Huawei rewards Kenyan students for winning digital contest

STORY: Huawei rewards Kenyan students for winning digital contest SHOOTING TIME: March 15, 2024 DATELINE: March 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:55 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the awarding ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EZEKIEL MACHOGU, Cabinet secretary for Ministry of Education, Kenya 3. various of the awarding ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LUIS KINYUA, Top student in the competition STORYLINE: Chinese technology giant Huawei rewarded 18 Kenyan students on Friday after they emerged as winners of the Huawei ICT Competition 2023-2024. The Huawei ICT Competition, initiated in 2015, comprises contests in the fields of cloud computing, networking, and innovation as part of a cooperative effort to enrich Kenya's ICT (information and communications technology) talent pool through the transfer of the latest knowledge in the technology sector. Ezekiel Machogu, cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Education, said the competition recognizes some of the best ICT talents in the

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(220816) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Joseph Kinyua (front), Head of the Public Service and Chairperson of the National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC), addresses a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 16, 2022. Kenyan security authorities on Tuesday appealed to the citizens and the business community to resume their normal daily activities following the conclusion of the Aug. 9 general elections. TO GO WITH "Kenya urges for resumption of normal business activities after polls" (Photo by Allan Mutiso/Xinhua)

Kenya launches int'l financial center to boost inflow of foreign capital

STORY: Kenya launches int'l financial center to boost inflow of foreign capital DATELINE: July 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch 2. SOUNDBITE (English) UKUR YATANI, Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury STORYLINE: Kenya on Monday launched the Nairobi International Financial Center (NIFC) to help spur the inflow of foreign capital to fund the country's development agenda. President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a speech read on his behalf by Joseph Kinyua, Head of Public Service, that the center seeks to enhance the business environment to enable companies to raise funds for projects, support innovation, and tap into new investments coming into Africa. "The Nairobi International Financial Center has been designed as an efficient and predictable business environment to give more confidence to the large pools of global capital that have been watching our progress but have not yet taken the decision to invest," Kinyua said. He added th