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Local techies in the news

Today’s Business Daily (which is actually quite a good read, unlike it’s cousin the Nation which has become just as mediocre as the Standard) featured two well-written stories on local techies.

First story is on Mama Mikes (Seg, loving the shirt si you hook me up), a business that’s a great example of what […]

July 25th, 2007 | Category: Geekery, Kenya, Miscellany | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

African Content Projects

I’m a huge proponent of building and showcasing our local (African) content rather than bitching up a storm about how neglected we are…here’s two opportunities to do so.

First, the African Cookbook Project launched by the indefatigable Fran Osseo-Asare at TED Global. Please hop over and find out how to contribute…you know when you […]

July 17th, 2007 | Category: Africa, Kenya, TEDGlobal2007 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)

Notes from Kenya

Some tidbits I picked up during the few days I spent in Kenya…reminded me of how much I miss blogging from Nairobi…so many storos:

– Apparently Coke’s biggest competitor in Kenya is Safaricom – in the battle for disposable income Coke is losing – spend money on a soda or on buying credit? Guess […]

June 28th, 2007 | Category: Kenya | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Free wireless in Nairobi

Apparently KDN is offering free wi-fi in Nairobi (think it’s a promotion for their Butterfly product). It’s supposed to last through the end of the month. If you have a wi-fi enabled laptop, PDA etc. just search for the essid butterfly and connect. They are supposed to have around 100 access points in Nairobi.

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May 18th, 2007 | Category: Kenya, Technology | 36 comments - (Comments are closed)

Quick hits!

– Presenting Jahazi (thanks Riyaz for initial heads up…man there’s lots of things buzzing in Nairobi, can’t wait to spend more time there). Can’t wait for it to go mobile and very happy to see Kenyan developers doing their thing.

– Also worth checking out, the Kenyan myspace – Nivipi.

– African blog spotlight: […]

May 11th, 2007 | Category: Kenya, Miscellany, Technology | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

More nostalgia…ASK show

Remember when you would count down days to the show?

I thought we had the coolest parents because we got to miss school to go to the show. My dad wasn’t into the idea of dealing with crowds so we became ASK members and went on members day, which was typically on a Thursday. […]

May 10th, 2007 | Category: Kenya, Miscellany | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Bubudiu!

State of Kenyan journalism in a nutshell (check the headline).

May 8th, 2007 | Category: Journalism, Kenya | 29 comments - (Comments are closed)

Building Apps for Mobile Phones

Ethan Zuckerman has an interesting post on, among other things, a project called EPROM that is trying to encourage people in developing nations to learn how to build applications for mobile phones. The project currently has a program running in Kenya (Kilifi and University of Nairobi).

Some slides from classes they run , including […]

April 28th, 2007 | Category: Geekery, Kenya | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)
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