Sam Gichuru

Today it’s a great honor to Host the Vice President of Kenya at the Nailab, the Vice president will be visiting the Nailab early evening for a 2 hour session with top bloggers and Tweeps in Kenya.

The Nailab was launched in March of this year to provide a platform for young innovators and entrepreneurs to build their business, by providing a value based funding of up-to US$ 10,000 it has attracted some of the best ideas in the country with 2 of them receiving funding from 88MPH and other two signing contracts with multinationals.

Today’s Event Dubbed the #VPmeet, was organized by Kenyans leading social media team, incubated at the Nailab. This is the same team that was behind the engagement on the recent Kenyans4Kenya campaign.

The event is to provide a platform for direct engagement with conversation drivers and opinion shapers online, the realisation is that accountability does not only stop in governance and gone are the days when only journalist or interest groups where the only ones who could keep the government accountable, micro blogging has brought in bi/multi-directional conversations between the leaders and general public and this forum will be the first for Kenyan tweeter/bloggers to engage a Civil Servant on a one to one, it falls well in the Nailab Theme “where technology meets society”.

The Social Media team has proven to be one of the best companies to work with in brand driven activities and online strategies and this event is just a proof of their online influence

This is one of the many events slotted for this year , other players to visit the Nailab will include private sectors and other public sector key players from around the Globe.

Follow #VPmeetup @smusyoka @samgichuru @raidarmax for up-to date information on the event

Download The Kenya National Anthem: Kenyananthem

O God of all creation,
Bless this our land and nation.
Justice be our shield and defender,
May we dwell in unity,
Peace and liberty.
Plenty be found within our borders.

Let one and all arise
With hearts both strong and true.
Service be our earnest endeavour,
And our Homeland of Kenya,
Heritage of splendour,
Firm may we stand to defend.

Let all with one accord
In common bond united,
Build this our nation together,
And the glory of Kenya,
The fruit of our labour
Fill every heart with thanksgiving.

This has been an amazing 2 days, I am glad about  the decisions made on this thread, as a result a Facebook page was created to support the campaign initiated by Safaricom, Red Cross , KCB, Gina Din and now later the Nailab.

As of today we are spearheading the social media campaign, using Facebook , twitter and a host of other tools,  32Million has been raised to feed our brothers and sisters in the north as of 12 O’clock today.

I am glad my second virtual  journey has been as amazing and has topped all the others – (I have removed this – I am trusting for just 1 facebook post from someone)

Thank you Kenyans and Friends of Kenya for not allowing one more child to die – Sam Gichuru

(Published with permission from www.techsahara.com , this article made my heart skip a beat)

So I’m here slurping my nice delicious milkshake and meditative, what/who is the most successful startup on the floor at Bishop Magua Center?, (this is the building that hosts an innovative space the Ihub, a business Incubator the Nailab, and a mobile app Incubator the Mlab, ) I am a-bit shaken by my ignorance;  I have interacted with the most successful founder and startup everyday without paying attention!

A startup business is a company with a limited operation history, so a successful startup is one that can grow or has grown rapidly, can or is scaling its operation is breaking even (and here even rumen profitability counts) and  has improved systems and processes and increase in human resource. Read the rest of this entry »