http://business.eafricainfocus.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:40:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometime back, I had an interesting landlord. He was mainly a loner, had many houses, but he lived in an extension in the same compound with his eight flats and one maisonette. I rented one of the flats – a two bedroom one. The reason I got interested in this man ... http://business.eafricainfocus.com/2010/01/is-kenya-ripe-for-reverse-mortgage-market/ In earlier generations, things evolved from stone are, to metal age until agrarian revolution. Since then, the world has pretty much been revolutionary. The industrial revolution was seen to be the end of development. There were motor engines, powered ploughs, washers and dryers – literally anything that made life worth living. ... http://business.eafricainfocus.com/2010/01/will-internet-be-new-advertising-frontier/ We were in a rat race long before the internet got here. But with the advent of this web, with the long arms of our search engines, the maze just got worse. Many people are going bonkers - win spectacularly or lose big”. Fair enough. Has the World Wide Web eased ... http://business.eafricainfocus.com/2010/01/investments-not-a-one-size-fits-all/ The East African Community (EAC) is fast-tracking its economic federation. Rwanda led by example and stopped requiring East Africans to have work permits in order to work in the little Republic that now boasts all the trappings of great economic foundations. Thanks to strongman Paul Kagame. Kenya is on high ... http://business.eafricainfocus.com/2010/01/is-economic-federation-of-eac-a-curse/ By JOSSY MUHANGI Published December 3, 2009 KAMPALA, Uganda- They are invisible. They have neither proper addresses, nor official operational premises, or licenses, but their clients are a network of desperate Ugandans, craving quick money. The mushrooming money lenders, typical of shylock, the notorious usurer in the Merchant of Venice by ... http://business.eafricainfocus.com/2009/12/shylocks-rip-off-desperate-ugandans/ By Amon B. Mbekiza Parliament is in a tag-of war with the Foreign Affairs Ministry over Shs 17 billion the ministry needs to build a market for Uganda traders in Juba, Southern Sudan. Whatever reasons parliament has, this money should not be passed. For starters, this is the wrong ministry doing the ... http://business.eafricainfocus.com/2009/11/juba-building-market-not-way-out-for-uganda/ Insurance, by its very nature is vexing. It is the only business that thrives on countercurrent, literally, compared to other businesses. It is a product you can only buy if you provide sufficient proof that you do not need it, or even if you do, you will not need it ... http://business.eafricainfocus.com/2009/10/insurance-companies-is-it-about-service/ Businesses are stopping at nothing in their pursuit of profits. From Wall Street, where insider trading and short-trading help individuals sell fictitious stocks,  to the heart of India where shylocks accept any mode of payment; any, including your daughter or wife! Greed defines instinct. And the "flattening" of the world ... http://business.eafricainfocus.com/2009/10/the-business-of-greed/