Wrap-Up: Our pick of main stories, Wednesday September 16th, 2015

Uhuru’s laptop project for Kenya schools will not improve grades, study shows

Students who often use computers at school perform poorly, a new global report says, indicating that Jubilee’s laptop project may not yield much. The government has for the last two years, insisted on giving laptops to class one pupils in part fulfillment of its 2013 manifesto. But the project has met several hurdles including lack of skilled teachers and electricity in schools countrywide, and the cancellation of the laptop tender.

Makerere, Dar es Salaam and Nairobi in QS World University Rankings

Makerere University, University of Dar es Salaam and University of Nairobi are the only East African Universities to make it on to this year’s QS World University Rankings, which is based on web traffic social media metrics and estimated online consumers. All three institutions, that made it onto the QS World University Rankings, had an overall score that landed them at position 701.

Jumia seals deal with G4S for offline pickup points across Kenya

Jumia customers will be able to collect their online purchases from G4S centres across the country after the two companies signed a partnership. The service will be available in select G4S centres with the list expected to grow in the coming months. To pick up items from G4S, customers will need to select the centre closest to them during the checkout process after which the product will be dispatched and the customer(s) can pay in cash or through mobile money transfer during pickup.

2015 Beijing TV Dramas & Movies Broadcasting Exhibition launches in Kenya

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of press, publication, radio, film and television has today launched the 2015 Beijing TV Dramas & Movies Broadcasting Exhibition in Kenya. The 2015 Beijing TV Dramas & Movies Broadcasting Exhibition will feature acclaimed TV shows and blockbuster movies which have been scheduled to air in Kenya in the course of the year.

Airtel Kenya promotes up-and-coming Instagram photographers

Airtel Kenya has been supporting budding Instagram photographers through a series of events under the ‘FacesOfKenya’ hashtag campaign. It worked with famous Kenyan Instagrammers Asif Khan, Mutua Matheka and Sarah Waiswa, to use the power of the internet to tell stories of the things that matter to young people in the country.