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Kenya Shifting towards Digital Marketing

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Lately and you can bare me witness, digital marketing in its many forms and shapes is more and more becoming the focal point by those in the know. Print media and traditional advertisement avenues are slowly dying and its victims are trying to remain relevant hence their rebirths in digital form online. The only way [...]

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Monetizing Local Digital Content

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­­­­ Local digital content comprises many online platforms and spans across just as may industries. Anybody can create local digital content but the entire “local content buzz” in Kenya around it will never gain any traction unless people clearly see the monetization channels. I read Techcrunch every waking day and the tech deals that are [...]

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iHub Launch – Nairobi’s Innovation Hub

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The day is tomorrow and the talk of town, at least tech wise will be iHub which will be officially launching tomorrow, Wednesday, 3rd of March 2010 from 5.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. The launch will take place on the 4th floor of the new Bishop Magua Centre (directly opposite the Ngong Uchumi Hyper) on [...]

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KDN Launch in Nakuru – Technical Bits

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Though the time allotted and the format of the launch could not allow for greater depth of presentations, quite a couple of issues emerged from the generalities said. These came from both sides i.e. both KDN and the Nakuru Business Community. The Business Community expressed their need for fast and cost effective internet connectivity. As [...]

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KDN Launches in Nakuru – the Speeches.

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On January 14th, I blogged about the impending launch of KDN in Nakuru here. Well, the day is here. Kenya Data Networks, Kenya’s largest private data carrier and infrastructure provider will be officially launching the Fibre Optic Cable in Nakuru at Merica Hotel as from 5.30 PM. I will be there and so expect me [...]

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Fibre Optic in Rift Valley: A highway without cars!

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It is pointless to have a smooth highway which has no cars. No cars means that no drivers, no passengers, no goods transported to and fro, no toll stations, no traffic police, no business people selling stuff by the roadside, and therefore no economic sense whatsoever for having that road constructed in the first place. [...]

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