Category Archives: africa

Harvard’s Professor Michael Porter to address Tony Elumelu Foundation Interns

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) last Friday announced that its Founding Patron and renowned Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter, will participate in workshops and address the Foundation’s first class of interns, capping the inaugural African Markets Internship Programme (tonyAMIP) that has placed some of the world’s brightest young business students in executive [...]

Facebook Poll: In what area do you think social media will have the biggest impact in Africa?

We recently asked this question to our fans on Facebook in trying to establish how exactly do we expect social media to affect the lives of Africans in the days to come. Main reason we focused on this continent is because Africa has managed to establish herself as the fastest growing technology destination and as [...]

Video: Building a Global Coalition of Social Entrepreneurs

Our CEO, Joshua Wanyama (@wanyama) gives a talk on building a global coalition of social entrepreneurs using the power of social networks and new media at the Global Peace Convention (GPC) 2010.
The GPC offers a world-level platform to share best practices and develop collaborative strategies in areas of community service, education, health care, [...]

We have moved!

Hi folks, am sure most of you have been wondering why we had cut down on the posts for the past few days…well, we actually have no excuse for that at the moment. But on the bright side, Pamoja Media East Africa now has a new home! It’s now almost 2 years since we set [...]

Centre for Health Solutions (Kenya) launches new website

Centres for Health Solutions (CHS) Kenya is a newly-registered Kenyan NGO whose goal is to strengthen public health programs with specific emphasis on HIV prevention care and treatment, TB and malaria. The organization recently held its official launch (on February 25th, 2011)  in Nairobi and was attended by CHS partners who included government officials, local [...]

Impact Investment Challenges Opportunities in the East Africa ICT Sector – report

On Thursday 24th February 2011, the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA) launched a report on Impact Investing on ICT in the East African region. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation (who we currently working with on developing an online platform for Climate Exchange Network for Africa), the CMA established a task force whose main work [...]

For Africa,‭ Mobile Technology is the Future

The‭ ‬18th of November‭ ‬2010‭ ‬saw the first ever CIO 100‭ ‬awards take place at the exclusive Safari Park Hotel where the top ICT personalities and organizations were recognized for their contribution.‭ ‬The CIO100‭ ‬is a premier awards event that brings to the limelight the innovation and hard work done by Chief Information Officers‭ (‬CIOs‭) [...]

Fellows Friday with Joshua Wanyama

TED did an interview with me on some of the work that Pamoja Media does. Below is an excerpt from the interview.
After studying architecture in Minnesota, Joshua Wanyama established his own Kenya-based digital marketing agency, Pamoja Media. Happily back home in Nairobi, Joshua uses his company to tackle some of [...]

Four main misconceptions Executives still have about social media marketing

A while back, I had an interesting discussion with a client with regards to the best way for her organization to have a an effective digital footprint. Our meeting went on well as we covered Internet strategy, website design and content, SEO and online advertising . But come social media and major doubts came into [...]

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