Archive for September, 2011

3 Killer applications of NFC that Safaricom should explore

Sep 29, 2011 13 Comments by

Well, NFC. NFC. Near Field Communication. That’s what it is. A technology that enables devices to talk to each other and exchange instructions. Yes. Instructions. And I use that word loosely because ‘instructions’ could mean anything. Anything from sharing a file, contacts to doing more sophisticated operations. And THAT is what makes the technology powerful. [...]

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From a coder to a coder – a poem

Sep 24, 2011 7 Comments by

What? What? You thought all I could do was Code and Hack pekee? A long, long time when I was young,  I used to read poems like ‘Ndoo’ by Mwinyi Hatibu Muhammed [Siitaki inatati, ndoo imwagayo maji] and Ndoto [Jana usiku niliota, ndoto nzuri kuliko zote, nilizungukwa na ukuta, na maji tele kotekote.] infront of [...]

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How Safaricom could leverage QR Codes for Mpesa

Sep 22, 2011 41 Comments by

Yeah. I know. I have been accused of thinking too far ahead by alot of people alot of times. But allow me to indulge you for 8.2 minutes. Think with me here. When I was living in Uganda between 2004-2008, I had a flat nose because of the frequency at which doors of Banks, telcos [...]

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4 lessons learnt from the DEMO event in Silicon Valley via MedAfrica

Sep 20, 2011 29 Comments

Banx suggested that I stick to being a tech blogger and a gadgets reviewer for the next 3 months until watu watulie. Moving on swiftly. Well, @smutinda and @mbuguanjihia represented Kenya in the just-concluded DEMO launchpad event – www.demo.com. I was privileged to get an exclusive on what happened and who won what and why. It [...]

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