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After a weekend of relaxing – no, I didn’t do the very long day trip to Lake Victoria  The poor guys that did were exhausted when they got back, and the van had broken down too! – Monday morning saw … Continue reading →

Friday saw us at Edgarton University, and holding some sessions with the Computer Science students.  A topic close to my own heart.  The turn out was fantastic, bearing in mind it was volountary.  We looked relaxed but cool in our … Continue reading →

Community Days are part of the IBM CSC programme.  It gives the team a break from work, lets us connect with initiatives in the area that we can help with and shows more of IBM’s social responsibility. Thursday 16th was … Continue reading →

Sunday of a packed weekend saw us see…….flamingoes. LOTS of them. Lake Bogoria, truly beautiful. Almost like an oasis, in a strange place. Further work and internet connectivity problems for the next few days. Inna being crazy and going swimming … Continue reading →

Our first weekend in Nakuru, and we liased  with Jane a local tour operator for what ended up being a rather full weekend for more reasons than the obvious. Saturday saw us up early and off to Lake Nakuru National … Continue reading →

Well, I would not call this a fabulous hotel, but our home for the next three weeks anyway.  Electricity up and down, but only out momentarily and flaky internet.  Minor challenges and to be expected! Our makeshift meeting room – … Continue reading →

After starting with a very early morning alignment call, our meeting with Dr Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Information and Communications, finally came.  What can I say.  What an amazing character and such a credit to Kenya. … Continue reading →

So here we go. The main reason we’re here. Team 1 up first, to do the KENET (Kenya National Education Network) presentation. We were surprised at the amount of attention and the number of people in the room including the … Continue reading →

A great meeting this morning with our Digital Opportunity Trust team, Muriuki and Alex, joined by their CSC Tanzania DOT representative, Phillip. Sunday morning, we had the ‘Kenyan Education session’. The most amazing thing for me to learn was of … Continue reading →