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9:15
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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What is money? I pose this question in light of the current global financial crisis which is increasing inflation all around the world. I mean, many people think that money has this infinite value, but in this era of inflation, should this crisis become a lesson about why one should always convert this “paper” called [...]
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20:48
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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I was having dinner with a good friend the other night and she mentioned that her 401K was taking a hit. This is the second time she’s mentioned it. I’m sure others have observed the same thing with their 401k’s.
I was talking to yet another friend (who I consider to be a semi-expert on finance) [...]
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13:00
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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There’s an interesting article in Fast Company magazine on China’s foray into Africa. It’s making people nervous:
“This commercial invasion is without question the most important development in the sub-Sahara since the end of the Cold War — an epic, almost primal propulsion that is redrawing the global economic map. One former U.S. assistant secretary [...]
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15:15
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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I’ve been thinking about this whole outsourcing issue again (why am I so obsessed with this issue of outsourcing?). Anyway, I was thinking about this issue because for the past two weeks, I have been trying to work on this website and I got stuck. There were some things I needed to do [...]
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18:47
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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I was reading an interesting story today in the NYT about Japanese fears that it is no longer churning out enough engineers and this will become a problem if it hopes to remain an advanced nation. Apparently, young Japanese who’ve grown up in a wealthy country, no longer feel the need to go into engineering, [...]
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7:39
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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There’s an interesting article in the Standard about call centres coming to Kenya. I guess this cable line has everyone excited about outsourcing opportunities. If you are based in America, you’ve pretty much dealt with call centres in India and I know of very few people who are impressed by them (heavy accents, unpleasant personalities, rude, etc, [...]
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8:01
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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I’ve been thinking about doing this for awhile and now that the political stuff seems to be dying down, I’d like to invite people to contribute articles on this forum. So, if you think you have something interesting to say, particularly about business or entrepreneurship in Kenya {or anywhere else} and you don’t want to [...]
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23:09
From: Kenya Imagine
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I have been able to see the Bill in the form that was released after the 28th February. This bill in its present format will be a constitutional headache to get through Parliament. More than that, there are fundamental issues in it that raise the possibility of it being rendered illegal by the High Court due to its inconsistency with the current constitution. Read Kamale T's analysis here.
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16:59
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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I just finished reading this great article in Fortune magazine about how Dubai is expanding it’s global reach beyond it’s borders and it’s doing it in poor, third world countries. What caught my attention were some of the countries it has selected: Djibouti and Rwanda. Huh?? (Full article here: Camels, Gorilla’s and skyscrappers)
Basically, the government [...]
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11:09
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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You can’t ignore a country with 500 million potential consumers, can you? World leaders are flocking there trying to get in on all that potential business (Maharaja’s land of gold).
Africans always like to inform westerners about the “other” side of Africa (”no, trust me….it’s not all poor”, really, I’m telling you, please believe me, etc, etc…you [...]
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0:32
From: Kenya Imagine
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Imagine if you will, a procession of boys walking for months, even years on end. They retain only one goal in their hearts, to reach the safety of refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. Achak's journey begins in Marial Bai, a village in Southern Sudan and ends in his resettlement in Atlanta, Georgia with hundreds of other young Sudanese. The epic is in many ways tragic, however, Achak and others demonstrate the resolution of the human will to survive some of the most adverse conditions on the planet. Read here as Nekessa Opoti writes a review on Dave Eggers' What is the What-- an autobiography of one of Sudan's Lost Boys.
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20:11
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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This is a documentary about an American computer programmer who travels to India to find out why so many “American” jobs are being outsourced to that location.
The guy is obviously bitter about being laid off and I got no sense from watching this video that he has come to terms with the realities of the [...]
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15:22
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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There’s a hilarious ad that was posted on Craigslist about a woman looking for a rich husband in New York City. Here is the description from the NYT:
“Last month on Craigslist.com, someone who described herself as a “spectacularly beautiful” 25-year-old placed a personal ad seeking a husband who made at least $500,000 a year, [...]
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16:55
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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I was talking to someone the other day about work in general and how safe (or not) most people’s jobs are and she said that in this global economy, your stability at work all comes down to one question:
Are you an income generator?
if the answer to that question is no, then your job is not [...]
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10:28
From: Afromusing
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This was my first time flying with Air-France, i typically do the KLM thing all the time, but Air France offered the best fare at the time when i was looking for tix.Good thing you can still earn miles since they have a partnership agreement and are part of the ’star alliance’ with KLM. The plane from Newark to Paris was a new looking Airbus A330. The interior was a snazzy looking navy blue with off white, there was a faint hint of ‘new plane smell’. It had an interesting addition of a web cam; well, make that a ‘nose cam’ where the images of what is going on in front of the plane is displayed on the screen in front of the seat.Nothing particularly interesting happened before we took off, just airport staff walking into a side entrance. I wished one of them would stop and do a little dance just to liven things up, perhaps something like Hugh Grant’s moves from the movie Love Actually? Flying these days is just drudgery. 
We left Newark at about 19:10 so it was still sunny out. After take off the ‘nose cam’ pans to the bottom of the plane giving you a view of the land below. The pilot seemed Jazzed about this and pointed out Central Park NY when we flew over it. I wasn’t impressed. The nose cam is cool though. Aerial view of central park…not so much. During the trip, the plane sounded abit noisier than the KLM flights i had taken before, a little crickety during turbulence, its a good thing disposable ear plugs are provided, or perhaps its because of where i was sitting, just behind the left wing.
Food - med
Lint from little blanket on black sweatshirt - Very High
Courtesy of staff - med
Overall experience thus far - so, so.
I will skip the whole thing about Air France being able to check baggage all the way to Nairobi, but not able to give me all the boarding passes, especially the boarding pass for flight from CDG to Nai. The agreements between airlines appear to favor baggage but not people?!!! I am just used to having all my boarding passes before i leave. Oh well, maybe its because my ticket was ‘cheap’
Paris wifi which they pronounce weee feee (?!!) cost $16 for an hour…I really should write my posts without being connected to the net. A few habits that i have to shed very very quickly.
The folks in Nai, see you at the geek dinner . Other readers, please check back starting June 3rd for posts from TED Global ‘Africa The Next Chapter’ - Arusha.
**Disclaimer - During the coming week, if I drop too many exclamation marks from over excitement, please oh please forgive me! (see see i started already)
My next flight is on KENYA AIRWAYS! I hope they have the KCC butter with the meal, or is that only on flights from .KE?
Other random items from Wired mag from this month…wired.com and just search for the stories, had to do this post without looking up the links. Fuel costs $4.20 in Nairobi, $4.17 in Mumbai and woudl you believe that in New Jersey its $2.99? How now?! Does the ‘Arm pit of the US’ have oil refineries nearby or an invisible pipeline to oil deposits on the moon? (NJ is actually pretty ok, i was just told that it was the arm pit of the US the other day, laughed my head off. Would that make california the tanned and buff abs of the US?) moving along… Cows emit more methane gas by burping than by farting.What with all the 4 stomachs, who can name them? (No googling?!)
Currently reading ‘The best Technology writing 2006′ compiled by Brandon Koerner. (Link is on my sidebar) - Very cool book. What i could garner from it so far…to be a good tech writer, you need a narrative and some banging metaphors.
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18:52
From: Afromusing
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Whis brought up an important issue on the last post - CFLs in Uganda. Namely that CFLs contain mercury, a heavy metal that is quite toxic and dangerous if not disposed of properly. A common concern is mercury in fish which results in the advisory for pregnant women to avoid eating fish. I decided to buy a CFL since my desk lamp light blinked out and in the process try to answer Whis’ question about disposal. Home Depot, $5 dollars for 1 40watt bulb and i was set.
CFL front 
CFL back 
Desk lamp with CFL 
And voila! Light! 
What i was able to find on the package no less, is that in North America, lamprecycle.org is a great resource, it has the state and EPA regulations for disposal of spent lamps. It also points to Earth911 where you can enter your zip code and it gives you the location of your local recycling center.
As for Uganda: I am afraid Whis i do not know…couldnt find a website for now, the other ministries appear to have a site but not the Energy ministry. Info from anyone there on the ground is greatly appreciated.
Daud in Kenya also pointed to the launch of PANARECC
Panerecc Launched at the Grand Regency on Thursday 26th April 2007
The Parliamentary Network on Renewable Energy and Climate Change (PANERECC) is a proposed Parliamentary network to promote renewable energy and climate change policy and particularly the synergy between New and Renewable Energy (NRE) as a tool for combating climate change
As of this posting I am getting a 401 error on their site, so check it again later.
Other Stuff
Tech/Internet - Its a bad URL world out there i.e malicious code can found on the URLs of sites …so get Finjan secure browsing addon for firefox. (Yes i know that attempt at channeling 3-6 mafia was lame oh i will say its maxi priest “Uuu baby its a wild world ” Bugger, that aint it either, i am leaving it in the post despite its hobbliness.)
Econ -2 links to articles by James Shikwati, he is one of the speakers in the upcoming TED Global. Link 1 on harmonisation of tax laws in the EAC with the somewhat hilarious question “Will the East African Federation increase the size of matoke on our plates?” Link 2 - “Urbanizing Kenya to fight poverty”. Speaking of urbanization and poverty, Atanu Dey has excellent posts on this very issue.
Music and TV (Diaspora US): VH1 soul has a cool program One Planet One soul, airs on sundays. Soul from Africa and aroung the world. Likes of Les Nubians, Somi etc. This was also mentioned over at Annansi Chronicles, a very cool blogger and designer, check out the blog here and the cool afrocentric tshirts here. If you arent subscribed to Benn Loxo yet and you are a world music fan…what you waiting for?! Gems on that site i tell you.
Annoyances: SMSs asking you to not buy gas/petrol on May 15th. Here is the snopes entry debunking that urban legend.
Last but not least, thanks for reading this far… and Happy Mothers day to all moms, especially our fellow bloggers who are new moms, KP, Mrembo and Medusa.
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13:31
From: Afromusing
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Went to read my copy of wired during lunch, just had to pass this along… if you have 10 minutes and would like to read an interesting story…click here, print and enjoy. If you have your dead trees copy Hash, its on page 153.
Reads like a movie, it is about a sci-fi movie, no wait, its about a brilliant exfiltration plan by the CIA in 1979 Iran.
Artist of the week - Benjamin Wachenje
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8:03
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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Paul Wolfowitz, the head of the World Bank has been in the news recently under a cloud of allegations that he tried to hook-up his girlfriend with some perks. Anyway, I don’t want to dwell on Wolfowitz’s history of corruption, except to say that I run into an article in Harper’s magazine written by [...]
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22:08
From: Kenya Imagine
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Every time a Kenyan journalist spends a stint in police detention, the whole of Nairobi goes crazy. Fellow newsmen and women rush to Ground Zero to show solidarity. Human rights organizations and other groups come out of the woodwork, for a chance to exhibit what they claim is their undaunted support and commitment to the cause of democracy. Politicians, some with questionable human rights records, abandon their activities and run to the police station for the photo opportunity. The more dramatic they act, the higher the likelihood of their pictures ending up on the front page. They scream at and scold police officers, who in most cases are only following orders. They kick the gates open in clear violation of the protocol they demand the government use in summoning the press. They try any and everything that would earn them notoriety in the press - anything.
Edwin Okong'o criticizes the Standard Newspapers, on what he cites as irresponsible journalism.
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20:23
From: Afromusing
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I had to make a quick note for US readers of this blog who have discovery channel, science channel or eh heh, bittorrent.
Planet Earth - TV Series
Its stupendous, visually captivating, and absolutely fascinating.
It is airs on sundays at 8pm, discovery channel. More info and online video available here.
For Science channel air times click here.
It was shot HDTV format, so if you have one of those high end HDTV screens…I am seriously envious. The technology used to film the series is also quite impressive, as reported by Sonia Zjawinski in wired mag article *’A view to a Kill’ - “Every hunt you’ve ever seen on a nature show has been a scam”.
Until now, the false advertising has been a regrettable necessity: If filmmakers try to follow a high-speed chase by air, the blare of the helicopter blades scares off the action.But in March, when the BBC series Planet Earth premieres on the Discovery Channel, viewers will see a single wolf hunt from start to finish. There’s also a bioluminescent light show of a vampire squid deep in the Pacific, a blue bird of paradise dancing in the New Guinea rain forest, and lions attacking elephants at a watering hole in the Botswana desert all brought to you by the humble hi-def digital camera.
While on the topic of TV, a couple of current favorites,
Dr. Who - Not sure when the new series starts up again on BBC America - Can’t wait.
Robin Hood - Saturdays at 8 CDT
Hustle - The new episodes begin wednesday april 18th on AMC at 10 EDT, 9 CDT.
Oh, and 30 Rock! - Very funny show.
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10:35
From: Kenyanentrepreneur.com
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I was just reading an article in the New York Times about Germany’s emergence once again, as a global engineering powerhouse (German Exports). The Germans have always been known for their solid engineering, but the economy took a downturn when East and West unified. The transition was difficult both economically and culturally, but [...]
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