June 2010

The Democracy of Social Media

June 30, 2010
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For a long while, the basis on which someone was tagged an authority in a given field was largely dictated by the mainstream media. This to a large extent is still true given my own euphoria over being largely quoted in the Business Daily. “(S)he even appeared in the paper/TV” has been a line repeated [...]

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Pitching to Kenyan Bloggers

June 28, 2010
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Kenyan PR Firms are waking up to the reality of social media. Over the past few months, I have received several pitches from some of the leading PR firms mostly sending me press releases and seeking coverage of their clients’ products or services on my blog. While it is laudable that these firms and their [...]

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Social Media in Kenya: Reality Check!

June 26, 2010
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The rush to use social networks in Kenya today is appearing more like a bandwagon effect and not a solid business strategy. From my interactions with well placed people in the various industries, I have come to see that some of the companies that are now on the various social networks have either not sanctioned [...]

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Execution makes Successful Entrepreneurs

June 24, 2010
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This past Saturday, I was speaking at the 140 Conference in Nairobi on Twitter for social causes in Nailab. Among the speakers and active participants were Paula Kahumbu of Wildlife Direct, Juliana Rotich of Ushahidi, Moses Kemibaro of Dotsavvy, Josiah Wanyama of Pamoja Media, Aly-Khan Satchu of Rich.co.ke, Mikul Shah of Eat Out, Ngeny, and [...]

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Home Internet Use – Access@Home

June 23, 2010
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I moved to Nairobi from Nakuru months back and before I got office space thanks to Mark Stephenson of Sandstorm Kenya, I used to work from home. It was me, my laptop, a shitty yet expensive internet connection courtesy of the various modems (YU, Safaricom, and Orange) and a lot of patience on my part [...]

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Kenyan Gamers Converge – World Cyber Games Kenya

June 21, 2010

I have just received this from Nathan Masyuko, the Executive Director of World Cyber Game Kenya. This goes out to all Kenyan Gamers. I know many young Kenyans love gaming and the below is the platform to showcase just how good you are. The World Cyber Games (WCG) is an annual global tournament that pools [...]

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Uhuru Blast and Social Media Reactions

June 14, 2010

Yesterday, an unfortunate event occurred at the “NO” campaigns in Uhuru park. There was an explosion and we all reacted to it in one way or the other. The reactions across social networks were telling… I have a bias for Twitter over Facebook and the reactions to the #Uhurublast revealed more reasons why this is [...]

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Kenyan Businesses on Facebook

June 11, 2010
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I have been curious so I set out to determine how Kenyan Businesses are utilizing social networks in their businesses. Specifically, I wanted to establish how both Facebook Fanpage and Twitter are being used but decided to start with Facebook first. So I posed this question via Twitter while I set out to do further [...]

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Content is Storytelling

June 7, 2010
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The best parts of the meeting with Jesse Soleil were the aaaaaahh moments as he let us in on some company secrets. Content is Storytelling When you look at any content that we have online, we are each trying to tell stories; his story, her story, my story, our story, their story etc. These stories [...]

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