Dedan Kimathi “I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”

Barack Obama “I think when you spread the wealth around it is good for everybody.”

Archive for ‘October, 2009’

Nairobi’s Toilet Malls.

Nairobi’s Toilet Malls.

Cnn looks at Toilet malls in Nairobi Kenya.
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TED Alex Tabarrok: How ideas trump economic crises

TED Alex Tabarrok: How ideas trump economic crises

Have you ever wondered how we can find opportunities during the recession. Economist Alex Tabarrok argues free trade and globalization are shaping our once-divided world into a community of idea-sharing more healthy, happy and prosperous than anyone’s predictions
This is a refreshing talk  by Alex Tabarrok on how we can all use our own ideas to [...]

Dambisa Moyo at Oxford Seminar

Dambisa Moyo at Oxford Seminar

Dambisa Moyo gave a talk about Exit Strategies for Aid for Africa at the Africa Business Network where she urged governments to pursue development. Aid according to her is an inhibitor because it creates DYSFUNCTIONAL governments and creates STIGMA amongst the African people. i.e. People will always ask for relief from donors and will not [...]

Whoze got issuez?

Whoze got issuez?

GotIssuez.Com a web startup currently operating out of Nairobi, Kenya was founded by a group of Strathmore University graduates namely Anthony Mwangi, Sarah Njeri, Esbon Wahome and Mark Kaigwa and Kevin Rombe.  It is a social platform that lets users from all over Eastern Africa speak their mind on Products, Brands and Service Delivery. It [...]

H1N1 Vaccine Side effects

Dear readers i have attached a round up of swine flu vaccine side effects emanating from this particular H1N1 vaccine. Please pass this information to as many people you can or even possibly to your physician. In a nutshell the vaccine contains mecury derivatives as as other adjavents that can cause Cancer and fertility problems.
There has [...]

Somali pirates, friend or foe?

Somali pirates seem to have been a huge blessing for the Kenyan Economy. The rise in property prices in Nairobi and the development of the Eastern part of the city has been attributed largely to the largesse the Somali pirates collect as ransom from the ships which prowl the coast off Somalia. This money finds [...]

China’s influence on Kenya’s Growth?

Hey Guys,
I have been dwelling on the impressive Economic growth of China over the last 30 years. The country’s policy is not decided by a notorius parliament or president (Democracy) but by a commitee of leaders of the Chinese Communist party.
There may not be democratic freedoms like those we find in Kenya but the country [...]

Kenya’s increasing Hack attacks

I logged in to the admin section of this website to discover that i had been spammed (SQL Injection Hacks) into yet another tiring routine of deleting comments and lose 20 more minutes of my life carefully perusing through spam and actual comments.
Spam is increasingly becoming a huge expense and burden on almost anyone who [...]

Senegal Builds Africas “statue of Liberty”

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the “African Renaissance.” The statue, “shows a muscular man in a heroic posture, outstretched arms wrapped around his wife and child, who is balanced on one of his biceps,” reports the Associated Press. Plus, the entire group is coming out of a volcano. The [...]

Ali Khan’s 2 cents on how to be RICH!

Kenya’s Investment mogul Ali Khan of Rich.co.ke has spent the better part of last month touring the world’s financial capitols in the US,UK and Canada. He discusses with K24 Executive Presenter Richard Kagoe some of the challenges facing Global markets as well as the Kenyan economy. Notably, he sites political bickering as one of the [...]

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