As more and more employers are making the shift to listing potential jobs on online job boards instead of traditional media, it is becoming harder for job seekers to flesh out which ad postings are legitimate jobs and which are nothing more than a scam. Because job scams seem to be on the rise it’s […]
[Continue reading…]Invest for 1,000!
July 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I was on leave for three weeks recently, and I realized just how fun it is to do nothing but sleep, watch TV, and get paid. I wondered if it was possible to do this all year round without marrying a rich old man. Today, I’ve discovered a way to do that, and all without […]
[Continue reading…]A Time To Sow
June 28, 2012 by 2 Comments
Have a look at the graph above. Go ahead, you can click on it to make it bigger. As you can see, the internet usage rate in Kenya is growing rapidly, especially when compared to other countries which are slowing down. In those countries, the internet is already mainstream meaning that a lot of people […]
[Continue reading…]Is There a Problem Here?
May 17, 2012 by 11 Comments
So last week I was with a friend of mine who does a lot of IT freelance consulting in the city of Nairobi. He wanted my opinion on how to solve a particular problem that he had come across. The problem is this: There is a client who runs a certain business that generates a […]
[Continue reading…]Google Brings NFC To Kenya
May 7, 2012 by 8 Comments
I was aboard a CitiHoppa yesterday when the person seated next to me asked the conducter if he could pay via his Beba card. I didn’t really pay much attention to what followed but later on, I googled about it and found Beba.co.ke. In their own words, The Beba card is a smart card that […]
[Continue reading…]The Cesspit That is Kenyan “Job Sites”
April 26, 2012 by 8 Comments
So, recently, a friend of mine who had struggled for a long time looking for an employee, decided to send the job details to one of the many Kenyan job sites out there. They had a notice on their homepage that if you sent job details to them via email, they would post the job […]
[Continue reading…]Making Money – Knowing When to Quit
April 18, 2012 by 3 Comments
An old nugget from doshdosh.com: Making money anywhere involves understanding the value of your business, idea or website. Are they profitable or are you attempting the impossible by trying to squeeze blood from a stone? We all have many ideas on what types of money making websites to set up and we often execute these […]
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