I’m indeed honoured to have the first guest post on here by Kaboro. Enjoy! Kenyan’s are a peculiar lot. This was said by Michael Joseph, CEO Safaricom, and his words have now been (in) famously entered into the annals of Kenya’s favorite statement history. Now, to put it into context; Kencell vs. Safaricom, tarrif battles circa 2003… Safaricom was behind Kencell in subscriber numbers. Quotes…

This question in the Kenyan context will generate no brainer answers such as, ‘so I’m no longer employed’, ‘to make a little cash on the side’ ‘well, my neighbour opened a clothes exhibition and he just bought a new car, he must be doing well, that’s where the money is!” If you look at Wall Street (which for a long time was a ‘good example’…