Banner advertising still a big challenge for ‘major’ Kenyan online media houses

I enjoy reading the Business Daily newspaper online, though I can’t help but wonder why the banner ads either look awful or expired. Here’s an example of what you should not do! The Banner ad appears today yet the event it advertises happened a month ago. Is the client still paying for this?

Corruption will not die a slow death in Kenya. It will die an immediate death.

Kenya, like the rest of Africa is going to have to make one quantum leap into the information age. No time for trying this Microsoft solution or that Oracle solution or whatever other systems the rest of the world has gotten used to.
Once the huge information and automation gap is narrowed there will be a [...]

Tamarind Group weathers recession with much improved website

Kenya’s premier restaurant chain, Tamarind Group owns and manages 8 restaurants. Their flagship, Carnivore restaurant has become a mecca for meat lovers and the adjacent Simba Saloon is undoubtedly the hottest night club/disco/concert venue/bar destination in the region!
But how do you get punters shell-shocked from the global recession to dish out $20 for a basic meal and up to $4 for [...]

The Daily Nation followers on Twitter hit 335 (only)

 

It’s a start. But the figure is way low considering there are banner ads on the Daily Nation asking people to follow them on Twitter. Is this to say out of the 24 million Twitter users, there’s only 335 that are interested in Kenyan news?
I learnt about the Kenyan MP carjacking incident on the Daily [...]

Ibid Labs launches new corporate website

Kenyan Internet services and online marketing hot shop, Ibid Labs, has gone live with a new corporate website. The new website is a showcase of great website design and corporate communications and looks awesome to boot.
The new website features clever use of banners to highlight their flagship products, integration with the company blogs and eNewsletter as [...]

High speed connectivity in the Ngorongoro Hills

In my Nairobi office, we share a 64k connection between 40 or so people. Individual speeds hover around 1.5k per second.
Today, I drove up the Ngorongoro Hills for the first time in my life and the view of the crater almost knocked me down the other side! Whoo!
So after the business that brought me here, [...]