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Getting Small Kenyan Businesses Online
Most of you will agree with me when I say that the Internet has created a level playing ground for everyone. Large corporations and small and medium-sized businesses can now compete on the same terms. On a local level though, this is far from being t...
Its a competitive world out there, deal with it
A call was made the other day, to Kenyans, to embrace local beer brands and shun the foreign beer brands that continue to penetrate the market. When I saw the words that were surprisingly spoken by an executive of a leading local brewer, the marketer...
Kenya Budget 2011
The minister for Finance yesterday presented the budgetary estimates to parliament. In a budget that was hailed by many as pro-poor (or professionally poor is you like) the Minister outlined key measure to be put in place this year to increase econom...
Maintain a Local Touch When Going Online
We all love to read or follow news that is more localized. We listen to local radio stations, watch local news and some of us even read the local gutter press with all its gossips and propaganda. Being local has more appeal simply from the fact that ...
My Take on Business Blogging in Kenya
As a writer and blogger, I am amazed at how the Web has progressed when it comes to using the Internet for business. I am also disappointed at how slow Kenyan businesses are at adopting new ways of doing business. Websites that maintain a regularly u...
Social Media For Corporates : Part One
Social Media is a headache for most corporates and digital media executives for many reasons. One of course being sometimes the people at the top know nothing about social media and still hope to control how it is run. Hiring a competent driver and b...
Social Media For Corporates : Part Two
Yesterday, I shared the basic principles of running Social Media for corporates. That simply gives you an idea of how to look out of place and not bore people half to death with updates that make even the computer monitor yawn and lean to the side du...
The Future of Online Marketing in Kenya
As a web developer and local online marketer in Nairobi, I have seen tremendous growth of Internet usage in the last 2 years. Almost everyone I meet has set up a website, is in the process of setting one or is considering doing so. Those who are not ...
