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23:48
From: assidous
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 GE the worlds second largest corporation after Exxon-Mobil is to set up a multi-product manufacturing plant in the country to be completed in the next three years. It will manufacture locomotive parts as well as health imaging systems. Last year, GE had consolidated revenues of its six branches i.e infrastructure, healthcare, finance, GE-Money, industry, and energy to the tune of Ksh11Trillion 6-7 times Kenya's GDP! Quote: We can build a country within one month because we have the resources. GE Africa Region President - Yibra Tesfazghi.
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18:08
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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Once again, the BBC reporters come through with their reporting. This time, it’s a documentary on the CIA’s rendition program. What is it? After 9/11, the CIA decided that they were going to “take the fight” to the “terrorists” and Rumsfeld and Bush came up this special program. Essentially, a group of [...]
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18:03
From: White African
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I know this is off-beat from my normal posts on Africa-tech, but I just love the rule-breaking ways of PayPerPost (that, and I get some inside info since I know them…).
I had the chance to meet one of the founders of Overture at TEDGlobal last week and talked to him about their groundbreaking foray into putting advertising on search results. He assured me that they were just as maligned as PayPerPost has been to date.
Anyway, it appears that PayPerPost has gotten another round of equity funding, $7,000,000 to be exact. It’s by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, so a big name in the VC field too. Congrats Ted! That’s the kind of bankroll that allows you to do a few things.
 Besides the money, PPP has opened up what they call PayPerPost Direct. It’s a directory of bloggers that lets bloggers set a price for their blogging services. You’re first met with a huge listing of bloggers, you then filter that grouping to find bloggers that meet your needs for advertising your product or service. By clicking on the blogger’s name you can see some details and decide whether or not to hire them (see below).
All very easy and straight forward.
By the way, it’s worth noting for those outside the US that you can still get paid by PayPerPost if you can’t use PayPal. Just notify them of your circumstances and they will send you a check instead.
 
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15:42
From: Mentalacrobatics
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Thinker reminds us that …
Blogs, email and text messages, while lending themselves to informing, also lend themselves to abuse.
… in his post that argues it is irresponsible for us to report the blast in Nairobi as bomb or indeed suicide bomb unless we have official confirmation from the police. Agreed, it would be irresponsible for us to report the blast without checking the sources of the stories.
When I first heard the story on local radio stations I turned to Reuters which is a reliable news outlet and generally has an impeccable record as far as the accuracy of its reporting goes.
Reuters report now reads (bear in mind these reports are constantly updated):
A senior policeman at the scene said the explosion, which also left a mangled corpse in the street and sent passers-by flying through the air, seemed to be a suicide bombing.
My own blog post on the topic is full of qualifiers, apparently this, apparently that. I even put a paragraph at the end of the post cautioning that this is all speculation at the moment as we await the facts.
A quick look at the KenyaUnlimited Aggregator shows many other Kenyan bloggers qualified their reporting too.
Let me bring in another angle. The most common complaint I have heard today from Kenyans abroad is that the the Daily Nation and East African Standard websites had almost no information for a long while. The most frequently updated Kenyan news website these days is the KBC website, however earlier this morning when I checked it was down.
I would argue that it is stories like this that rather than showing the danger of blogs, HIGHLIGHT the importance of blogs and other citizen media. While the MSM was stuck in its procedures, bloggers wrote about what they had heard, seen or were told. There is nothing wrong with quoting primary sources. The historians amongst us can confirm the importance with which primary sources are regarded on any historical event. The eyewitness account, the man on the street as it were.
If you wanted to know what Kenyans were thinking and feeling at the time the blogs were a very good place to start.
As for waiting for an official police statement before commenting on this blast, to that I would ask: where is the lengthy police statement on the Mungiki crisis? Where is the lengthy police statement on the Mount Elgon clashes? Both were major incidents in the past month which claimed more lives that the blast this morning, yet we haven’t seen the same coordinated response to dishing out information as we have on this blast. Are we to await the official statement on those events as well before stepping in with our take on events? How long are you prepared to wait?
Isn’t it telling that Police Commissioner Hussein’s lengthy statement appears on the website of the Office of Government Spokesperson (OGS) and not on the Kenya Police website which carries a 3 sentence press release by the Police Spokesman?
Why would the OGS jump in on this story when Mungiki and Mount Elgon were much more serious events yet he restrained himself? I would argue it is because the OGS quickly realised that this was an international story which would generate interest from around the world.
Their intention was not to inform, their intention was damage control. I will agree with the Commish on one thing, however, in my opinion, the disaster management procedures worked well, after the initial shock everything seemed to click.
I firmly believe that the take up of the story by Kenyan bloggers helped generate this international interest. Don’t believe that bloggers have that much influence? Then explain why the “Blog Search button” is next to the “Advanced News Search” button on Google News or why Reuters has started featuring African bloggers prominently on its news site. In a round about way, the noise bloggers generated about this story is one of the reasons The Commish and the GOS rushed to get out that press release.
Hopefully if Kenyan bloggers keep the noise up on Mungiki, Mount Elgon et al and the Commish and the GOS will rush to release a lengthy press release on those stories as well.
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12:00
From: tHiNkEr'S rOoM
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The police has released a statement with regards to the explosion that took place earlier. This morning at about 08:15 hrs, a small explosion occurred outside the City Gate Restaurant situation along Moi Avenue outside the city centre. One person was killed and over 30 others were injured. ...
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11:49
From: For Love and Money
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 Early this year, I realised I was experiencing cash flow problems because over the years I was operating three savings and three checking accounts in different banks. Closing the bank accounts was a bit complicated because I had set up various direct payments for my bills using the three checking accounts. Over the course of a few weeks I was able to consolidate most of my billings to one checking account and thereafter I cancelled my accounts in two of the banks. In the process of setting up new automatic bill payments, I ended up delaying payments to my Circuit City and Kohl's store credit cards in addition to a returned payment from my cable provider. The delayed and returned payments resulted in me being billed $5 finance charges, $50 late fees and $25 returned payment fee. In total, I was being charged $80 for not settling my bills on time. Knowing very well that it was my mistake, I promptly made the payments including the fees that I was charged. I waited for a few weeks after which I called the three companies and explained to them what had happened. My cable provider and the Kohl's customer service agents reversed the charges but the Circuit City agent refused to credit back the late fee and finance charges. Since I don't easily give up, I asked to speak to the supervisor or manager so that I could plead my case further. The supervisor checked my account and saw that I had over the years paid my bills on time through direct payments. Sure enough, she agreed to refund the charges as I had cleared the bill as soon as they had sent me a letter to notify of the late fee charges. True to Louis' post, most financial services companies make substantial amounts of money by charging exorbitant fees for late and returned payments. Unfortunately, this practice is legal because the charges are outlined in the account application agreement which the customers sign. In the eyes of the law when you sign-up for their services, you are agreeing to their policy and are bound by law to pay up these charges in the event that you do not pay the minimum ammount required on time. However, these charges can be reversed and in some companies they have it in their policy to waive off the first late fee charge if the customer makes the request. Most companies will only allow one reversal per calender year so if you get another charge before twelve months have passed they will not reverse the subsequent charges. These companies know that customers with a good credit history will move on to their competitors when they get hit with the late fees and therefore they allow for a one time reversal so as not to lose customers. In the case of people with bad credit history, it's hard for them to move to the competition because they are likely to be turned down. It is these people with bad payment records that companies like because they will get more money from them as they have no other option. Unfortunately for these people, they will be hit, left, right and center, with all manner of charges until they straighten up their accounts.
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11:08
From: You Missed This
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archiveMost Kenyans are numb with shock and desperately trying to digest the lastest bad news from Nairobi. Eyewitnesses say that the explosion was caused by a man of Arabic origin who was about to board a Citi Hopper. Another eyewitness is drawing attention to a small case the man was carrying. Journalists who were at the scene positively identified and caught on TV camera scraps of paper strewn all over the place by the explosion (written in Arabic) that were gathered by scene of crime detectives into a heap. If it turns out to be true that this was a suicide bomber then Nairobi can now proudly earn the nickname of "Baghdad" since all the ingredients are there now. Innocent Kenyans are still losing their heads for a cause they don’t know or understand and now an explosion at a busy bus stop during rush hour. The police were quick (too quick) to say that they are handling the incident as a serious crime rather than a suspected terrorist act. Strange that, when it has all the characteristics of an act of terror. You just need to ask yourself a simple question, what financial gain would a criminal get detonating an explosive gadget at a busy bus stage during rush hour? So as to pickpocket the victims after the explosion? Unlikely. The police Commissioner who talked to the press at the scene was at pains to warn the press from speculating. He even said that they are already following some leads. What a super police force we have, folks. There is the still-to-be-resolved Mungiki issue and then they already have leads for a bombing incident in the centre of town. Ironically this latest incident happened barely 200 meters from the old American embassy that was the scene of a horrific blast in the late 90s. The most likely possibilities of this latest bombing could be either political (unlikely) or yet another terrorist attack. It will be interesting to see how local investigators proceed with this one and if they will require outside help or not in getting to the bottom of this rather strange incident. 35 people were taken to Kenyatta national Hospital and an undisclosed number to Nairobi Hospital. Police and Kenyatta Hospital staff say that amazingly only one person lost his life. Some eyewitnesses claim that as many as 6 people died. Let’s hope that the truth comes out. Term life insurance and one-man-show online enterprises that make $500,000 monthly.
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11:04
From: You Missed This
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archiveThose who were expecting a big announcement from today’s Special Kanu National Delegates Conference, (including this blogger) were in for a disappointment. Instead party chairman Uhuru Kenyatta gave a long lecture on the differences between a coalition and a merger, reminding many of us that even the original Kanu was a merger (between Kenyatta’s KAU and the political parties of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Tom Mboya’s NCPC as well. Actually the whole thing was a carefully orchestrated smooth operation that will finally see Kanu out of ODM-Kenya. I used to have a teacher in school who would give us work that he knew we were not going to finish on time. He would then say apologetically; “Boys, you know I do not want to keep in you class when everybody else has left for the day. So please finish all the work before you leave. All those who finish are free to leave.” Of course the crafty guy knew very well that there was no way anybody was going to finish the work on time and leave. In the same way Kanu has asked ODM-Kenya to do the near-impossible. Namely to treat the party as an equal partner with LDP in the LDP-dominated ODM-Kenya. The arrangement is supposed to be 40% Kanu 40% ODM and 20% other parties. Reading between the lines the Kanu high command has come up with a strategy for the elections which is almost water tight. The party seems to want to go it alone in the forthcoming general elections and then form a coalition with another party only after the general elections. It is obvious that to date Kanu is the only party whose tentacles spread to each and every corner of the republic. The machinery and network are still in place and chances are that the party will end up winning a sizeable number of parliamentary seats. Amazingly Uhuru gave his carefully worded but forcefully convincing speech without reading from the bunch of papers he had with him. Suggesting that he could have practiced the whole thing for many hours beforehand (maybe in London from whence he called the delegates conference of today). I carefully observed Gideon Moi and he looked very worried (or was it anxious). I can’t help but smell Baba Gideon’s hand in all this. But to be honest it is a crafty strategy that will have the ODM-Kenya high command scrambling back to the drawing boards in vain. I am convinced that Kanu’s exit from ODM is now a certainty. Lastly, I can’t help but see Uhuru’s (or is it Moi’s) point. Are we going to develop our democracy culture by hurriedly forming mergers and parties only for the purposes of winning elections? Is it not better to place an emphasis on developing individual parties with clear ideologies and then coalitions can be formed after elections? (The constitution must be changed to allow for coalition governments). In fact Uhuru had an interesting interpretation of what Narc means. He didn’t call it National Rainbow Coalition, he called it; Never Again Such a Rubbish Coalition. Wow! Term life insurance and one-man-show enterprises that make $500,000 monthly
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10:50
From: Couch Potato
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 Caught it on premiere night. And I must add that the sound at Junction Nu Metro was appaling to say the least. I has do much syke for this ..probably because of the cast. All the same the movie was ok. It wasn't the greatest and I think it's cause majority of the jokes had been displayed in the trailer. Ocean's 11 so far remains the best of the three. Good bits: -Seeing 2 of my favorite actors share a screen..Brad and Al Pacino -It was good seeing Andy Garcia and Pacino together since The Godfather -It was also nice seeing the cast again..especially after Bernie Mac got a 2minute role in Ocean's 12. -Ellen Berkin is great I think what sells this movie is the cast and not the script or the plot. Bad Bits: -I missed Julia Roberts -The plot was so obvious and a little weak -Shame on you Al Pacino for taking that role -Shame on you Oprah for a cheap cameo All in all it was a good flick...you will laugh and enjoy yourself...but...preferably you had better rent this movie on DVD or wait for it on TV.Nothing to sms home about!
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10:20
From: My Africa Today
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Lindblom (1920:p419)[1]: “The boys and girls play “father, mother and children” together. They build small huts of grass and imitate grown-ups, an imitation which is sometimes so carefully done that not even the sexual part of marriage is omitted. As is well known, such things cease to be a mystery to children of primitive people at a very early age”. Ndeti (1973:p109)[2] adds that the “period before puberty is characterized by very little sex education and sexual differentiation. Perhaps there is no need for this because sex roles are defined fairly early in life”. Girls are instructed at menarche by the mother or, in most cases, the grandmother. At this time, they may be ritually deflowered by a stick, while boys receive additional genital surgery beyond the circumcision they had at a younger age (Nida, 1962)[3]. Muthiani (1973:p55)[4] notes that “[s]ex education was the responsibility of the parents and, [in the case of girls,] the mothers. Girls had to be brought up to know not only what kind of people they should refrain from on the basis of sexual relations, but  also when and where not to have sexual contact. With their little biological knowledge, they managed to train their girls to the best of their limited ability; thereby training them for avoidance (breaking of sexual mores). As a result, cases of incest and premarital births or even pregnancies were very, very rare”. The same could be true for boys. A girl was not desirable in marriage until she has conceived (Eloit, 1:p125)[5]. During the second of puberty rites (age 15 or so), boys perform symbolic sexual acts on girls with special sticks (Mbiti, [1990:p121]). Marriage does not take place after circumcision or menarche (Kyewalyanga, 1977:p42). Clitoridectomy is practiced at ages unassociated with puberty, sometimes at age 4 or 5 (Middleton and Kershaw, 1965:p80)[6]. A man is not punished if he fornicates with a girl past puberty, even if part of the bride price has been paid, provided no pregnancy results; if she is prepubertal, he pays a goat. If he commits “unnatural” behaviour with a boy, a rare thing among the Kamba, he pays a goat and a bull (Penwill, 1951:p73, 74, 76)[7]. Customize your mobile with your Complimentary Ringtone!
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10:11
From: Kenya Imagine
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L. Akitelek Papakemus on today's bomb blast in Nairobi. Today, as news of this morning's bombing in the central business district unravels, though alarmingly inaccurate, I find I no longer have a stomach for violence. I feel like I’ve been trying to drink the sea. It is simply too much.
Read more here.
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9:40
From: You Missed This
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Dear Readers, I am in shock. I have just seen a comment left here by a reader (I have reproduced it below and immediately below it I have reproduced the article she is talking about. I had not idea... Reader's comment; hi chris! i am not a regular commentator on your blog but i am a keen reader of your writeups!! however as we await your authoritative reports on the explosion that rocked the nairobi city this morning i would like to take you back to your archive dated Wednesday, December 20, 2006. indeed as mainstream media quotes you it is a reflection of how thorough your predictions seem to be!! it is 6 months down the line since this article was posted on the mungiki and how true can it get! by now am sure you have the answers to your 7 questions. so my simple request is to enlighten us on the truths about the mungiki sect and the aledged suicide bonbing in nairobi this morning. at the same time let us know if there is any connection because it is diffucult for any kenyan to believe there is no connection whatsoever!!!
jane The said december 20th 2006 article Ex-Mungiki, Ndura Waruinge: What You Don't Know About Election Violence In Kenya Special Edition: Report On Kibera Violence Most well informed, well educated, smart Kenyans still think that Mungiki is nothing more than a bad joke that went a little far. -Kumekucha- Breaking News: After this article was written Ndura Waruinge was charged in court. Read the story here. My only comment to this develelopment, is let us wait and see if he goes to jail. Many Kenyans do not know the purpose of election violence or just how effective it can be in a political campaign. But before we go into that, it is important to ask a few questions; 1. Ndura Waruinge was once the leader of Mungiki. Under his watch dozens of Kenyans were murdered in cold blood, however Mr Waruinge is amazingly still not in prison. Why? 2. Many less prominent Mungiki adherents who dare break their blood oath (every member of Mungiki is initiated with a very serious blood oath) and become Christians were beheaded or barely escaped with their lives. Ndura has lived without fear since his conversion. Why? 3. Kanu, by that I mean the old Kanu of Nicholas Biwott, Daniel arap Moi and company comes back into the limelight and political forefront and suddenly Mungiki re-emerges and we also see so-called land/tribal clashes coming back with a vengeance. Could it be just a coincidence? 4. Ndura Waruinge ignores his native Dagoretti constituency where he has the best chance of making a serious impact politically and instead opts for neighboring Langata constituency where the MP is a well-known government opponent and a "thorn in the flesh" to those who would like to have their way in Kenya. Why Langata? 5. Have you seen the way Ndura dresses? Immaculate suits and he definitely doesn't look hard up for cash at a time when ordinary Kenyans are going through great difficulties putting food on the table. Where does he get his money? 6. Why is it that Ndura only gets really active in the run up to an election? It happened in 2000/2001 and now in 2006/2007. 7. Is it just a coincidence that Ndura wants to stand for a political seat where there is heavy Mungiki presence? The next thing that is important to note is that every government in the world has covert operations carried out by various security and political units that it controls for the purpose of achieving various objectives. I happened to be at Kamukunji police station in the year 2000, just when Mungiki had started to come into the limelight in the country. A roll call was being carried out in the cells and a duty police officer called out a name and then said loudly that the person was a member of Mungiki. He then exchanged a knowing look with a colleague. It was very strange. This was not the way policemen (however corrupt they were) behaved with dangerous violent criminals. Later that year many strange things started happening that suggested that either the security organs in the country had been overwhelmed by Mungiki, or they were deliberately on a go-slow whenever it came to dealing with these murderers. To me after that, I did not need any more convincing that Mungiki was in fact a covert government operation. Armed with this information, it now becomes much easier to speculate over what is really going on. I have deliberately used the word "speculate" because in any covert operation, the number one priority is to leave no trace of evidence whatsoever linking the operation with the real sponsors. As soon as somebody is able to identify a link, then the whole operation is compromised. So if you are looking for concrete evidence to link Mungiki with the government, good luck to you. Chances are that you will grow old and die still looking for it. Police spokesman Alfred Mutua has told us that the government is preparing some very serious charges against Ndura. Very strange statement that. We all know that to be easily convicted by a court in Kenya, the qualification is to be poor and ignorant. Otherwise if you are not poor or ignorant, then the government needs plenty of solid evidence to put you behind bars. What evidence is there to convict Ndura? According to me, zilch. He simply wanted to hold a meeting and then violence broke out. Don't get me wrong, there are of course serious suspicions, but nothing that can uphold a conviction, least of all for "very serious charges" as Mr Mutua told us. I doubt whether Mutua knows what is really going on. He is just told what he is supposed to say. He may have his suspicions (he looks pretty nervous and shifty these days, like he believes less and less of what he is saying). In Kenya election violence achieves the following political objectives; a) Your opponent's voters are forced to relocate from the place where they need to be to vote. Those who remain can hardly make an objective choice when their priority is to stay alive. (This is one reason why the law should be changed to allow people to vote from anywhere). b) In the chaos there is nobody to stop you "importing" thousands of voters to win the election for you. c) Violence spreads fear. The idea is to create very serious fear, then come in and quell the violence. It is then very easy to convince the voters that if they don't vote for the "people who quelled the violence" then the violence will return if the other side wins. d) It becomes easy to collect voters cards from those who remain in return for their lives and security. e) It becomes impossible for any candidate to sell their agenda to the electorate. In brief election violence and intimidation works. That is why people use it. When you are seated in safety in that posh apartment in some smart neighborhood or in some foreign country, it is impossible for you to understand what it is like to live in constant fear of your life in your own country. P.S. 1: For the umpteenth time, I am not supporting Raila for President. Personally I would prefer Charity Ngilu out of all the current presidential aspirants (but I am waiting and actively organizing for the new deal leader who will emerge from nowhere to win the presidency). But just think about the following scenario for a minute. Langata breaks into chaos and violence and uncertainty continues until Election Day. The Kenyan constitution says that for you to be duly elected as president, you have to be an elected member of parliament. So assuming that Raila will be the ODM candidate, the idea would be to ensure that he does not win the Langata seat. Or to keep him so busy fighting for his parliamentary seat for him to campaign effectively, nationally. This could explain why the ODM leader looked so shaken walking into Kilimani police station to file a complaint against Ndura and his mob the other day. This is sadly one of the reasons why many politicians opt for a rural home political base. It is much easier to defend against such threats. And to make sure that the public will never be convinced that the violence in Kibera is targeted against Raila, some smart alec starts the violence in Mathare first. So when Raila speaks out, many people assume that he is talking "his usual nonsense" yet if truth be told, Raila has mostly been proved right in the end no matter how wild his allegations have seemed. Remember the first reaction to Raila's claim about the Armenian brothers? Mercenaries in the country? Sent to assassinate? Totally insane!! Somebody actually just stopped short of saying that he should be rushed for an urgent check-up on his mental health. But Raila was proved right in the end wasn't he? P.S. 2: Young, naïve political candidates and presidential hopefuls like Kumekucha, please take careful note of these developments. This is the only way the wazees know how to play the game of politics. They play dirty and they always seek to punch way below the belt. 2007 will be a year full of unexplained mysteries for those who think that Kenyan politics is similar to American politics and seek textbook official explanations for everything. Majority of those kind of Kenyans read this blog regularly. Happily those who read this blog with an open mind will always know exactly what is going on. Coming Soon: Bloodshed is the inevitable result of election violence. I will explain the real purpose of blood shed in the Kenyan political context. And how a Kenyan MP won a political seat by murdering a close friend who was his own campaign manager. Keep reading folks, the mother of all general elections is fast approaching. Let it not catch you uninformed. Link to original article.Small business tip: Term life insurance and one-man-show enterprises that make $500,000 monthly.
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9:38
From: You Missed This
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Small business and online entrepreneur tips
Technology now makes it possible for some one-man run businesses online to make $500,000 per month.
The term, insurance is enough to elicit a pretty big yawn from most people and yet many of us think of ourselves as prudent and wise entrepreneurs. Believe me when I say that there is a crucial connection between term life insurance and small business that every entrepreneur online and beyond should know about. And by the way, I am NOT talking about ordinary life insurance here; I am referring to term life insurance, which is very different. But more on that later.
All indications are that we are rapidly hurtling towards the sort of world that will be filled with many more self-employed people than people with a regular job. Technology now makes it possible for some one-man-run businesses online to make a colossal $500,000 per month. No kidding. It is also obvious that companies will in future hire people on contract basis and many times those contracted will work from their homes. The really exciting thing here is how one-man-enterprises are already competing with Fortune 500 companies and many times winning.
But in all the excitement, great caution is advised. Working for yourself is very different from working for others. If anything happened to you at the typical workplace, the company and your colleagues would stand by your family and do everything in their power to make them as comfortable as possible. When you work for yourself, it is a very different story and chances are that should you drop dead suddenly, today your family and those close to you will be left clutching nothing but a long list of unpaid bills.
One golden rule in business and life is that it is very important to always prepare for the worse. Personally I have observed a very strange thing indeed; when you prepare, nothing will happen. But when you don't, chances are that the worst will tend to happen and leave devastation in its' wake. It is amazing how most business people take the trouble to cover all the risks involved with their businesses and then forget to cover the risk of their families being left without a major breadwinner.
Since you are an entrepreneur starting out and you probably don't have too much money saved up somewhere, the ideal solution for you would be to look at term life insurance. A simple solution that will ensure that your loved ones are taken care of properly… should anything ever happen to you.
Term life insurance is the original form of insurance, before somebody made the terrible decision to tie insurance to investment. Actually the two can never mix as is now clear from what has happened. Because this kind of insurance is the pure, simple original insurance and is not tied to any investment and part payments to you at some maturity date, it is always the most inexpensive way to purchase a substantial death benefit with very minimal premiums.
Use term life insurance to provide covering for all your key financial responsibilities including consumer debt, dependent care, college education and mortgages.
This is the smartest move you will ever make to ensure that should something happen to you as you pursue your entrepreneurial dream, your dependants and loved ones will not suffer.
This article is not about placing affiliate links here and so I have not linked to any site. I leave it to you to search the web for amazing term life insurance quotes. This is the right thing to do, to give you peace of mind even as you continue to pursue your dreams.
In your search use keywords like term insurance quote and term Life insurance.
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7:45
From: My part of the world.......
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Seems alot has been happening since I have been MIA from the blogosphere. In the good old Jamuhuri it seems that the police have finally decided to respond to the mungiki menace with the finesse of a person trying to kill a fly with a sledgehammer. As usual too little, too late. Quite a few blogs have covered this topic already so all I am going to do is keep an eye on the aftermath. In other news for once the justice system in America works! Yes Paris Hilton was sent back to jail to serve her jail term instead of house arrest as the Sherrif thought would be best. Call me a hater, but this whole different rules for celebs issue was really pissing me off. Add to the fact that this whole issue has gotten way more airtime on the news and the net than it's worth (a fact that M has covered rather well). I have had this on my mind and I had to share it. I am sure we all know how Kenyans have their own ways of pronouncing words and names, this list comes to mind. 1. Juanita - This name is often pronounce hwanita but I knew a girl who had this name and everyone used to pronounce it Jooanita. (sorry but I can't write phoenetics) 2.Anastasia - This name is pronounced Anastazia but Kenyans always read it the way it is written. 3. Henri - Kenyans usually mentally substitute the i at the end for y and say it as henry as opposed to Onri. Damn that's what I get for not writing the names down! I actually had a list of 10 names. Feel free to add your own! In other news summer is finding me on the bilaz train. There is no worse time to be on the bilas train than summer. All you have to do is venture out see all the fly gals in their skimpy summer wear and it makes you all the more aware of your status quo, to make things worse there are some women where I work who push the envelope as far as possible when it comes to clothing (that is a post on it's own). I have decided to be proactive and channel my energy into excercise since I don't have gym membership. Let's just say with all the external motivation, the number of press-ups I can do has been going up exponentially over the last week. But on the bright side I was off the train just a few months ago unlike some people who have been on the train ever since it was running on coal (I'm not going to name names) but I do appreciate having you people there for company when I get back on the train. Anyway now back to another week in the plantation, but as the Good Book says; we shall overcome!
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5:16
From: White African
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[note: this was written on Thursday of last week, but my site went down… I almost lost my mind. True story.]
On Stage (more TEDGlobal pictures on Flickr)
I was given a moment to share some of the stories from AfriGadget here at TEDGlobal. Speaking in front of this group was a little unsettling, so I tried to prepare something that was both to the point and interesting.
My main point was this:
African’s are bending the little they have to their will, using creativity to overcome life’s challenges.
The examples on AfriGadget showcase African ingenuity, the type of ingenuity born of necessity.
I did a quick recap recording of what I said, or at least what I think I said, since it’s all a blur now…
 
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4:24
From: AfriGadget
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The last couple weeks have found myself, and a couple other AfriGadget team bloggers (1, 2, 3), traipsing across East Africa on our way to and from TEDGlobal. We were able to source a few really good stories that you’ll see coming online in the next couple of weeks.
Some of the AfriGadget bloggers
While at TEDGlobal, I had the chance to talk on stage about African ingenuity and innovation at the most micro level. Needless to say, it was exhilarating. I gave examples of the stories we’ve published here over the last year. It was a lot of fun and I think people enjoyed it.
Of course, this high-flying adventure couldn’t all go smoothly. In fact, on Thursday, the last day of TEDGlobal and the day that some pretty big sites linked to us, our web host was hacked and we went down in flames. I was off to Uganda and had a terrible connection, and it wasn’t until today that I’ve been able to fix things.
So, thanks for your patience in all of this, and thanks for reading! We’ve got some pretty exciting ideas about this next year and will keep you informed as they happen.
[update: here’s a short audio slideshow of what I think I said…]
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3:00
From: tHiNkEr'S rOoM
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[8:59] Apparently a explosion has gone off near Ambassadeur hotel in Nairobi. No news as yet on the casualties. There are a lot of rumours going on now that it is A bomb A suicide bomber A gas cylinder Other than the explosion itself, nothing has been ...
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2:50
From: The Benin Epilogue Part I: Africa-Ready for Business
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  Nairobi, Kenya Monday June 11 2007 There has been an explosion today in Nairobi in what is suspected to be a suicide bomber attack. Apparently, this was carried out by a man carrying explosives in a bag along the city's Moi Avenue (which is near a very busy commuter bus stop and two major international Hotels - Ambasadeur Hotel and Hilton Hotel Nairobi) Only one person has been confirmed dead at the moment but sources at the scene say that there may be more than 10 casualties. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the suicide bomber timer settings were wrong and that the bomb exploded prematurely. All possible scenarios based on the location and the timing of the explotion suggest several targets most likely the city's transport vehicles branded CITY HOPPA. The man may have been headed to board one of the buses but did not succeed as the bomb exploded before he reached the target. The area has been sealed off for more investigation.
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2:18
From: Mentalacrobatics
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Once again it looks like Nairobi has been hit by a terrorist attack.
As you can imagine details are a little sketchy so far.
What has been reported so far is:
- An explosion hit central Nairobi near Ambassador Hotel around 8.30am this morning
- Apparently by a suicide bomber
- Witnesses say they have seen six bodies although only one death apart from the bomber has been confirmed.
- Witnesses also mention pages of the Koran strewn all over the place, whether these were carried by the bomber or one of the victims is not yet known.
Again this is all speculation at the moment. I’m sure the news teams will have some more information soon.
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1:52
From: Farmgal
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With all the drama that was yesterdays Grand prix in Montreal, Canada..this young lad was composed and showed maturity beyound his 22yrs! And he’s cute too!
I watched the whole thing from start to finish and that includes the BMW crash.
 pic from BBC website
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0:48
From: RIBA CAPITAL
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Stocks to watch: Equity Bank - Could be targeting to take over Housing Finance or even National Bank. read more.National Bank - Debt repayment by govt. could spark renewed take over interest. read more below. Housing Finance - Takeover target especially with the likelihood of one of the biggest shareholders CDC not keen on taking their rights issue.  NBK's share price continue to rise amid news of the govt. issuing non-negotiable bonds to cover the Kes: 20Bn it owes the bank. The bonds linked to the debt off set include: Kes: 4Bn at 9.50% with three years maturity, Kes: 5Bn at 11.50% with six years to maturity, Kes: 5Bn at 13% with 10 years to maturity and Kes: 6Bn at 14.5% with fifteen years to maturity. The issuance of the off-setting long term special bonds puts to rest uncertainty on the eventual repayment of the growing Kes: 20Bn guaranteed loans, but there are various views on the suitability of this decision to NBK shareholders. The bank will finally access liquidity from this debt via coupons and after maturity of the bonds, although they are non negotiable meaning that NBK will have to wait for their maturity and that is 3 years before the initial Kes: 4Bn matures. This is likely to pave way for the eventual buy out of this parastatal considering several banks have previously shown interest in it, these include Stanbic Bank that is in the process of merging with CFC bank and cash rich Equity bank. More info from NBK's website.
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0:43
From: assidous
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1219Hrs:Still, there is no known cause of what happened in Nairobi this morning. One conspicous thing was that NTV caught KTN, KBC and CITIZEN TV flat footed. BBC was there live. I didnt check AlJazeera. All the earlier report may be treated as unconfirmed until i get what really happened from my hot wire.
0846Hrs: As i was updating my blog this morning at 0846Hrs, i was informed from very reliable sources that a suicide bomber has blown himself or herself injuring an unknown number of people near Ambassador House in Nairobi.
That is just the latest for now.
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0:25
From: assidous
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 Last week Monday, Charles Taylor aka pappy trial opened at the Hague. He never appeared citing he had lost faith in the UN-based court. Taylor is charged with a plethora of crimes ranging from Terrorism, murder,sexual violence, enslavement to looting as well as using child soldiers. At least, we hope that the system will convict Africa's worst warlord who's child soldiers fondly referred to as pappy. Some of his child soldiers had equally funny nick-names like: peanut-butter, bald-boy, butt-naked etc. UK has offered to imprison him if he is found guilty after a process that is to take 12 to 18 months.
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