The subtle art of online Marketing for digital products. Raising funds even for charity is probably one of the hardest things to do for most people and organizations alike. Within the 21st century there have…
A Techie making new carrier bags from used baby diapers.
Convincing customers that our product was just as good and hygienic enough was a major challenge. Hi Brian, what’s your background and what has been your career? My name is Brian Were Amina. A scholar…
Solving for the fun problems in Africa
The products we build in Africa don’t only have to solve the hard problems, they can also solve the fun problems. There are certain places in Nairobi that I’ve only ever heard about. Sometimes while…
Bootstrapping a Bio Links Webapp to $2,363 in revenue in a Month.
Enock aka Omosayansii sold one of his first products for 5 figures (USD) and is currently working on another. Building and selling is his play of choice. Hi Enock, what’s your background and what has…
Bookkeeping AI for small shop owners in Africa.
Designing and Building for how people behave, not how we want them to behave. Some Back Story Micro, small and medium-sized businesses are presumed to make up 90% or more of all businesses in sub-Saharan…
Building & Closing-ish a Music Streaming and Selling platform for Kenyan Artists.
Lessons on building for a Kenyan audience and consumer in the Kenyan music industry. Hi Andrew, what’s your background and what has been your career? Hi I’m Andrew. I started out as a graphic designer…
Standing order but for getting back that money you lent your friend. (M-pesa?)
Thursday Ideas 🚀 – The lending part is never hard, getting back the money has and will always be the tough bit of this not so symbiotic equation. “Kukopa harusi, kulipa matanga.” This is a…
Way Before ChatGPT, there was SophieBot, she answers questions on sexual reproductive health.
Before AI became a thing that everyone talks about and wants in their products, there were people already innovating in this space, case in point, Irving Amukasa. Hi Irving, what’s your background, and what has…
Innovating for phone & electronic device repairs in Kenya.
Maybe Great Idea Thursday. We don’t buy devices with every new release in Kenya, you either slap that TV back to life or go to a repair shop… Buying a new device or electronic in…
1M+ deliveries for over 25,000 social commerce sellers later…they are just getting started.
“If you are truly building for the customer, you are halfway there.” This is the story of Pickup Mtaani as narrated by Okiya Kennedy. Hi Okiya, what is your backgrounds, and what has been your…