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Kenyan brands are among black-owned small businesses that are set to benefit from funds raised from US singer Beyonce Knowles’ Black Parade song.  Beyonce, 38, plans to uplift small enterprises through her BeyGOOD Foundation Black Business Impact Fund as a way of giving back to the black…

Gossip blogger Edgar Obare has been charged with publishing personal information about Kenyan YouTuber Natalie Wanjiru, alias Natalie Tewa. Obare, who was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kisumu on Friday, was arraigned at Kiambu Law Courts on Monday.…

Kenyan Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o has been nominated for her first Emmy Award. Lupita, 37, was nominated for the 72nd edition of Emmy Award in the Outstanding Narrator category for her narration on the international nature documentary titled Serengeti by the Discovery Channel Other global…

(AP) — Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” has died at 88. Philbin died of natural causes Friday night, just over a month before…

Celebrated Kenyan actor and comedian Charles Bukeko, popularly known by his stage name Papa Shirandula, has died. Bukeko passed away on Saturday morning at Karen Hospital in Nairobi, where he had been admitted after a short illness, according to the family. His brother-in-law Ronald Wanyama told…

Black Panther, a 2018 American superhero film, became one of the most successful movies of all time. The special effects used on the movie, which featured Oscar award-winning Kenyan and Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o, was one of the elements that made it distinctive. But unknown to many is that…

Popular Kenyan Ohangla musician Maureen Ochieng, better known as Lady Maureen, has passed away. Maureen took her last breath at around 3 am on Saturday at her home in Uriri, Migori County, according to reports. The singer has been battling an illness for long and was recuperating at home after…

Kenyan gospel singer Ruth Matete is unable to bury her Nigerian husband Pastor John Apewajoye, who died three months ago. This comes after the Nigerian High Commission to Kenya last week granted consent for the release of the deceased’s body to Matete for burial.  The mission had ordered the…

Kenyan gospel singer Betty Bayo has confessed she bleached her face in the past in order to please a man who was attracted to light-skinned ladies. Betty through her Facebook page said she was determined to win over the man and this forced her to buy a skin bleaching product to change her skin tone…

The organizers of the Oscars have offered membership to two Kenyan filmmakers - Toni Kamau and Wanjiru Njendu. The two are among 819 film creators from various countries across the world who were invited to join the club this year. Kamau is a factual content producer with over ten years’ experience…