Politicians are the most useless tweeps to follow on twitter, according to the  study by Burson-Marsteller .  The study shows that almost two-thirds of world leaders have a Twitter account….

The other day somebody asked me define to her what is social media and why many companies and businesses find it hard to understand and operate in. From the beginning…

The man of  the moment or the man on the run  Mr. Miguna Miguna left for Canada after causing a real storm in Kenya. Former Grand Coalition advisor to Prime…

Social Media is a boon for brands. It is a free medium where brands get to interact directly with their customers, and in some cases, they can even partly port…

Global Voice Summit kicks off today at Pride Inn Hotel in Nairobi Kenya. The two-day event  convenes bloggers, activists and technologists for public discussions and workshops about the rise of online…

Since I came to know about Bring Zack Back Home campaign, I have done a few inquiries here and there looking for the background info. Unfortunately some people who have…

The last time I wrote about the TwitterBigStick I looked at its effectiveness, and the consensus was it is a great idea but there is a need for some improvement….

For those planning to send Political Bulk SMS here are the Safaricom tough guidelines for Content & Premium Service.  The guidelines includes the use of  Short Message Service (SMS), Multi…

When comes to social media in Kenya, many businesses are still on the dark. Well here is something for you Workshop on Demystifying Social Media for Business When: June 22nd…

Ugandans on Twitter reacted angrily to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy after he reportedly texeted the Finance Minister “We’re the number four power in Europe, Spain is not Uganda”. It…

In the last few days I have been studying the effect of the popular Kenyan twitter hashtag #TwitterBigStick started by the one and only Sunny Bindra. My interest had been…

There is a chance for six Kenyan based bloggers to attend Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2012 in July. The event will take place  in Nairobi on July 2-3, 2012. Bloggers,…

If you are  involved in the tech space then you just have to sit back and admire what Mark Zuckerberg and Co. have done with  Facebook over the last 8…

When I think of Google, the first thing in my mind is “the know it all”, the giant that gets you what you want from the internet. Then somehow sometime…

  Summer Digital Innovation Fellowships   shiftLabs — Innovation for change powered by Oxfam, is proud to announce three summer fellowships for students and recent graduates. Summer Digital Innovation Fellowships…

I have seen many people complain that the Twitter they joined and how they used to interact back in the days is completely different from the current pathetic state of…

A big thank you as always to Kachwanya who allows me to re-post and post content on his brand. As a follow up to the last article I posted here…

This is a re-post of an article that I had the honor of writing in www.cio.co.ke in response to Sunny Bindra’s article within the same publication. As a follow up…

You call yourself Social Media Guru, expert or wehatever? Here is your chance..  MamaMikes is looking for a person to help them with Social Media.On their own words: We are…

E-Tourism East Africa conference opens in Nairobi this morning.  This is the third international online tourism conference for East Africa.  This year’s conference brought together some of the world’s leading…

It would be unfortunate for a man who lives in a thatched house to play a game with fire. Just as it would be unfortunate for people in our country…

Encyclopedia Britannica might have lost its relevance years ago to many, but when they officially announced that after 244 years of print they were going to stop, it came as…

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) announced The BAKE Blog Awards. In a bid to reward exceptional bloggers and to also promote content creation in Kenya, BAKE will be organizing bloggers…

You think you have had a bad customer service experience, until you find yourself on the receiving end of what Orange Kenya calls customer service. In today’s corporate environment where…

Twitter has acquired the increasingly popular blogging platform Posterous. Sanchin Agarwal broke the news on Posterous blog: The opportunities in front of Twitter are exciting, and we couldn’t be happier…

Why are Kenyans so angry at CNN? .  After a grenade attack on Nairobi Machakos bus station killed at least six people and wounded 63 ,CNN  was on the ground…

Rumors from  SXSW …CNN to  buy Mashable for more than $200 million dollars and the announcement is expected tomorrow Tuesday. According to  in.reuters.com  : Reuters blogger Felix Salmon has learned from…

By the end of 2011, NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company, tracked over 181 million blogs around the world, up from 36 million in 2006 According to blog.nielsen.com  6.7 million people publish blogs on…

The Kenyan Army fight against Al Shabaab has been carried out on Land, Sea, Air and Online. Traditionally we are used to the first three, but the online war which…