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Is Kenya beating Nigeria in Internet Business Opportunities?

15 March 2010 ~ 215 views

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This blog post is in reaction to The 3 Reasons Why Kenya is Beating Nigeria in Internet Business Opportunities as published by ICTworks. I was perplexed at the title of the blog post. Could the author Wayan Vota simply be courting controversy as a means of drawing traffic to the blog? I would attempt to review [...]

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Is the Internet constraining how we develop as individuals?

6 March 2010 ~ 328 views

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Whilst in Nairobi Kenya on 3rd February 2010, I was invited by the BBC World Service to join a discussion on “Is the Internet constraining how we develop as individuals?”. The week day radio show was “World Have Your Say” and that happened to be my second time on the programme. That day’s programme was [...]

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Sighting Mount Kilimanjaro

8 February 2010 ~ 655 views

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We were cruising at an altitude of about  34,000 feet from the coastal town of Mombasa headed for Nairobi when the voice of the Kenya Airways pilot broke into the quietness of the flight. I took it to be another routine announcement but it  turned out to be different: ‘…for those seated on the left side [...]

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Mobile Web East Africa 2010 Photos

3 February 2010 ~ 726 views

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Mobile Web East Africa 2010 conference photos. Click on the photos for a larger view. Some rights reserved.  

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Erik introduces iHub @ Skunkworks in Nairobi, Kenya

3 February 2010 ~ 582 views

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I was privileged to be at last night’s Skunkworks meeting. The 2-hour meeting held at KCCT Teleposta Towers focused on a new project aimed at physically bringing the tech community in Nairobi & environs together. The audience included staff from Kenyan Youth Fund, staff from Kenyan ICT Board, freelancers, application developers, 4 members of the iHub [...]

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Kenya’s Tourism Industry is back & a trip to Nairobi National Park

2 February 2010 ~ 607 views

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Kenya’s tourism industry is back at full steam with earnings from tourism back to where they were before the 2007-2008 Kenyan electoral crisis. I watched Kenya’s Tourism Minister, Najib Balala, confirm the growth in an NTV news report a few days ago. Information available from Kenya’s Ministry of  Tourism website further confirms the sharp decline in [...]

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Kenya: Mobile Web East Africa 2010. Free MobileWorld magazines.

2 February 2010 ~ 599 views

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Nairobi, Kenya – Mobile Web East Africa, an event that focuses on “harnessing the potential of the internet and applications on mobile devices”, starts tomorrow 3rd February 2010 and ends on 4th February 2010, at Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi. The innovative event already has a long roll-call of speakers and facilitators, and has special round-table sessions [...]

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