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Thank you for writing about this topic. First let me point out that I did say in my email that I was busy and not able to answer before early this week. So I’ll just respond directly here instead of…
About three weeks ago, Nikolai Barnwell of 88mph accelerator or tech incubator did an interview with Reuters, explaining whey 88 was moving to Nigeria and closing its Kenyan operations. The article has since been reproduced locally and you can read…
A few weeks ago, I was speaking to my friend and the topic of iHub came up and she made it clear that she can no longer hire or engage someone whose main achievement is working from the iHub. My…
In March 2010, Kenya’s tech Community came together for a unique event; the opening of the iHub. After many years of discussions and Bar Camps on what was ailing Kenya’s tech community, the presence of an innovation hub was deemed…
Google has launched the Kenya Elections Hub, a portal where voters, journalists and campaigns can easily track news, trends information related to the elections. This comes when the Kenya technology is at the heart of elections. The Internet is transforming…
Often I get questions on how one can be a blogger, writer, make money from blogging etc… I usually respond to questions directly but most of them require one-on-one lengthy sessions, so they may not be as sufficient as I…
African domains left a comment on an earlier post on .ke. I thought its better to publish the piece, so that its just not me. Here we go …. ” I always hear the same argument whenever I complain about…
For the last two years, the debate has been on lowering the cost of connectivity, consumers feel we are paying too much while operators feel that they need to recoup their investments and therefore the costs must remain high. Even…
Last week, there was a huge debate over digital signal distribution contract given to a Chinese firm- Pan African Network Group. The main dispute came to the fore after Nation Media Group and Royal Media Services lost a procurement appeal….
A few weeks ago, I attended Pivot 25 conference, a very interesting was to expose Kenyan start-ups and innovations to opportunities both local and abroad. It was nice to see people asking tough questions and realistic ones at that. One…