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Quick Hits Aug 13

– Kenyan Stories – clips from a film soon to be released by Carol Pineau (of Africa Open for Business fame) about entrepreneurs in Kenya competing in a national business plan competition. Hat tip Afrom!

– How the Hillary campaign strategy fell apart. Very interesting read.

– Food blog search. If you love cooking like […]

Mau Mau Film Festival in Nairobi

Details available here.

New kind of electricity meter

This is pretty nifty. The soaring cost of electricity in SA has made me a turn off the lights Nazi at home. And maybe I can finally convince my mum that the TV does not need to be unplugged from the wall after its been turned off.

Interesting perspective on ICC indictments

I didn’t know that all 12 of the indictments issued by the ICC have targeted Africans (do we really have a monopoly on atrocities?). On a more serious note, I think the article raises some serious issues. Lets face it…while we all like to pat ourselves on the back for “removing” Moi in 2002, there […]

Quick Hits June 30

– Now this is competitive advantage

– How to make a killer slide presentation.

– Is Google making you stupid?

_ Ushahidi featured in MIT’s Technology Review as one of Top 10 Start-ups to watch.

Hypocritical UNEP campaign

The UN(EP) recently launched a campaign to encourage people to “Kick the CO2 habit.” That’s all well and good except for the fact that while, the UN is busy encouraging us to reduce carbon emissions, as Dipesh points out, they don’t seem to have a problem with staff members driving around Kenya (and I’m sure […]

Quick Hits May 27

– Great piece about Kenyan blogger (and Mara park ranger) Joseph Kimojino. Got me wondering if local experienced bloggers could other organizations develop their online presence (I know Daudi’s doing a great job with Kwani and Generation Kenya).

– Always uber-helpful Life hacker roundup.

– 6 most frequently quoted BS stats.

– Hash […]

Guardian International Journalism Competition

Deadline for entry is May 8. Details are here.