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• TONNIE MELLO – MONETIZING ONLINE PLATFORMS

• I am an entrepreneur, small business consultant and mentor. I am passionate about business and supporting youth to establish and manage successful enterprises.My session will look at monetizing online platforms, merging your marketing strategy into digital marketing and becoming a better business blogger.

• Shitemi Khamadi – Developing Blogging

• In the session, it would be good to share on why bloggers should be more vigilant in devolution. The more of them get involved in blogging about devolution issues in different counties, the better it becomes for holding devolved governments to account. Media and various government institutions will not as the scale of operations is quite wide. In fact, if developers could come up applications that could help ensure taxpayers money is not much wasted.

LUNCH

• Eric Hersman

• Erik Hersman harnesses Africa’s boundless spirit of innovation by creating platforms to improve daily lives both inside and outside the continent. Hersman facilitates a host of web, mobile and community projects through organizations like the iHub, a Nairobi innovation hub for the technology community, bringing together entrepreneurs, hackers, designers and the investment community and built around the vision of an epicenter for Kenya’s booming tech industry.

• John Gacheru – The Psyche of a Blogger

• I am professional counseling psychologist who works with individuals, couples and groups to help them gain deeper insight of their inner self.My session, titled “The Psyche of a Blogger” will involve experiential exploration of the inner workings of a blogger. What makes bloggers tick? What is the unconscious motivation of blogging? What values inform the blogger’s quest? I will seek to answer these questions and help the bloggers become more aware of their psychological constitution.

• Brenda Wambui – Using WordPress for E-Commerce

• I am a young Kenyan woman interested in writing, social media, entrepreneurship and being a positive change agent. I am a graduate of Strathmore University, and have been involved in several youth organizations such as AIESEC and my university student body. Currently, I am a freelance writer and digital consultant, as well as an entrepreneur.

• Ahmed Maawy

• I am a Software Engineer, and have worked for the likes of Ushahidi and SwiftRiver, and also done curation and visualization tools for the likes of Al Jazeera. I then developed a passion for community empowerment, being one of the founders of the Mombasa Tech Community and shaping a major part of its strategy with 2 other brilliant fellows.

• PANEL ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND BLOGGING IN KENYA

• This panel will feature bloggers Robert Kunga, Martin Gicheru, David Mugo and Dennis Itumbi discussing the current situation on freedom of expression and the government and digital media.

• Rayhab Gachango – Importance of Joining BAKE

• I am a creative writer who writes poetry, stories and articles. I am a trained Communications Specialist and Chartered Marketer. I am currently studying for a Masters in Corporate & Development Communication at Daystar University.   I carry out advocacy through writing on issues of peace, gender, sexuality, governance, crime and poverty. I am also referred to as the Kenyan Love Poet because I writes a lot on love.