Anyango Mpinga: On stitching success in Europe
Friday April 30 2021
By JACKSON BIKO
Anyango Mpinga designs clothes. That is a simple way of putting it.
In 2015, she founded the Contemporary Sustainable brand reminiscent of white shirts, bold prints, unconventional style, partly male and partly female in aesthetics. Her style is reminiscent of the Romantic Victorian age while maintaining a sophisticated boyish edge. Currently, she is on the quest to create biodegradable textiles.
She founded Free As A Human Foundation, a non-profit organisation that raises awareness on human trafficking and the economic injustices that occur in the fashion supply chain and consumer sectors that exploit workers.
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Crispin Achola, is the managing director, British American Tobacco, East Africa. He loves words, seeing that he writes them down, mulls over them, before he launches them in conversations like missiles of intellect.
Articulate and poised, Achola has had stints at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, BAT (1999 to 2017) including cluster managing director Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi and Managing Director Sudan.
Surprisingly, for the nature of his office, he comes alone for the interview. No handlers. And he reminds Jackson Biko: “We are going to talk about myself, right?”
Do you smoke?
No. But I can smoke a cigar now and then. As a typical young adult, I tried cigarettes but it wasn’t something that stuck. There isn’t any particular reason why I don’t smoke. Some people smoke cigarettes, some people don’t.
Journalist Biko Zulu to Host New NTV Show
An artwork of Jackson Biko, popularly known as Biko Zulu.
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The Singleton Stories, is set to kick off on Sunday, March 7.
The show will be a sit-down interview format that centers around his conversations with Kenya s best tastemakers and will air every Sunday at 10 p.m.
According to reports, the journalist s face will not be shown on the show, but his voice will be heard in a voice over style.
File image of a news set at NTV studios in Nairobi
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Among the guest lined up for the first few episodes include Africa Uncensored founder John Allan Namu, Film maker Tosh Gitonga and June Gachuri among others.
Agnes Abuom, feminist cleric on a justice mission
Friday February 26 2021
Dr Agnes Abuom who serves as moderator of the Central Committe of the World Council of Churches. PHOTO | POOL
By JACKSON BIKO
When Dr Agnes Abuom is done talking to you, you want to do either of two things; punch the air and scream, ‘we shall rise!’ Or sit in a quiet corner and ask yourself; ‘what’s my contribution to humanity?’
She comes bearing a resume with a wide girth. In 2013, she was elected by the World Council of Churches (WCC) 10th Assembly to serve as a moderator for the WCC Central Committee, the first woman and the first African in the position.
Dr Asha Mohammed: Kibera keeps me grounded
Friday January 29 2021
By JACKSON BIKO
Dr Asha Mohammed is a proud Nubian.
She grew up in Kibera at a time when girls were supposed to study just enough to get married.
She was smart and had a father who held her hand, and supported her dreams until she was out of the woods of societal dogma that prevailed that time.
Dr Asha Mohammed is a proud Nubian. She grew up in Kibera at a time when girls were supposed to study just enough to get married. She was smart and had a father who held her hand, and supported her dreams until she was out of the woods of societal dogma that prevailed that time. You could say she is self-made, and given her journey, why not?