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The value of Open Data

Today, I have been thinking a great deal about Open Data and the value that would - or should (or maybe must) be assigned to Open Government Data. This is especially because dealing with government officials in Africa, I have found myself needing to make ...

UN Security Council with the Kenyan people

The Vice President and his team have wasted millions of Kenya shillings to go to the UN security council to ask them to support (read:authorise) the deferral of the ICC case against the Ocampo 6, who are expected to start answering to charges on April ...

Safaricom Innovation Board kicked off – and then disbanded.

See update at the bottom. Yesterday, was an eventful day at Safaricom. It was the day when the Safaricom Academy was launched - a partnership between Strathmore University and Safaricom. In the event, the character of the new Safaricom CEO was illustrated clearly by how he began ...

Nokia-Microsoft Partnership: from the pan to the fire?

Last week, Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop sent a note to its employees around the world that they were in trouble as regards the smartphone market. A couple days later, Elop stood with Microsoft CEO, Steven A Ballmer to announce that Nokia will be discarding its ...

EGYPT RIGHT NOW

In Solidarity with Egyptians, and with the blogger, Sandmokey (of the Suspended sandmonkey.org - who on twitter can be followed on @sandmonkey), I am posting this essay below by Sandmonkey. It tells of the current state of egypt. Al Kags   EGYPT RIGHT NOW By Sandmonkey I don't know how ...

Kenyan prostitute stimulates, excites me, makes my morning

The highlight of my day today, was to discover a new blog, the diary of a Kenyan prostitute at http://www.nairobinights.co.cc which is a fantastic and most refreshing read about the observations and thoughts of a prostitute - none of the moralistic, apologetic discourse ("we have ...

Pay attention to the Mobile Web

Recently, White African posted on his blog that we should pay attention to the Mobile Web in 2011 in a way that I need not say much more. Here's more evidence: (click to view highest resolution image) of this.

China & Me: We start here

This year, I have resolved to learn how to speak and write in Mandarin, China's official languange. I have also resolved to try my damnedest to go to China on holiday in 2012. Why? Because it is fast becoming clear to me that China is ...

PARLIAMENTARY IMPUNITY: Where is the fury?

It gets worse by the day! First, MPs banded together in Parliament and passed a (nonesensical) resolution for Kenya to withdraw from the International Criminal Justice system at the Hague - in support of 6 people who have been fingered by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the prosecutor ...

Electric Cars: is Kenya ready?

Forget the major issues of availability of electricity and so on. Kenya, along with the rest of sub-saharan Africa, is among the countries that would most be affected by the whole question of Global Warming. Incidentally, the Kenyan middle class (and the East African middle ...