Fuel Prices On the Rise
Pump prices have risen, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). The regulator has adjusted the cost of fuel amid the recent increase in international crude oil prices and the shilling’s weaker performance against the dollar. Super Petrol went up by KES…
How to Make a Successful Movie
How much money do you need to make a decent film? How do you know whether or not it will be successful? Here are a few lessons from the industry’s best and brightest. Target Audience Valentines Day, Friends With Benefits and Bridesmaids are the…
To Hack or Not to Hack?
With fake phones being put off and fake things generally being shunned there has been a rise of a specific breed of technicians. Technicians with a certain skill set. Is hacking an option?
On Potato Heaven
While we’re on the subject of potatoes (as you gathered from the title), very few folks know how to do potatoes the way they are supposed to. KFC gets their fries right (as opposed to their chicken), as did Psys. By the way, one psys does NOT fit all. I like my fries the way I don’t like my women.
Skinny.
Who Should Foot That Bill?
I recently went on a date and when the bill was brought my date insisted on paying. Being a traditional type of guy, it felt awkward and somehow humiliating to have a woman pay the bill. We got into a heated debate, on who should foot the bill, until she paused a question, “Who made it a requirement that men should always foot the bill?” Well, who did?
Temporary Shutdown of M-Pesa Services
Safaricom Limited have announced that M-Pesa services will be unavailable tonight, 13 October 2012, from 11:00PM to 6:00AM tomorrow morning, 14 October 2012, due to a planned M-Pesa upgrade. All your funds and accounts will remain intact during the M-Pesa upgrade. Safaricom further apologized for any…
The Stock Market today
The performance of the Nairobi Securities Exchange was better today. The NSE 20 Share Index performance was down 1.97 points to close at 3995.03 points. The All-Share Index performance was also down having lost 0.14 points to close at 87.71 HIGHEST VOLUMES Access Kenya was the highest traded…
Insanely Expensive Stuff: Apartments That Will Cost You Over KES 100,000
Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.” – Kevin Spacey They are not mere residences but an indication of your status in society. As opposed to standard apartments,…
What You Need to Know About Individual Retirement Plans
They say that it's never too early to begin to invest in your retirement. Even when making this choice you have several options, so just what do you need to know to help you pick best for yourself?
How Water Relates to Switching off Fake Phones
According to this article on Circle of Blue Nairobi water expects the payments via Mobile Money platforms to slow down following the switch off of, an estimated, 1.5 million phones. The rationale is pretty simple actually. 1.5 million phones represents a strong 5.14% of all mobile phones in the country (as…
Projected Pump Prices for October
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is over this weekend expected to announce reviewed fuel pump prices for the period starting 15 October, 2012 to 14 October, 2012. Based on the observed upward trend in international oil prices and weakening of the Shilling over the month of August, we…
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