Well. It finally happened about a week ago that Jumia.co.ke went live in Kenya. Jumia is the Pan-African e-commerce brand of Rocket Internet that has already been operational in markets such as Nigeria and Egypt, and finally has made it Continue reading
What a week its been in Kenya! The only thing that has mattered for the past 6 days or so has been the drawn out elections that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commisson (IEBC) has been conducting. At the heart Continue reading
As Kenya waits patiently for the results of yesterday’s elections to trickle in, I like many others went online today to check the status on the results at the main Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) web site. I was Continue reading
Kenyans throughout Kenya have been voting for the next President since 6.00 am this morning. It is expected to be one of closest and most hotly contested Presidential elections ever in Kenya history with either Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta Continue reading
Below is a video interview I had last week with Uhasibu’s Founder Mike Pedersen. Uhasibu is a cloud-based business management app that enables small businesses in Kenya to automate their financials for a monthly low investment of only Kes. 1,000.00. Continue reading
This is a presentation I gave earlier today at the Mobile Web East Africa 2013 Conference during the mobile marketing focus day. The aim of the presentation was to elaborate the means to get the building blocks right – from concept Continue reading
I have just been forwarded the following email correspondence from a Mocality business user in Kenya confirming that they are closing down the web site later this month: Hello Business Owner Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, Continue reading
I’m what you would call a veteran of sorts as far as the Internet in Kenya is concerned having worked for over 15 years in the space in a myriad of companies doing all sorts of Internet things. You could Continue reading
This is an interview I had this weekend with Sham Kanji who is the CEO of B&S Media which is a Digital Content business in Kenya with over 25 active web sites including popular online classifieds web sites AutoBazaar.co.ke and Continue reading
Below is an interview I had with Mel Okudo who is the COO of Africa.com LLC, a web site portal that covers all things Africa. Africa.com is one of those domain names that is just priceless in my view and Continue reading