters
DetailsThe Patriotism Campaign
What does your Kenya look like? We took a look at ad campaigns by Kenyan corporations that were geared towards showing the beauty of our country…
DetailsSetting Pace with the Beat: The future of online music in Kenya
“People love music! Affordable internet combined with music services which package the music correctly to the fans (and treat the musicians with respect) will raise the profile of the industry, a process that I believe has already started.” Martin Nielsen of Mdundo.com
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Storymoja Read Aloud Breaks (unofficially) World Record
Are you excited? Storymoja Read Aloud finally beat the world record for the most people reading aloud at the same time.
DetailsUP Live IV Profile: Sekou Koyate
Sekou Koyate, the electrifying African kora sensation from Guinea is set to rock Nairobi during the UP Live IV- Off the rails event in July. Here is what you need to know about the star.
DetailsWhy is the Rainbow on your Profile Picture?
Did you change your Facebook profile picture for the right reason or was it just to look cool?
DetailsKenya Nights’ Selekta Sessions, Bring in the Reggae
The second edition of Selekta Sessions went down last Saturday night at Tree House, Nairobi. UP Nairobi was there.
DetailsRugby with OSBKe: #LimaTunisia
Odd shaped Balls preps you for Sundays game in which Kenya faces Tunisia
DetailsKnow Your Rights: Witness Protection in Kenya
Every day, witnesses are harassed and threatened not to testify in court. In Kenya, there exists a Witness Protection Unit founded in 2011.
DetailsMedia Madness: Moving Past Breaking News
During his public lecture at the University of Nairobi, last week, Professor Ngugi wa Thing’o brought up the question of the kiondo being patented in Japan. He questioned why he did not hear any media outcry on the matter. The Kiondo story is a bit old as is the Kikoy saga that saw a firm
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Dream Girls Musical Play in the Making
The Making of the Dream Girls Musical, set for next month is approaching its final stage. UP Dives into the nitty gritty of what entails such a production.
DetailsCoffins to die for
Paa Joes a Ghanaian artist is turning the frown upside down as he amazes the world by creating coffins that symbolise personality and passion.
DetailsSoul Musings: Life is Performance
Anita and I talk a lot. Or at least, I force Anita to give answers to questions that run around in my head. 95% of the time, answers do emerge, answers so profound that I scramble to write them down in my notebook. 5% of the time, she gives me a look and stalks off
DetailsFood Revolution Day!
Sandra Mukidza tells us more about Food Revolution Day and why it is important that you participate.
DetailsDemocratising Fashion
This month we bid our illustrious and multi-talented managing editor a hearty ‘fare-thee-well’. In her time at UP she has built upon our brand narrative with a new vision of Nairobi’s pop-culture scene, We wish her well in all future endeavours.
DetailsPress Freedom in the Era of Terror
As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, we look at the coverage of terror related stories in Kenya and the challenges that come with it
DetailsCartoonist Exhibition Exhorts Us To Take Things A Little Less Seriously
The growing fundamentalism and antagonism from the religious front signals that the old ways of imagining the world have proven toxic and detrimental to human existence. Humanity is ripe and ready for a software update.
DetailsMan on the street: Earth Day
World Earth day. We should take up conservancy of our environment every day but this is the one day that we join the rest of the world in expressing appreciation for our planet.
DetailsLet refugees Drown, It’s Better In The Long Run
We can draw parallels to the EU’s decision to pare back search and rescue boats for immigrants in the Mediterranean sea and recent declarations by the Kenyan government to shut down Daadab
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