Cosmetic surgery tourism is a type of tourism where people travel to exotic destinations for purposes of having their bodies enhanced or improved through surgery. It is projected to reach USD 100 billion by 2012. Continue reading Cosmetic Surgery Tourism – Opportunity for Kenya?
Business cards: Overcoming the out-of-mind / trash test
When you hand over your business card to a client, what are the chances that the client will remember you when the need arises? Where do you think your card ends up in the pile? Do you think the client has time to go sifting through the pile to find “that guy that was here last Tuesday?” Continue reading Business cards: Overcoming the out-of-mind / trash test
Marketing goes green
The goal of green marketing is to position different brands of products or services in such a way that potential consumers, especially those who are environmentally cognisant, view their “greenness” as a benefit. This greenness involves what the product is made from, how it is made, packaged, consumed and finally disposed. Continue reading Marketing goes green
The (design) problem with Kenya
My hopes were recently lifted when I saw a KBD car number plate with all the letters and numbers of equal width, sitting straight up on the same baseline. I thought, we have cracked the number plate design problem. I have since seen later registrations with letters and numbers so distorted, I often wonder why vehicle buyers accept such poor quality plates (like it’s not part of the vehicle). Continue reading The (design) problem with Kenya
The commonality between fallen acacias and collapsed billboards
Acacias, being dryland trees, have shallow roots which spread over a large area in search of water. They, therefore, do not possess a deep foundation and hence are prone to falling over in strong winds as happened in Nairobi recently.
A quick survey along Uhuru Highway indicates that there are as many fallen acacias as there are A1 Outdoor billboards. Any connection?
Prudence amongst the mayhem
We know that Nairobi is not a pleasant place to reside in. Its dense traffic, primitive garbage disposal methods, ugly architecture, discourteous drivers, uneven pavements, gaudy billboards, and cacophonous populace make the city anarchic, an attribute which seems ingrained in its councillors. But in this mayhem live a wise people. Their financial priorities are a study of prudent management – the largest proportion of take-home pay is saved, second largest goes to housing (rent or mortgage payments), and third largest to education. They even put aside some money for donations! Bless them.
A question of faith not fact
There is no geological evidence that the great flood which left Noah and his ark-load of animals the only survivors on earth actually happened; the killing of boys of two years and below in Judea, ordered by King Herod in an attempt to smother Jesus, would have been a massacre of such depravity and scale that history would have recorded this dark incident – again, no evidence exists of this genocide. Continue reading A question of faith not fact