Monthly Archives: January, 2012

The Kenya Premier League, 2012 Pre-Season Analysis

Tweet Can the Kenyan football league go back to the glory days of the 80′s? When fans used to throng the stadiums and local players got the recognition they deserved? When Kenyans were not obsessed with calling Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea “my club”? That’s what I ask every time someone tweets/writes a facebook status [...]

Kenya Second to South Africa in Tweeting

Tweet According to research results released today by Portland, How Africa Tweets, South Africa is the country most active on twitter, followed by Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco respectively. Not surprisingly, a majority of tweets (57%) were coming from mobile phones. I took part in this survey, I remember (well, with 45,000 tweets I have [...]

Operation Smile: Update and Way Forward

Tweet I know you are wondering, what happened to that Operation Smile story?! You guys helped me raise about Kshs. 60,000 (61,980 to be exact). The amount needed is Kshs. 150,000. What’s this amount for? Take a look at the last post I wrote on this topic: In summary, I was (and I still am) [...]

Pivot East Competition and Conference

Tweet If you are a technology enthusiast, developer, journalist, blogger; by now you should have heard of Pivot East, the second edition of the mobile apps developer competition/conference that was held last year under the name Pivot 25. The competition will end with the top participants pitching to an audience of investors and other stakeholders [...]

Why Samsung Phones Will Rule Kenya in 2012

Tweet While Nokia seems to be faltering in Africa, especially where the high-end market is concerned, Samsung is getting it right. Let’s face it, the Samsung Galaxy S II is the phone to beat this year. Launched late last year, its screen size, processing power and memory are the benchmark for the competitors such as [...]

Mobile Web East Africa Conference 2012

Tweet The Kenya ICT Board and All Amber Ltd, the organiser of premier mobile-related events in Africa, announced a partnership to deliver Mobile Web East Africa for a second time. This senior level and progressive conference will take place on 22nd & 23rd February 2012 at the 5* Southern Sun Mayfair hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. [...]