Blog and insights
Notes on building and running software.
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Where Does My Data Live? Data Residency for Kenyan Businesses
Your customer list may be living a more international life than you are. Here is what data residency means for Kenyan businesses and what to ask providers.
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Passwords Like "Kenya2025!" and Why Hackers Love You
You added an exclamation mark, so you think it is secure. Hackers think it is adorable. A gentle guide to password security for Kenyan businesses.
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ChatGPT Wrote My Proposal and Other Office Confessions
Five Nairobi office workers confess how they really use ChatGPT for business in Kenya. Some of it is fine. Some of it is not.
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Automating Invoices So You Stop Chasing Clients Like a Debt Collector
Otieno spent six weeks sending 'just following up' messages. Automated invoicing in Kenya offers a better way, and it does not involve showing up at anyone's of...
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Moving Your Business to the Cloud Without Losing Your Files (or Your Mind)
Dear diary: today we tried a cloud migration. Three folders vanished and Njoroge found a 2014 budget. Here is how Kenyan offices can do it better.
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The Great WhatsApp Group Exodus: Why Your Business Needs Real Communication Tools
Your company runs on a WhatsApp group full of flower GIFs and one blurry delivery note. Here is why proper business communication tools in Kenya win.
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What AI Actually Means for Your Kenyan Business (Spoiler: Not Robots)
Mutua's uncle thinks a robot is coming for his hardware shop. The truth about AI for businesses in Kenya is far less dramatic and far more useful.
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If You Do It Every Monday, a Robot Should Do It Instead
Every Monday, Wanjiru does the same twelve clicks. Business process automation in Kenya is not science fiction: a robot could take those clicks and never compla...
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The Cloud Is Just Someone Else's Computer, and That's the Good News
Cloud computing for businesses in Kenya is not magic vapour over Upper Hill. It is a computer somewhere else, watched by people who never take a chai break.