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The Kenyan Corporate Executive: An Endangered Species

April 8, 2009
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Send this article to Twitter!I’ve been perusing the articles in BD Africa and I’m beginning to see an interesting phenomenon.  Well, maybe it’s a regular phenomenon with all jobs, but is this a unique pattern? What am I talking about? I am talking about seeing relatively young Kenyans, many of whom have been educated...
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Uhuru Kenyatta on Hardtalk: Part 3

August 3, 2008
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Send this article to Twitter!Uhuru getting tripped up again. He is asked about the exorbitant salaries that ministers and MP’s are making. He responds by saying that parliamentarians enacted it. So what? it’s still exorbitant. Uhuru then says it’s wrong that they are making that much, but goes on to try and defend it...
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I am Curious About A Couple of People…

November 14, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!I first heard about this guy {Aly Khan} from reading Bankelele’s website. So, I of course, then went on to see what he was all about. He has his own site and I guess he’s trying to cash in on Kenya’s stock market craze by selling his “expertise”. I think...
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Safaricom’s IPO: The Russians Want in?

August 23, 2007
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Safaricom’s IPO: The Russians Want in?

Send this article to Twitter!I was reading the Nation’s article on the bulldogs bidders who are clammering to get in on this huge IPO. The article mentions a company called Renaissance Capital. When I googled the name, it appears to be a Russian owned company. That surprised me (for various reasons). Anyway, I don’t...
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Everyone Rises To Their Level of Incompetence

May 22, 2007
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Send this article to Twitter!I said I was going to recount a story about this issue of job security by using an example of a friend’s boss who I incorrectly thought had achieved job security. I don’t personally know my friends boss very well. I’ve met her a few times casually, but haven’t interacted...
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Drip, Drip, Drip…..Where did all my money go?

February 1, 2007
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Drip, Drip, Drip…..Where did all my money go?

Send this article to Twitter!There’s an old investment joke that says, “you can put all your money under the mattress and go broke safely” – in other words, being a cheapo by trying to put all your money away for a rainy day is not the path to riches. Now of course, this doesn’t...
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The coming economic collapse?

January 19, 2007
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The coming economic collapse?

Send this article to Twitter!I was talking to a woman I work with who is supposed to be retiring this year (actually, she was supposed to retire last year, but she postponed it) — during the course of our conversation, it became clear to me that she was actually very nervous about retiring and...
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I’m very confused….

January 18, 2007
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I’m very confused….

Send this article to Twitter!I really need to stop watching these reality shows. They’re messing with my mind. So, last night, I found myself watching yet another reality show about “rich” people. I know, I know…these shows are heavily edited and they’re not going to have a reality show of people living in trailer...
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Internet Advertising

January 12, 2007
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Internet Advertising

Send this article to Twitter!Somebody referred me to this guy’s website after they saw a check he posted on his site for almost $1 million dollars, which he claims to have earned from google adsense! This guy’s name is Markus Frind and he owns an on-line dating site called plentyoffish.com. Share on Facebook
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Murder in Kinshasa: Who Killed Kabila?