In the course of this week, two very significant developments happened in Kenya’s Internet content space. The first is that the global online classifieds behemoth CraigsList launched a Kenya variant of their highly popular service at http://kenya.craigslist.org. The second development Continue reading
So, its just over a month since the SEACOM high speed cable went live, connecting Eastern and Southern African countries to broadband Internet for the very first time. In East Africa, SEACOM is gradually connecting hinterland countries like Rwanda and Continue reading
I almost failed to pick-up the significance of Nokia’s OVI.com launching in Kenya this past week. OVI.com is a relatively new service from Nokia that consolidates a range of mobile applications, music and gaming offerings in a web portal. The Continue reading
In the first part of the Interview with Nicholas Nesbitt, he talked about where Kencall has come from, from a vision and to realities and challenges of setting up. In the second part of the Interview, Nicholas talks about the Continue reading
Yesterday, the Business Daily’s Beatrice Gachenge reviewed the Kenya Census 2009 web site in the Digital Business Magazine Pullout. The Kenya Census 2009 web site was developed in a very short time span by our firm Dotsavvy Limited so the Continue reading
This week, I had the opportunity to interview Nicholas Nesbitt, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kencall, Kenya’s first and most successful international contact center. Kencall is focussed on providing world-class Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services for East African Continue reading
This is certainly interesting! And at such an appropriate time! Safaricom has launched a low cost solar mobile phone this week that is retailing at only Kes. 2,999.00. Right now, Kenya is reeling from massive power rationing country-wide so isn’t Continue reading
Over the last week or so, many of Safaricom’s M-Pesa subscribers we’re affected by service failures that meant that they could nether send or receive payments. For many M-Pesa users, its not just a money transfer service, its a lifeline Continue reading
This past weekend, I had the privilege of being both a speaker and attendee at the inaugural TEDx Nairobi. TEDx Nairobi was so eye opening on so many levels that I left stunned at the amazing and diverse presentations made. Continue reading