Well… The fundamental truth about all nations is that they have ambitions. It is never written anywhere but its in the “psyche” of the nation. They can be big ambitions or small ambitions, and the education systems in countries mutate to match the ambitions. We (Kenyans and our leaders) are lazy. We dont want to be a great nation,we just want to get by and as…
Read MoreLast night, I got into a very spirited argument discussion with a close friend on education systems. He was of the opinion that education systems are part of a larger societal dynamic, and one person cannot change systems within which society operates; for that reason he didn’t see the need to take children through a different system, which would turn them into societal rejects (paraphrased)….
Read MoreToday’s post is a bit different from the material you are used to on this blog. I’d like to share a lesson that I learnt yesterday first thing in the morning. Like most Twitter addicts, the first thing I did when I woke up was check my Twitter timeline, where I came across this post, tweeted by my favourite blogger Michael Hyatt. The CTO of…
Read MoreDeveloped by Olivine Technology, ASIM helps retail businesses solve their biggest headache;integrating the sales and inventory management systems. It is an end to end solution, which tracks your inventory, from the time it’s delivered to your stores, to the point where it’s sold. What makes ASIM better than off the shelf sales and inventory management solutions? 1. Versatility: When you choose to buy an off the shelf…
Read MoreThe following are the 10 most read posts on this blog since I started writing in 2009 1. Isn’t A SACCO Just A Bank? 1.Angel Financing in Kenya 2. Just Do It! 3. Enlarge The Pie 4. Before You Pick The Hoes 5. Why Everyone Hates Their Job 6. Private Solutions To Public Problems 7. Guest Post: Freelance Writing 8. Amazon Vs Nakumatt: Customer Care Case Study 9. Creating Your Personal Life Plan…
Read MoreThis is a guest post by Rebecca Wanjiku, a leading tech journalist, blogger and a burgeoning finance person. Read her insightful blog here, and follow her on Twitter. Wanjiku blogs about her conversation with The Village Banker. Enjoy! If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. When you think of a Shylock, who comes to mind? The person who lends you money…
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In 2009, Sunny Bindra wrote an article aptly titled: Did Your CEO Win an Award, You should Start Worrying. At the time, I was working in a tech company that had won a major entrepreneurship award, and the article did its rounds in the company, bypassing the CEO of course.Sunny could have been sitting in our open plan office when writing the article, because the…
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Ending the week on a light note… Last week, someone took mercy on me and replaced my long-suffering Nokia E63 with an iPhone 4. The initial excitement came with a whole lot of misadventures that I just thought to share. I thought this stuff only happened to other people: The first thing I wanted on the phone was Twitter of course, so I Googled Twitter…
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