I just read a very well written and thought-provoking article on how piracy affects the Kenyan movie industry: Secrets About Piracy Revealed By Jitu Films Director. It seems that a very interesting problem plagues our industry: Piracy is apparently illegal in Kenya. However, all those “DVD for 50 bob” shops in town sell nothing but […]
[Continue reading…]Where to Get Content For Your Website
February 6, 2012 by 4 Comments
When you build your website, or when you launch an online business, a problem that you may have not anticipated becomes apparent. Where do you get content to put in your new website? We all know that good compelling content is what makes or breaks a site, right? So where can you get it? 1. […]
[Continue reading…]Freelancing is Dangerous
February 4, 2012 by 5 Comments
I remember when I was employed – I use to hate it. I have always thought of myself as a free bird who must not be tethered to one place or one job. And so I dreamt. I dreamt of the day I would be free of employment. So when someone told me to try […]
[Continue reading…]Lazy African Scum
January 30, 2012 by 4 Comments
This, my friend, is what is wrong with Africa Kenya: They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any […]
[Continue reading…]ePay-Kenya: A Tried and Proven Way to Withdraw From PayPal in Kenya
January 28, 2012 by 116 Comments
The lack of a good and reliable way to withdraw money from PayPal in Kenya is one of the factors which hinder the average Kenyan’s potential to earn online most significantly. On Like Chapaa, we have had a long and hard struggle to try to find and identify the best way to withdraw from PayPal […]
[Continue reading…]pesaDroid
January 26, 2012 by 2 Comments
I came across a very interesting Android application for your mobile phone – pesaDroid. As much as I loathe Safaricom sometimes, I cannot live without my MPESA. Problem is, MPESA text messages are deleted (by me) as soon as I get them …. which unfortunately means I often cannot keep a record of who paid […]
[Continue reading…]No Sir, Don’t Get A Website!
January 25, 2012 by 11 Comments
Hands up if you are a “web designer” in Kenya. These days it seems that every other person on the streets does ‘websites’. Good for you, good for you (us?) all! It seems that it is boom time in Kenya as far as websites go. As many web designers as there are, there seems to […]
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