Monthly Archives: May, 2011

How I Almost Got a Job

Written by Savvy Kenya on May 31, 2011 — 27 Comments

Tweet Last week, I received this SMS: Hi, am x I work with an international NGO, u were recommended in our company by ur friend xx of xx company (phone number). Am urgently looking for 10 ambitious, hardworking and aggressive pple 2 work with on part time and full time basis. Salary scale is between [...]

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17 Tips To Boost Your Productivity!

Written by Savvy Kenya on May 24, 2011 — 19 Comments

Tweet I received this in an email forward and thought it’s worth sharing. No wonder my productivity is so low! Though I am not really into all this guru stuff, this rings very true. It’s by a guy called Robin Sharma. 1. Turn off all technology for 60 minutes a day and focus on doing [...]

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Of BAKE and BHH

Written by Savvy Kenya on May 21, 2011 — 14 Comments

Tweet Sometime ago, Kenyan bloggers decided to come together and form what is now called the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE). This is good news for bloggers who want to do something useful with their blogs (read make money). Individually, it’s hard for one blogger to convince advertisers that they have the numbers it takes, [...]

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Technology and I

Written by Savvy Kenya on May 18, 2011 — 43 Comments

Tweet Warning: this post might be long Many have asked why the name Savvy Kenya? Well, a few years back I wanted to be computer savvy. When I was in high school I studied computer studies dropping French in the process. I just couldn’t deal with pronouncing r as eerrrrgh! Like it’s something disgusting! I [...]

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A Student Again, but Campus Girl?

Written by Savvy Kenya on May 10, 2011 — 20 Comments

Tweet So I am a student again. I started a Master of Science degree in Telecommunication and Innovation Development. I’m sure you’ve never heard of it before, lie to me and say you have! It’s a new course started at Strathmore University in partnership with the Safaricom Academy. It’s offered on scholarship and I couldn’t [...]

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The Kenya National Archives

Written by Savvy Kenya on May 7, 2011 — 12 Comments

Tweet Click on the pictures to open the full sizes. I took them with my IDEOS phone, and combine that with the lighting and lack of flash, you might want to excuse the quality of the pics On Monday morning this past week, I was early in town for a breakfast meeting, which I found [...]

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