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• August 23, 2009
• 21:23

  The Non-Pursuit of Unsustainable Happiness

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  Send this article to Twitter!This post is prompted by a piece I read in another Kenyan blog called “Lovelymoney”.  In the post, the blog author talks about the plans he and his wife had when they first moved to America and those plans involved getting their education, saving up some money and eventually moving back [...]
• August 02, 2009
• 22:36

  AGOA: What’s All The Excitement About?

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  Send this article to Twitter!So, I guess everyone’s getting excited about this AGOA conference and I’m just trying to figure out why. In preparation for this post, I went to the AGOA site and tried to read what it was all about, but was forced to stop mid-stream when I realized that my eyes were [...]
• June 08, 2009
• 12:01

  Swimming Towards The Tide

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  ** I just joined twitter and you can follow some of these posts here on my link at twitter.com/kenentrepreneur.  I’ll primarily be using it to get instantenous viewpoints from different people, especially on topics that I’m interested in like Kenya and entrepreneurship.  So, feel free to follow me and/or tweet me. Now onto the topic at [...]
• June 03, 2009
• 8:33

  Not Your Parents Economy

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I was reading a post on Kenyan Pundit about more and more people deciding to relocate back to “Africa” after having lived in the west for several years (I tried to leave a comment, but for whatever reason, it wasn’t posted, which is unfortunate because I think that post could have [...]
• March 22, 2009
• 23:23

  Producing “Stuff”

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  Now, that the stock markets around the world seem to be collapsing, I want to return to talking about the production of real things (or “stuff”), Why? because (as we are painfully discovering), real economies are created by those who produce real things, not those who shuffle “paper” money around the world that’s created from [...]
• February 20, 2009
• 15:10

  UBS: United Bank of Secrecy

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  There’s an interesting story in the NYT about UBS agreeing to give up the names of it’s customers who for years, have used the bank’s secret accounts to hide money away from tax enforcers.  I guess as this economic crunch begins to take hold and as governments keep getting more desperate for cash, they are [...]
• February 18, 2009
• 13:35

  Naseem Taleb: Stop Trying to predict the future

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  
• February 06, 2009
• 12:52

  Surviving The Economic Tsunami: Mta Do?

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I want to move away from talking about politicians because they are going to continue to do whatever it is they want to do and at this point, we just have to move on and start worrying about ourselves. So, I’m going to assume that most of the people who read this blog are not politicians [...]
• February 01, 2009
• 12:42

  Looking For Cheap Labor Wherever It Is…

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  This is a good video that explains the inter-connected nature of this global economy. It’s all about finding the cheapest labor sources wherever in the world they lie. If the service can be provided over a computer, the job will most probably be moved to India. If the goods can be manufactured in China, that’s where the [...]

• January 09, 2009
• 0:23

  of handjobs and recessions

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Global Economy  

  Yup, there is a recession in the US. What better way to gauge this than the porn industry's looming financial crisis? Read Gathara's post here.
  And Amina shares some of her personal stories: friends who have lost jobs.

  A friend was in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a few days ago. In December, Chrysler shut down its plants, albeit temporarily. It resulted in the loss of 46000 mostly low income jobs. What she saw shocked her. A city that was dead: it looked like one of those ghostowns in Western movies. She describes old burnt out buildings, and a growing underclass.

  
  

  

  

• December 17, 2008
• 8:36

  Peter Schiff: Part Two

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  If you have a retirement account that is losing value, you must, must, watch this video.  Had you watched it six years ago, you’d probably have been able to avoid some losses. However, even if you don’t have a retirement account, you should listen to this video because I think it explains very well, why people [...]
• 8:35

  Introducing Peter Schiff: Part 1

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  This video is unbelievable.  Here is Peter Schiff, the head of Euro-Pacific capital, predicting this financial crisis SIX YEARS AGO.  Like Roubini, people laughed at this guy then, but they’re not laughing anymore.
• December 09, 2008
• 11:58

  Gone With The Wind: Jobs, That Is…

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I was reading an interesting commentary in some paper the other day where someone talked about the on-going layoff’s that are taking place around the world. This person was basically looking at the layoff’s from a point of view I have yet to hear spoken about.  He or she was saying that in America especially, the [...]
• December 01, 2008
• 18:38

  Dr. Doom

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  Let’s hear what Dr. Doom, aka Dr. Nouriel Roubini has to say {again} about this economic crisis.  It’s amazing how his predictions keep coming true. His next prediction? deflation (someone please feel free to explain that). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6cyOtGnhyQ

• November 01, 2008
• 22:36

  Analysing the current financial crisis

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Global Economy  

  Over the past few days, I've been collecting a few articles that have struck me as relevant in the (large) body of articles purporting to explain the current financial crisis, learn from it or otherwise propose solutions. I may have missed some as I have had limited internet access lately, but the selection below strikes me as representative of a rather wide swathe of «Serious» opinion, and indicative of the kind of narrative war being fought:
  
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• October 29, 2008
• 21:27

  Nouriel Roubini

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  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  As I’ve said before, this professor of economics, Nouriel Roubini, is one of the few people who predicted this global financial crisis and he’s saying the worst is yet to come. This is a 5 part series. So, if you want to watch all of it, just google his name)
• October 03, 2008
• 9:15

  What is “Money” Afterall?

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  What is money? I pose this question in light of the current global financial crisis which is increasing inflation all around the world.  I mean, many people think that money has this infinite value, but in this era of inflation, should this crisis become a lesson about why one should always convert this “paper”  called [...]
• September 10, 2008
• 20:48

  The Coming Economic Tsunami

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I was having dinner with a good friend the other night and she mentioned that her 401K was taking a hit.  This is the second time she’s mentioned it.  I’m sure others have observed the same thing with their 401k’s. I was talking to yet another friend (who I consider to be a semi-expert on finance) [...]
• August 09, 2008
• 13:00

  The Dragon Must Be Fed

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  There’s an interesting article in Fast Company magazine on China’s foray into Africa. It’s making people nervous: “This commercial invasion is without question the most important development in the sub-Sahara since the end of the Cold War — an epic, almost primal propulsion that is redrawing the global economic map. One former U.S. assistant secretary [...]
• June 23, 2008
• 15:15

  Outsourcing Your Daily Chores

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I’ve been thinking about this whole outsourcing issue again (why am I so obsessed with this issue of outsourcing?). Anyway, I was thinking about this issue because for the past two weeks, I have been trying to work on this website and I got stuck. There were some things I needed to do [...]
• May 18, 2008
• 18:47

  Africa’s Backwardness Lies in it’s Culture

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I was reading an interesting story today in the NYT about Japanese fears that it is no longer churning out enough engineers and this will become a problem if it hopes to remain an advanced nation. Apparently, young Japanese who’ve grown up in a wealthy country, no longer feel the need to go into engineering, [...]

• April 19, 2008
• 11:24

  Here and now; the global food crisis

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Global Economy  

  My mind has of late been engrossed in such matters as the Safaricom IPO, the Kenyan cabinet fiasco, and the elitism of Senator Obama. The world, meanwhile, is on the brink of a food disaster, such a major one that the very definition of hunger will soon be changed forever.
  

  Images of malnourished children will no longer be the face of starvation. We will instead see food labelled with extraordinarily exorbitant prices, shortages that force even the wealthy into long queues for food and total anarchy as countries in different parts of the world spiral out of control as the hungry demand that they be sated.

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• April 08, 2008
• 7:39

  1-800-Divert-To-Nairobi

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  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  There’s an interesting article in the Standard about call centres coming to Kenya. I guess this cable line has everyone excited about outsourcing opportunities.  If you are based in America, you’ve pretty much dealt with call centres in India and I know of very few people who are impressed by them (heavy accents, unpleasant personalities, rude, etc, [...]

• April 03, 2008
• 11:22

  Credit Crunch: Your Take

   » ‎ Kenya Imagine

  Tags:  Economy  

  Billionaire financier George Soros claims that the economic downturn in the US is the worst since the Great Depression. Now, most experts believe that this is a global phenomenon and that the economic slow down will get worse and could be with us through to late 2009.
  
  What impact, though, will all this will have down at the personal level. April, the start of a new tax year here in the UK, finds many consumers with little disposable income. Water bills, TV licences, Council Tax and Vehicle tax all go up this month. The cost of basic grocery items has been rising steadily with ever increasing fuel costs. It should come as no surprise then that the country has gone into a borrowing frenzy.
  
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• March 17, 2008
• 8:01

  Looking For Contributors

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I’ve been thinking about doing this for awhile and now that the political stuff seems to be dying down, I’d like to invite people to contribute articles on this forum.  So, if you think you have something interesting to say, particularly about business or entrepreneurship in Kenya {or anywhere else} and you don’t want to [...]
• February 29, 2008
• 16:59

  Can Kenya Be “Dubai-iefied”?

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I just finished reading this great article in Fortune magazine about how Dubai is expanding it’s global reach beyond it’s borders and it’s doing it in poor, third world countries. What caught my attention were some of the countries it has selected: Djibouti and Rwanda. Huh?? (Full article here: Camels, Gorilla’s and skyscrappers) Basically, the government [...]
• December 13, 2007
• 11:09

  India is Hot….

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  Tags:  the Global Economy  

    You can’t ignore a country with 500 million potential consumers, can you? World leaders are flocking there trying to get in on all that potential business (Maharaja’s land of gold). Africans always like to inform westerners about the “other” side of Africa (”no, trust me….it’s not all poor”, really, I’m telling you, please believe me, etc, etc…you [...]
• October 22, 2007
• 20:11

  Sanjay? Where Did My Job Go?

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  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  This is a documentary about an American computer programmer who travels to India to find out why so many “American” jobs are being outsourced to that location. The guy is obviously bitter about being laid off and I got no sense from watching this video that he has come to terms with the realities of the [...]
• October 16, 2007
• 21:32

  M-Commerce

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  E-commerce was all about making money on the internet; M-commerce is about making money with mobile phones. This discussion is mainly about India, but the examples could easily be applied to Kenya (btw - how is M-pesa doing?). They are 200 million mobile phone users in India. Wow! How many are there in East Africa?
• October 09, 2007
• 15:22

  Booty Economics: Show me your particulars

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  There’s a hilarious ad that was posted on Craigslist about a woman looking for a rich husband in New York City. Here is the description from the NYT: “Last month on Craigslist.com, someone who described herself as a “spectacularly beautiful” 25-year-old placed a personal ad seeking a husband who made at least $500,000 a year, [...]
• October 03, 2007
• 16:55

  Are You An Income Generator?

   » ‎ Kenyanentrepreneur.com

  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I was talking to someone the other day about work in general and how safe (or not) most people’s jobs are and she said that in this global economy, your stability at work all comes down to one question: Are you an income generator? if the answer to that question is no, then your job is not [...]
• May 30, 2007
• 11:55

  Warren Buffett

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  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I haven’t put a video up in a while and I figured it was time. It’s always interesting to listen to what a Billionaire has to say — so have your fill!
• April 27, 2007
• 8:03

  The World Boink

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  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  Paul Wolfowitz, the head of the World Bank has been in the news recently under a cloud of allegations that he tried to hook-up his girlfriend with some perks. Anyway, I don’t want to dwell on Wolfowitz’s history of corruption, except to say that I run into an article in Harper’s magazine written by [...]
• April 13, 2007
• 10:35

  This Competitive Global Economy

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  Tags:  the Global Economy  

  I was just reading an article in the New York Times about Germany’s emergence once again, as a global engineering powerhouse (German Exports). The Germans have always been known for their solid engineering, but the economy took a downturn when East and West unified. The transition was difficult both economically and culturally, but [...]