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income</category><category>twitter</category><category>investment</category><category>hiatus</category><category>EDGE</category><category>national security</category><category>entrepreneur challenges</category><category>bambanet</category><category>partners</category><category>social media</category><category>traffic</category><category>writing</category><category>donations</category><category>Kenya Power</category><category>money</category><title>Startups in Kenya</title><description>An idea junkie, continuously pushing the envelope of entrepreneurship. Inspired by film, addicted to hyperlinks. Grammarphile</description><link>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>119</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/StartupsInKenya" /><feedburner:info uri="startupsinkenya" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-4391405724559088443</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-04T11:34:44.943+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">video</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BPO</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eva</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">small business</category><title>If a picture is 1000 words a video is a million!</title><atom:summary>Here at Genius Executives, we've been very busy the last couple of months. We've re-branded our company  and put together a strong team to make sure we remain the top outsourcing and consultancy company for small businesses in Kenya,

One our the biggest challenges we've been facing however is how to tell someone about our revamped EVA products that now come in black-boxed packages called Genius </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/uJIBQbspwJo/if-picture-is-1000-words-video-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MA7T_Dp55pY/TwQNstv9oAI/AAAAAAAAAmk/a2pIZ8OMINs/s72-c/GeniusLogo_smaller.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/uJIBQbspwJo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2012/01/if-picture-is-1000-words-video-is.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-7488378167961838250</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-02T09:21:09.132+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cars</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">toastmasters</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>The Love Letter</title><atom:summary>After shocking the sensibilities of a conservative audience with my first time speech on cars; I went back to the same audience with this mellower version:


Boo Boom Boo BoomWhat was that sound? What was making that sound?
It was the middle of July and unlike most days in that month; the sun was a blazing ball in the sky and the heat stifling. I had walked almost a mile to meet you. My shoes </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/qjuTIwDS0AQ/love-letter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/qjuTIwDS0AQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-letter.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-4055874489941582344</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-29T14:48:36.146+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">social media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">customer care</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kenya Power</category><title>An open letter to the Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Power</title><atom:summary>Dear Eng. Joseph Njoroge,

KENYA POWER’S RE-BRANDING IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

First of all let me commend you for the great strides you have made at Kenya Power. Despite working in an environment with high cost of supplies, rampant vandalism, legacy employees, and generally hostile consumers you have managed to accomplish a great number of things. Applying for new electricity connections especially</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/uMbp9WEjmW0/open-letter-to-chief-executive-officer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/uMbp9WEjmW0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/09/open-letter-to-chief-executive-officer.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-2624895093735295000</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-27T17:10:00.823+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">business idea</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">innovation</category><title>Screw Textbook Publishers</title><atom:summary>I feel very fortunate in the time I have spent as an entrepreneur. Not only have I gotten to meet a great number of different people: partners, suppliers, clients, proteges, employees but I've also provided products and businesses of utility AND made money. I like think of myself as an innovator as most of my ventures have been firsts: 1st person to publish the laws of Kenya online, 1st person to</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/OLW2_L4bdBo/screw-textbook-publishers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/OLW2_L4bdBo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/09/screw-textbook-publishers.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-7406443400718746510</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-26T18:57:27.692+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Standard</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">M-PESA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Classifieds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nation Media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Safaricom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PayBill</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kenya Power</category><title>Mulika Mwizi</title><atom:summary>In one of my first classes at the University towards my law degree I encountered what must be one of the most eccentric lecturers in Kenya. Besides a deep seated hatred for apples (for the crunchy sound made when eaten) he was a multiple accident victim whose injuries had left him with a condition where he could lapse into complete catatonia. Not only did this affect his duties at the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/9IgOFFALCAM/mulika-mwizi.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/9IgOFFALCAM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/09/mulika-mwizi.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-892347420701277774</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-27T14:52:54.749+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kenyans4Kenya</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">concert</category><title>Live Blog Kenyans for Kenya Concert - a Teeniez Perspective</title><atom:summary>So I am watching the Kenyans for Kenya concert with my younger teenage brother and asked for his thoughts on why it looks like such a flop and why he would not attend. Here are his top 5 thoughts:


The event wasn't publicized enough. He only heard about it yesterday.
The presenters (Julie Gichuru, Anne Kiguta, Jeff Koinange) are too old to be hosting a show targeted mainly at young people (from</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/VEV1FSW2liM/live-blog-kenyans-for-kenya-concert.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/VEV1FSW2liM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/08/live-blog-kenyans-for-kenya-concert.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-1802498630171663895</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-13T17:02:35.667+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">terrorism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">holiday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Al-Qaeda</category><title>My Brush with Al-Qaeda - Part II</title><atom:summary>Continued from http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-brush-with-al-qaeda-part-i.html

One day earlier....


"Kindly spell the name for me sir"

"AL HAZEEF, A-L-H-A-Z-E-E-F, come on you have my passport why don't you just read it, I need to check in and go about my business"

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience sir, with passports in Arabic we always confirm the English translation." the pretty</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/nBnleFQWYho/my-brush-with-al-qaeda-part-ii.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/nBnleFQWYho" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-brush-with-al-qaeda-part-ii.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-3407747329849776994</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-05T16:19:38.221+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">terrorism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Al-Qaeda</category><title>My Brush with Al-Qaeda - Part I</title><atom:summary>We were all laughing heartily as we reached the hotel lobby, one of my arms around Achieng's shoulder and the other holding my ribs which ached from the night full of humor. My younger sister Loizer was recording everything with a hand-held video camera which surprisingly was still on. Kibe my cousin could barely make it down the last flight, he was not used to so much liquor and humor. Just a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/NPkBGkaYdAk/my-brush-with-al-qaeda-part-i.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/NPkBGkaYdAk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-brush-with-al-qaeda-part-i.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-3294389140808541993</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-25T11:06:38.139+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cars</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">toastmasters</category><title>My First Time</title><atom:summary>“I was very anxious, and glad it was over quickly”
 “Felt shy at first but once I got the hang of it, I loved it”
“A really painful experience!”
 “Super, freaking awesome!”
These statements came from a group of teenagers as they all described their first time…                ...to drive a car
A  life time lived to its full results in a painted mosaic of memorable moments,  and for me none are </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/FQ6zHBYV1SI/my-first-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/FQ6zHBYV1SI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-first-time.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-7637193159756211226</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-24T12:39:47.405+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mututho</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">law</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">alcohol</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">guide</category><title>Your A to Z guide for Alcohol Drinking Laws (Mututho) in Kenya</title><atom:summary>It's Friday again. Young ladies leaving work early to pass by the salon for a touch up. Young men going through their bank balance, MPESA balance and wallet to confirm their capacity for damage. Married men leaving their calculators tucked deeply under their work files in the office; and everybody in between getting ready to party. As you plan to paint tonight red, here's an A to Z guide of how </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/lZ6krD2SrtI/your-to-z-guide-for-alcohol-drinking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/lZ6krD2SrtI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/06/your-to-z-guide-for-alcohol-drinking.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-451263081189739653</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-10T19:27:19.798+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cooperative Bank</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">banking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">internet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Post Bank</category><title>Internet Banking in Kenya</title><atom:summary>I remember the first day my mom took me to the bank, it was back in the day - mid 90s and we lived in the country (euphemism for ushago). The only bank that was available was Post Bank. Now I can't remember too much about how it all used to work, but I remember this: once you opened an account you were given a small booklet, I think it was called a passbook. The booklet was a journal that </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/EDVhuCUZqz4/internet-banking-in-kenya.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MjipNaALY9A/TfJCX4XhWZI/AAAAAAAAAfo/84UNdJqTMP0/s72-c/hands.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/EDVhuCUZqz4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/06/internet-banking-in-kenya.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-4823090753478799475</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 08:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-19T12:03:50.529+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cost cutting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Waflash</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">entrepreneur challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">profits</category><title>Cut costs but don't Waflash</title><atom:summary>New colloquial words usually originate from a mutation or amalgamation of existing words. Take Waflash for example I know that most of you have probably never heard of this word but it carries deep significance for me.



Long long ago, in a galaxy far far away (...just had to use that, it's for the lulz) I shared an office with an otherwise affable chap called Wafula. Now I say otherwise because</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/fqWSbwoThJ8/cut-costs-but-dont-waflash.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/fqWSbwoThJ8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/05/cut-costs-but-dont-waflash.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-8044676899694179146</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 08:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-10T11:33:45.292+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Premium Rate Calls</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">changing technology</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">social media media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Premium Rate SMS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SMS</category><title>Is Premium Rate SMS on its deathbed?</title><atom:summary>This post is dedicated to @kenyangetter. It's always nice when your ramblings are appreciated.

10 years is a short time in technology. When I got my first Airtel line (it used to be called KenCell those days young ones) the provider did not even have SMS as a service. They did launch it a few months later by the (very clever) name YesMS (for those who don't know the slogan for Kencell was Yes!).</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/eiO1JCi6ztQ/is-premium-rate-sms-on-its-deathbed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/eiO1JCi6ztQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/05/is-premium-rate-sms-on-its-deathbed.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-7314738338830505262</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 08:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-06T11:21:53.852+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">civil liberties</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">constitution</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">social media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">facebook</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SMS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">national security</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bill of rights</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">twitter</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NCIC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">privacy</category><title>Is the government right to spy on your SMS?</title><atom:summary>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/G_mPDjCz82w/is-government-right-to-spy-on-your-sms.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/G_mPDjCz82w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/05/is-government-right-to-spy-on-your-sms.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-3948136075279061517</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-20T12:06:33.481+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">business experiment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Safaricom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tariff</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bambanet</category><title>The Truth About Safaricom's Per Minute Data Tariff</title><atom:summary>This morning I woke to a full page advert in the dailies announcing that Safaricom had launched a new data tariff for KSh.2 per minute billed per second. Instantly several questions popped up in my mind, many of which were gratifyingly answered by @kachwanya's and @mkaigwa's excellent posts.

The concept of per minute browsing readily intrigued me because of my rural cyber cafe exploits as well </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/tmQVGmj9POI/truth-about-safaricoms-per-minute-data.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wK6No8q1wjg/Ta6h4tYpAlI/AAAAAAAAAfM/I-OdTHSjkGI/s72-c/torrent.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/tmQVGmj9POI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/04/truth-about-safaricoms-per-minute-data.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-6643664279896989801</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-06T07:48:45.556+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">entrepreneur challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">creditors</category><title>Right is right, even if it feels wrong</title><atom:summary>Tom ran the numbers again, furiously punching the enter key on his keyboard as if to determine a different outcome. There was a slight decrease of Ks. 22,000, hardly enough to make a dent on the Ks. 1.8m fiscal hole he was staring at. He had been at this for six hours now and no matter which way he tried to slash costs, it was painfully obvious that unless he made some drastic changes, his </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/Jh5BRHcqLX4/right-is-right-even-if-it-feels-wrong.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/Jh5BRHcqLX4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/04/right-is-right-even-if-it-feels-wrong.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-1102187015469737575</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-17T15:17:37.636+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NGO</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jobs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kenya</category><title>NGO jobs in Kenya</title><atom:summary>Please see some NGO jobs in Kenya below. I am only re-publishing this so please do not contact me for details on the various positions as I would not know.

Job Title - ELRI Project Final Evaluation Consultant, Kenya
Closing Date - 20 Mar 2011
Organisation  - Horn Relief
URL Address  - http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-8ERGZG

Job Title - Chief of Party, Somalia/Kenya, Kenya (</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/Tm8fLDYDEP4/ngo-jobs-in-kenya.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/Tm8fLDYDEP4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/03/ngo-jobs-in-kenya.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-9215247396231150173</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-12T05:43:12.521+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">afri business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">startup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">partners</category><title>Screwing your Business Partner</title><atom:summary>The indecipherable expression on a young man's face as his business partner  threatens to sue him for everything is definitely the best scene of Andrew Sorkin's The Social  Network. Mark Zuckerberg just stares at his best friend Eduardo Saverin who is flipping out after being screwed out of their business.  Jesee Eisenberg potrays  Zuckenberg the youngest  (self-made) billionaire in the world (</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/EfDBUK82QPc/screwing-your-business-partner.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/EfDBUK82QPc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2011/01/screwing-your-business-partner.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-8050013907265110277</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-07T12:31:35.457+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">virtual assistant</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">entrepreneur challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">auctioneers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">business idea</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">startup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eva</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspiration</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">opportunity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">business</category><title>We will send the auctioneers tomorrow</title><atom:summary>My friend Roger clearly remembers those particular words from the telephone call. After many days anxiously spent waiting for it the bank had called him that sweltering December afternoon. The call effectively put a nail in the coffin for Rogers’ fledgling insurance agency.

Twelve months earlier, Roger had started his business with unbridled and unstoppable optimism. He quit his well-paying but </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/DV_u1aIclQw/we-will-send-auctioneers-tomorrow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/DV_u1aIclQw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2010/12/we-will-send-auctioneers-tomorrow.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-4140750301715352158</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-16T21:53:49.725+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sole proprietorship</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">startup</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">formAKenyanCompany.com</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">company registration</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">business</category><title>Differences between a Business Name (Sole-Proprietorship / Partnership) and a Limited Liability Company</title><atom:summary>In my role as a consultant to the online company registration service, formAKenyanCompany.com I find myself answering the question "What is the difference between a sole-proprietorship and a company?"

Anybody who is  considering starting a business must consider what  type  of business  structure is needed for his or her particular  situation.   In Kenya  there are three types of structures that</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/fxY7E9MLrXE/differences-between-business-name-sole.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>12</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/fxY7E9MLrXE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2010/11/differences-between-business-name-sole.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-6795135225423690890</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-12T18:04:52.717+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">virtual assistant</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SME</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">entrepreneur challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BPO</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online purchases</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">small business</category><title>Who is Eva? BPO for small businesses? Really?</title><atom:summary>In the January of 2002 a young man found himself battling against  frustration and despair as he saw his barely four month old company go  up in smoke. It was his first real business venture and he had sunk all  of his meagre savings into it, only to find himself unable to convert  his enthusiasm into sales.

Four months without a single sale he only had well worn shoes to show for his effort.

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/emiJUfH-NGU/who-is-eva-bpo-for-small-businesses.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/emiJUfH-NGU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2010/11/who-is-eva-bpo-for-small-businesses.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-7578570771940129959</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-24T16:51:33.188+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Yu</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Safaricom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Orange</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bharti</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zain</category><title>Safaricom Scared! The Inside Scoop</title><atom:summary>It seems even giants can be rattled.

Since Bharti/Zain welcomed the birth of Kenya's second republic with the lowest call charges across mobile networks, their counterparts on Waiyaki way (Safaricom) have been as busy as bees. I can now exclusively reveal through my inside sources the happenings at Safaricom these past three weeks, some of which are utterly shocking.


1. Shutting down the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/nnnb8JNsEIM/safaricom-scared-inside-scoop.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/nnnb8JNsEIM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2010/09/safaricom-scared-inside-scoop.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-7005725215500584760</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-03T12:10:57.413+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Safaricom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bambanet</category><title>10 Things I hate about Safaricom</title><atom:summary>Since my post on why I won't be ditching my Safaricom line any time soon, I've been getting a lot of love from Big Green affiliates broadcasting the post. What these fellows should have been doing is sorting out the many issues with their products and services. Since everybody likes lists, I'm going to put up another one today - on the 10 things that I really hate about Safaricom.

1. Masaa ya </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/sgItKBfVP24/10-things-i-hate-about-safaricom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/sgItKBfVP24" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2010/09/10-things-i-hate-about-safaricom.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-1726923798384276562</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-25T18:07:43.388+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">investment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">property</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">land</category><title>Can you be the next Donald Trump (in Kenya)?</title><atom:summary>Stephen Alala, co-founder of SoftLaw once told me an interesting story about a lawyer who while doing an assignment for a venture capital firm was so enthralled by the work that he decided to quit the practice and join the angel investors. At the next meeting with the other angels, intending to wow the board he excitedly gave a presentation on a new business venture that would make the firm </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/bbw5of0oHRI/can-you-be-next-donald-trump-in-kenya.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/bbw5of0oHRI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2010/08/can-you-be-next-donald-trump-in-kenya.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34725338.post-1635141659094764111</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-25T19:16:17.434+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Safaricom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">innovation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zain</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">price wars</category><title>Why I will not be moving from Safaricom</title><atom:summary>For those who've been reading my blog you know that I have a love/hate relationship with Safaricom. One week I will lavish praise on them, the next I'll be trashing them. With such swinging passions, it is easy to find inspiration to write on them, and resultantly I do it often. This week I'm at it again, giving my 3 reasons why I'll be sticking with Big Green and ignore the Vuka to Zhairtel wave</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~3/W9aoR2PwqW8/why-i-will-not-be-moving-from-safaricom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Harry Karanja)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StartupsInKenya/~4/W9aoR2PwqW8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://startupkenya.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-i-will-not-be-moving-from-safaricom.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

