Thika Super-Highway Robbed Me Of My Livelihood
Photo: Patience Nyange's Blog Alex Mbithi stands at a bus stop on Thika road on a drizzling April morning. In his hands is small box with sweets in it. The face he wears is that of a man who has given up in life, on such an early morning.
Of Flying Cars And Feeding An Entire County
The Americans are at it. Flying cars aren’t just science fiction anymore. A Massachusetts-based company, Terrafugia Inc. on Monday announced that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The roadcraft, dubbed…
More Kenyans Using Daktari 1525
Safaricom’s new value added service, Daktari 1525, receives approximately 2,500 calls daily with a bulk of the calls coming from people at the bottom of the pyramid. Daktari 1525 allows subscribers to speak to qualified medical personnel at a cost of KES 20 per…
KES 131,665 For Nine Items at Nakumatt
The image below was captured at a Nakumatt till last night. The total payable was KES 131,665 which was paid all in cash. The hapless clerk almost walked off when the pile of notes was handed to him to count. pesatalk.com The receipt had only 9 items purchased so…
Why Money makes you unhappy
(Article from wired.com) Money is surprisingly bad at making us happy. Once we escape the trap of poverty, levels of wealth have an extremely modest impact on levels of happiness, especially in developed countries. Even worse, it appears that the richest nation in history – 21st century America – is slowly…
New innovative Products from Ecobank
Ecobank in the last four months has rolled out a series of innovative products all aimed at diversifying its services and response to customer needs. These include the Retail Internet Banking, Salary Advance Account and the launch of the Visa Chip cards. In the…
Congratulations Safaricom
Safaricom’s customer care twitter handle has proved to be reliable, interactive and effective when it comes to addressing customer queries. Unlike Yu Mobile twitter handle where queries take up to 24 hours to be responded to, Safaricom responds at a faster rate of no more than fifteen minutes.
What determines choice of Matatus on your Route?
Kenya has had a blessing in terms of public transport thanks to the Matatu phenomena. However, in the recent past, reckless driving by Matatu drivers has gone into books as having killed more Kenyans than some seriously known chronic diseases. The Nairobi Matatu system has it that there…
Safaricom to be the Fastest Mobile Broadband Network Next Week
Safaricom to have the fastest mobile broadband speed
Orange Mobile to Temporarily Go Off-Line
Notice is hereby given that Orange Mobile will go off-line tonight, between midnight and 3am, to pave way for system upgrade to increase capacity and throughput. …
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