In a PR campaign for the Cooperative Bank of Kenya, advertising firm Ayton, Young and Rubbicam used Sheng phrases to advertise the opening of a new branch of the bank in Githurai: Tumerudi Githu Mara ...

Sheng, a once highly stigmatised language, is now gaining greater presence and legitimacy in Kenya's multilingual environment. It is used in music, in print, in political slogans and on television and ...

French was the equivalent of Kenya’s Sheng when Latin was the major language. But Latin died and French survived despite being labelled as ‘vulgar Latin.’ Will Kiswahili one day go the way of Latin, ...

France's Virimi Vakatawa (bottom) tackles Kenya's Collins Injera (top) during their cup quarter-final match at the Singapore Sevens rugby tournament Photo: AFP I must congratulate our Rugby Sevens ...

The majority of Kenya's urban youth mostly use Sheng to communicate with each other. Both the government and corporate sector are finally catching up and beginning to take this version of Kiswahili ...

Kenyan software developers from Go Sheng have been selected to help the BBC reach young African audiences through social and digital platforms. They will be funded to pilot and user test prototypes ...