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What is money grew on trees - http://bit.ly/ce7wWF
by Mbugua Njihia 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

I wonder what wud happen in Nairobi http://bit.ly/ce7wWF

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Largest outdoor multimedia screen network
by Mbugua Njihia 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Whose got this the largest outdoor multimedia screen network in Nairobi? Looking to try out some concept

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Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Kalahari.co.ke
by Steve Obbayi 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

@Theus just a question, so why would they claim to be moving millions of products a month... of course i knew that was no right.... but makes you wonder... Steve Obbayi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theus Owicho" <owichot(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:48:49 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Kalahari.co.ke I once talked to a guy who used to deal with kalahari.co.ke . First they took the failure who is Cobus Heyl to head it. Cobus did run down EAM and he has that arrogance and know it all attitude of people from down south. The sell now an average of only 30 products in a month. They arent moving even thousands. On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM, [ Brainiac ] < arebacollins(a)gmail.com > wrote: kalahari gets about 5,724 pageviews a day. thats like 150k pageviews a month. I doubt they can move a million cause that would imply selling about five items on each pageview. It is an impressive figure though. On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Willie Ong'uti < williexm(a)gmail.com > wrote: @Albert, I have tried mzoori.com and actually u need to register to access. The upside is that the registration doesn't require much details (about 3 things). Plus there is no delay with confirmation of stuff like emails. I accessed the registration through this link http://www.mzoori.com/iam Or better still i have sent you a 'mzoori Invite' :-) On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Steve Obbayi < steve(a)sobbayi.com > wrote: As @Willie has put it, @Joyce where do you think you fare with your competition and how do you compare with other global e-commerce websites in terms of volume of product and NOT pricing of products? Steve Obbayi SKYPE: sobbayi http://sobbayi.com http://blog.sobbayi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willie Ong'uti" < williexm(a)gmail.com > To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:15:03 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya - Kalahari.co.ke Hi Joyce, Thats commendable, i just wanted to know how you are fairing on with the competition from ecommerce portals like www.mzoori.com . I got this link from facebook www.mzoori.com/iam On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Joyce Lukwiya < lukwiyajoyce(a)gmail.com > wrote: @steve yes we actually move these products, books are the biggest movers on Kalahari at the moment. As I said you check out our prices. Joyce On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Steve Obbayi < steve(a)sobbayi.com > wrote: @Joyce, You've said all this about kalahari.co.ke including offering millions of books, music DVD's etc.... really???? In short you havent answered the question on whether you have the critical mass from Kenya or East Africa for that matter.... Just want clarification. So! Do you actually move these "millions of products a Quarter, let alone a month"? Steve Obbayi SKYPE: sobbayi http://sobbayi.com http://blog.sobbayi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Lukwiya" < lukwiyajoyce(a)gmail.com > To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:48:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya - Kalahari.co.ke Hi John, I believe you have not heard of Kalahari.co.ke . Kalahari.co.ke is a leading online retailer, offering millions of books, music, DVDs, games and more at the click of a mouse. With top-selling products, local payment options which include M-PESA , door-to-door delivery, wish list facilities, vouchers, and free gift-wrapping, kalahari.co.ke offers convenient shopping! We are giving irresistable discount on all our shop categories. Log on to www.kalahari.co.ke and check it out for yourself. Joyce Lukwiya Online Shop Manager Kalahari On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM, John Maina < mwasjunior(a)gmail.com > wrote: I used to hypothesis that the reason we don't have a vibrant e-commerce infrastructure in Kenya was the lack of payment solutions and lack of "critical mass" of people online..These two problems have been solved yet we still have nothing on the ground. So my question to y'all experts is what is hindering e-commerce in Kenya? 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Microsoft to release IE9 public beta on Sept. 15
by michael wambua 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Only a minority of Windows users will be able to try the beta because of Microsoft's *no-IE9-for-XP policy * *weeeee!* gates....si 68% of windows users use *xp*...kwenda, theres chrome and Firefox.... shindwe -- Michael Wambua +254 712710697 info(a)michaelwambua.com www.michaelwambua.com

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job opening
by michael wambua 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

*Enterprise espionage engineer (black ops)* Seeking slippery individuals comfortable with lying, cheating, stealing, breaking, and entering for penetration testing of enterprise networks. Requirements include familiarity with hacking, malware, and forgery; must be able to plausibly impersonate a pest control specialist or a fire marshal. Please submit rap sheet along with resume.

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Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Kalahari.co.ke
by Steve Obbayi 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

@Joyce, You've said all this about kalahari.co.ke including offering millions of books, music DVD's etc.... really???? In short you havent answered the question on whether you have the critical mass from Kenya or East Africa for that matter.... Just want clarification. So! Do you actually move these "millions of products a Quarter, let alone a month" ? Steve Obbayi SKYPE: sobbayi http://sobbayi.com http://blog.sobbayi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Lukwiya" <lukwiyajoyce(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:48:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Kalahari.co.ke Hi John, I believe you have not heard of Kalahari.co.ke . Kalahari.co.ke is a leading online retailer, offering millions of books, music, DVDs, games and more at the click of a mouse. With top-selling products, local payment options which include M-PESA , door-to-door delivery, wish list facilities, vouchers, and free gift-wrapping, kalahari.co.ke offers convenient shopping! We are giving irresistable discount on all our shop categories. Log on to www.kalahari.co.ke and check it out for yourself. Joyce Lukwiya Online Shop Manager Kalahari On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM, John Maina < mwasjunior(a)gmail.com > wrote: I used to hypothesis that the reason we don't have a vibrant e-commerce infrastructure in Kenya was the lack of payment solutions and lack of "critical mass" of people online..These two problems have been solved yet we still have nothing on the ground. So my question to y'all experts is what is hindering e-commerce in Kenya? John _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co..ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke

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SilverLight journey begins....
by The Ice Man 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hey people on SilverLight in KE About 2-3 weeks ago, the game dev journey led me to SilverLight4 as a platform so I bought some ebooks to read on while with no impact on changing course. Anyway, while looking at the pre-requisites of SilverLight4, it seems to fully understand it, I'll be going through asp.net, ajax, xml, sql, java, atom etc. which takes me away from possible game dev and into possible web dev. A big positive is that I can finally consider implementing my content, portal ideas and sites which have been lying idle for a while. Its a long road ahead and if anyone has some exposure on SilverLight platform your adv would be appreciated. I've googled ( and msdn too ) everyting I needed to get started so am pretty comfortable there but it'd be nice to hear from those on the platform already. Else, catchup soon. :-) Rgds.

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Looking for KnowledgeGuy(Resource-Person): Mobile Commerce in Kenya
by Jared Koyier 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

A high value associate of mine is looking for industry info on M-Commerce in Kenya, ranging from legislative & regulatory requirements, current players and their high level business models,role of telcos & banks, CCK & CBK roles etc. If you play in this league and wouldn't mind networking and potential consultancy contract, let me know. Also if you can point me to the right direction, much appreciated Cheers

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[skunkworkslist] test
by Open Job List 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

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Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Bookworm.co.ke
by Axe Labs 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

www.bookworm.co.ke Only the best selling books in Nairobi and the World Yap yap...All true but Kenyans wont pay before they see the good. Best Payment option for kenyans is *COD* and after they have seen and touched and verified the good otherwise they are very careful about MPESA/ZAP prior to delivery. www.bookworm.co.ke Only the best selling books in Nairobi and the World On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins(a)gmail.com>wrote: > kalahari gets about 5,724 pageviews a day. thats like 150k pageviews a > month. I doubt they can move a million cause that would imply selling about > five items on each pageview. > > It is an impressive figure though. > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Willie Ong'uti <williexm(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> @Albert, >> >> I have tried mzoori.com and actually u need to register to access. The >> upside is that the registration doesn't require much details (about 3 >> things). Plus there is no delay with confirmation of stuff like emails. >> I accessed the registration through this link http://www.mzoori.com/iam >> Or better still i have sent you a 'mzoori Invite' :-) >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Steve Obbayi <steve(a)sobbayi.com> wrote: >> >>> As @Willie has put it, @Joyce where do you think you fare with your >>> competition and how do you compare with other global e-commerce websites in >>> terms of volume of product and NOT pricing of products? >>> >>> >>> Steve Obbayi >>> >>> SKYPE: sobbayi >>> http://sobbayi.com >>> http://blog.sobbayi.com >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Willie Ong'uti" <williexm(a)gmail.com> >>> To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:15:03 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >>> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Kalahari.co.ke >>> >>> Hi Joyce, >>> Thats commendable, i just wanted to know how you are fairing on with the >>> competition from ecommerce portals like www.mzoori.com. I got this link >>> from facebook www.mzoori.com/iam >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Joyce Lukwiya <lukwiyajoyce(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> @steve yes we actually move these products, books are the biggest movers >>>> on Kalahari at the moment. As I said you check out our prices. >>>> >>>> Joyce >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Steve Obbayi <steve(a)sobbayi.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> @Joyce, You've said all this about kalahari.co.ke including offering >>>>> millions of books, music DVD's etc.... really???? In short you havent >>>>> answered the question on whether you have the critical mass from Kenya or >>>>> East Africa for that matter.... Just want clarification. So! Do you actually >>>>> move these "millions of products a Quarter, let alone a month"? >>>>> >>>>> Steve Obbayi >>>>> >>>>> SKYPE: sobbayi >>>>> http://sobbayi.com >>>>> http://blog.sobbayi.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Joyce Lukwiya" <lukwiyajoyce(a)gmail.com> >>>>> To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:48:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >>>>> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Kalahari.co.ke<http://Kalahari.co..ke> >>>>> >>>>> Hi John, >>>>> >>>>> I believe you have not heard of Kalahari.co.ke. >>>>> >>>>> Kalahari.co.ke is a leading online retailer, offering millions of >>>>> books, music, DVDs, games and more at the click of a mouse. >>>>> >>>>> With top-selling products, local payment options which include M-PESA , >>>>> door-to-door delivery, wish list facilities, vouchers, and free >>>>> gift-wrapping, kalahari.co.ke offers convenient shopping! >>>>> >>>>> We are giving irresistable discount on all our shop categories. >>>>> >>>>> Log on to www.kalahari.co.ke and check it out for yourself. >>>>> >>>>> Joyce Lukwiya >>>>> >>>>> Online Shop Manager >>>>> >>>>> Kalahari >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM, John Maina <mwasjunior(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I used to hypothesis that the reason we don't have a vibrant >>>>>> e-commerce infrastructure in Kenya was the lack of payment solutions and >>>>>> lack of "critical mass" of people online..These two problems have been >>>>>> solved yet we still have nothing on the ground. So my question to y'all >>>>>> experts is what is hindering e-commerce in Kenya? >>>>>> >>>>>> John >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>>>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>>>> ------------ >>>>>> Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet >>>>>> >>>>>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… >>>>>> ------------ >>>>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>>>> ------------ >>>>>> Other services @ http://my.co...ke <http://my.co.ke> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list >>>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ >>>>> Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet >>>>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… Skunkworks Rules >>>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other >>>>> services @ http://my.co..ke <http://my.co.ke> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>>> ------------ >>>>> Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet >>>>> >>>>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… >>>>> ------------ >>>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>>> ------------ >>>>> Other services @ http://my.co..ke <http://my.co.ke> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>> ------------ >>>> Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet >>>> >>>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… >>>> ------------ >>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>> ------------ >>>> Other services @ http://my.co..ke <http://my.co.ke> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.mzoori.com - Are you? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ >>> Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet >>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other >>> services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet >>> >>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… >>> ------------ >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.mzoori.com - Are you? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet >> >> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… >> ------------ >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > > > > -- > Posted on 100% recycled electrons > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet > > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >

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