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Fun vs Work
I have been wondering when I will be able to turn my fun/part time projects into a full time income thing. A friend of mine remarked recently that we need to figure out how to work out how part time software developers can get round to producing really innovative, disruptive and market changing products. Someone [...]
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ICT Entreprenuership Talk
After an early career in the Royal Marines Richard Bell started Swift Global in Nairobi in 1994. He subsequntly started Kenya Data Networks (KDN) in 2002 before selling both and going to the London Business School as a Sloan Fellow at the end of 2004. in 2006 he formed EastAfrica Capital Partners (EACP) a venture [...]
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Today (Wednesday 16th May) at 1400hrs EAT live debate stream on http://idhaa.kenic.or.ke:8001/ Follow via blog – http://beckyit.blogspot.com/ The debate is calculated to ensure that ICT issues are put on thepedestal during the campaign period and in the process hold the futureleaders accountable given the commitments they will give that day. More details here.
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CashFlow 101
I played CashFlow® 101 yesterday for the first time with friends. I must say it is quite an entertaining game yet at the same time a learning experience. It took us a bit of time to get up and running as we all had to understand the rules of the game. Too bad we did [...]
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These are some of the various initiatives/community efforts going on (that I know of) Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyalinux/- oldest one I think?www.lpakenya.org – recently launched Linux Professionals Associationwww.osskenya.org – just recently come across it. I wonder how many people and organisations in Kenya actually use a Linux distribution for ordinary day to day tasks. I use [...]
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BarCamp 2007 Nairobi
I’m more or less recovered from the fatigue I felt after Saturday I didn’t know that running around for just an afternoon could be so tiring! The first ever BarCamp in East Africa I guess went well! Hopefully, we can learn from the experience of organising it. and build on the experience we had. Details [...]
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Four days to go before East Africa’s first ever BarCamp. Get more info on this on the official BarCampKenya Website. Sign up as a sponsor, presenter, participant, blogger etc It’s free, it’s fun, it’s informal
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BarCamp Nairobi
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. Saturday 31st March 2007 at the University of Nairobi. S0me of the possible features: Startup Presentations – Ayo Africa, MamaMikes, Possibly – Stockskenya.com (by [...]
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Access Kenya IPO
40% of capital for listing60% remains with current 10 owners 35% – Individuals30% – Corporate30% – “Qualified” Corporate (Fund Managers, Pension Funds etc) 5% – Companies Employees. AccessKenya’s main clients are Corporate.
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Google apparently is the best place to work for in the US according to Fortune magazine. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2007/snapshots/1.html I am wondering whether Steadman Group can run such a poll – but for Kenya. They may consider adding a category – Worst Place to Work in Kenya
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