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See details here.
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Apparently KDN is offering free wi-fi in Nairobi (think it’s a promotion for their Butterfly product). It’s supposed to last through the end of the month. If you have a wi-fi enabled laptop, PDA etc. just search for the essid butterfly and connect. They are supposed to have around [...]
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Gabi 9 weeks1
Originally uploaded by ateka.
She’s growing so fast! Pic was taken 3 weeks ago.
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- Presenting Jahazi (thanks Riyaz for initial heads up…man there’s lots of things buzzing in Nairobi, can’t wait to spend more time there). Can’t wait for it to go mobile and very happy to see Kenyan developers doing their thing.
- Also worth checking out, the Kenyan myspace - [...]
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Remember when you would count down days to the show?
I thought we had the coolest parents because we got to miss school to go to the show. My dad wasn’t into the idea of dealing with crowds so we became ASK members and went on members day, which was typically on [...]
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State of Kenyan journalism in a nutshell (check the headline).
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10:20
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I was having a conversation last night that took me way back to 8-4-4 Fasihi nightmares. Anyone remember Kusadikika aka Kusad? Can’t believe that was thirteen years ago!
Anyway, we spent a while trying to figure out which book contained the phrase “Mdundo wa highlife.” We figured it out eventually, but I’m [...]
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Ethan Zuckerman has an interesting post on, among other things, a project called EPROM that is trying to encourage people in developing nations to learn how to build applications for mobile phones. The project currently has a program running in Kenya (Kilifi and University of Nairobi).
Some slides from classes [...]
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For you budding entrepreneurs, click here to apply. Deadline is 31 May 2007. Hat tip Swamp Cottage!
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Africaincorp: smorgasboard of Africa related links.
AOB: ODM-Kenya (not sure if this is the official site) links to Mzalendo…hhmm.
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I’m still without an ADSL line so in between that and Gabriella, my surfing is spotty at best. The 3-G card hookup was fantastic like for a week and a half then the speed dramatically dropped…classic bait and switch…MTN is rubbish. I haven’t even dared to check my aggregator recently…opening my [...]
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7-9pm
Sunday 15th April
With: Clifford Oluoch, Millicent Muthoni, Father Joseph Healey, M.M
& Judy Kibinge
Kengeles, Lavington Green
With live music by
“Winyo”
NB Binyavanga Wainaina will be among those reading at Sunday Salon New York on the 18th April. Visit www.sundaysalon.com for more details.
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Several of my virtual and real buddies have received scholarships to attend TED Arusha. So far, all the receipients that I know are male…a trend similar to the Blogging Indaba last year… and I’m curious to know whether there are any women out there who’ve applied for/ received a scholarship to TED. [...]
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Gabi1_2.5weks
Originally uploaded by ateka.
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Still no good connectivity at home so the hiatus continues. Gabriella is also decidedly nocturnal for now so keeping watchie hours. Will try and post pics soon and one of these days do proper posts on motherhood.
In the meantime, please check out these two excellent reports on local corruption [...]
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Great piece on Mzalendo by Andrew Heavens who blogs who at Meskel Square.
The interview was done about a little over a week before baby KP was born…Mama was working hard until the end
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First, thank you all for your kind words. Have to figure out how to fight off the punks down the road. We are doing well though Mama has to learn how to survive on catnaps since the concept of sleep is out the window.
Still no ADSL at home. I’ve [...]
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Adorable3
Originally uploaded by ateka.
DOB 23/02/07. Mama and baby are doing very well and hope to give regular updates as soon as Telkom SA deems it appropriate to install an ADSL line at home.
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I’ll be going on a hiatus of sorts.
The reason?
Impending motherhood.
Yes, I will soon be Mama Kenyan Pundit.
And to a slightly lesser extent, Telkom SA’s unwillingness to install ADSL in my new abode almost two months after I filed a request - the power of monopoly.
How do I feel? Excited, anxious, unprepared (not [...]
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Startups in Kenya -”all about entreprenuership, start-ups, venture capitalist, and netpreneurs in Kenya.”
Includes such gems such as a guide to setting up a rural cyber cafe from an entrepreneur’s perspective (beats your average NGO-produced guide to “bridging the digital divide”). Just wish he’d blog more…but maybe he’s busy [...]
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Ethan’s recent post entitled “300 foreign correspondents overseas. And 3,000 in Washington DC?” made for interesting reading. The post was inspired by an Open Source show entitled “The End of the Foreign Correspondent?”
In my opinion, the problem of cutbacks in staffing foreign bureaus is compounded by the focus on the same old gloom [...]
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- New model for wireless internet?
- On why telling a black person thatthey are “articulate” is not a compliment.
- 2008 aspirants get their blog on.
- Interesting model for smaller scale VC funding - something like this would be easy to implement in Kenya.
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… maybe it’s just me, but I find it curious that youth from Korogocho can effectively organize and demonstrate against high food prices (and other injustices) at the World Social Forum that was recently held in Nairobi, yet their local Member of Parliament gets away with being AWOL.
What gives?
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12:47
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Two recent finds that I enjoy. Both blogging from Uganda:
1. Jackfruity
2. Communist Socks and Boots.
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So John Githongo decided to make his latest revelations on Anglo-Leasing via his blog. There’s a whole lot the typical smoke and mirrors from the government combined with the sensationalism from the local media that has become par for course with the Anglo-Leasing story. I am going to focus on something that [...]