Kinyanjui Njonde, Author at TechMoran

Business development manager at Gigwapi.com. Shares about experiences and lessons on African Start up scene and Events Industry. Future father

PayLater’s Parent Firm OneFi Secures BB Credit Rating

On December 11, 2018 by Kinyanjui Njonde

Secures “BB” Rating from Global Credit Rating Co. OneFi the parent firm that runs Paylater, a digital lending platform that specialises in consumer lending has been received ”BB” rating from Global Credit Rating Co. for its key financial and operational factors including risk management,…

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[Digital Migration]How to choose which set-top box decoder to buy

On December 31, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

No matter what you read or hear on the news digital migration is a blessing in disguise if you have ever wanted to have affordable high speed internet in your home for only 200 bob a month like it is in INDIA…

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Cash Flow & Profit Explained

On December 20, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

I have realised that people who don’t own business or are in the financial sectors don’t know or care about this two items and its perfectly understandable but how can you not care for what pays your salary, buys your office lunch,…

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The Rise of Pay TV In Kenya

On December 9, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

In 1995 when DSTV was launching in Kenya, most people didn’t think that they could pay for Tv, back then if you had bought a TV that was the only expense you were willing to incur to view anything then DSTV came…

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What the African Market can learn from The Black Friday concept

On November 29, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

Black Friday is the biggest retail store sale in the US; it signifies the beginning of Christmas shopping season. The popularity of the event has grown in the US and spread all over the world and it has now hit Home here…

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Government & Private Technological Milestone Achieved This Year

On November 24, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

In the history of my short/long life, I’ve never done more online transaction than I have this year , my PayPal activity for this year alone is the $ 417 cumulatively I’ve done close to $1000 worth of transactions online this year….

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Dr. Kanyari’s Drama Aside, This is The Surest Way to Financial Independence

On November 19, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

I have been racking my brain on what to share with you this week.-This content generation business is not easy- Then I bumped into this note one of my old high school friend wrote and I thought it would be very unfair…

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CEO Weekends: Success is Sweet When Shared

On November 14, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

I once read ‘Love is only real when shared’ well success is only sweet when shared, what if Bill Gates made all those billions without making 100 other millionaires, who will he be hanging out with, making genuine friends when you already…

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CEO Weekends: Business Lessons I’ve Learnt from Birds

On November 7, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

I try to look for a scientific reason for why things happen the way they happen, the other day I was watching an animation called Zambezia,its about a birds paradise and all birds migrate there for their version of Christmas . It…

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Cardplanet Becomes First Kenyan Startup to be Accepted Into 500 Startups

On November 5, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

This must be the greatest news I have had to share about the Kenyan startup ecosystem this year. Two Kenyan grown entrepreneurs Rodgers Mhandi and Sam Masinde co-founders of Card Planet havebecome the first Kenyan startup to be accepted into Silicon Valley’s…

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Mobile and web apps updates that are long overdue

On October 29, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

Above image show the top 10 mobile apps on Android, each with over 100M download on average means everyone with an android phone has installed at least two of these apps. Personally I have 9/10 of these apps. As a product development…

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In Business Lady Luck Smiles Only at Prepared Men

On October 23, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

I watched Alexia Tsotsis interview Zendesk’s CEO Mikkel Svane TechCrunch Disrupt London and was pretty impressed by what he said. Svane said “Being lucky is just so much work,” I cannot agree more. This must be the most helpful statement I have heard…

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Keep Calm & Monetize: How to make it in African Tech industry

On October 16, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

I have been battling with this issue for a while. Monetization. Every business savvy person will ask you this question, what’s your monetization strategy? when you talk of your idea. I believe it has different meanings depending on different location of…

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Experienced Hustler Advisers or YouTube Professionals

On October 6, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

I recently had a random talk with one CEO of a successful start-up grossing over 10m annual sales, who requested for anonymity. What I thought was just a BTW chat as we had met on the streets of Nairobi turned out to…

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Is the mobile device industry saturated , what next?

On September 27, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

SAMSUNG, LG, HTC , HUAWEI, NOKIA, TECNO, APPLE et’al have hit the ceiling on what new feature they can offer the current mobile device seeker. We are back to 2007 again. Where these device manufacturer were competing on the same axis, Build…

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CEO Weekends: Kenya Not too Digital After All

On September 19, 2014 by Kinyanjui Njonde

We have been hoodwinked to think Kenya is a digital country by our elite or not so elite politicians, well at least most of us. I decide to get analytical and see just how digital we are. ICT has been a term…

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Author: Kinyanjui Njonde

PayLater’s Parent Firm OneFi Secures BB Credit Rating

[Digital Migration]How to choose which set-top box decoder to buy

Cash Flow & Profit Explained

The Rise of Pay TV In Kenya

What the African Market can learn from The Black Friday concept

Government & Private Technological Milestone Achieved This Year

Dr. Kanyari’s Drama Aside, This is The Surest Way to Financial Independence

CEO Weekends: Success is Sweet When Shared

CEO Weekends: Business Lessons I’ve Learnt from Birds

Cardplanet Becomes First Kenyan Startup to be Accepted Into 500 Startups

Mobile and web apps updates that are long overdue

In Business Lady Luck Smiles Only at Prepared Men

Keep Calm & Monetize: How to make it in African Tech industry

Experienced Hustler Advisers or YouTube Professionals

Is the mobile device industry saturated , what next?

CEO Weekends: Kenya Not too Digital After All