wamboga

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by wamboga 11y ago
Hotel categories will surely vary because certain places are primer. We intend to have alpha rooms for backpacking, flagship and elite rooms
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by wamboga 11y ago
Kenya has 6million smartphones against 37 million phones. ICT cabinet secretary, yesterday announced that in order to increase uptake, there's a planned reduction on the import tax on smartphones. This is an advantage to many with a bu
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by wamboga 11y ago
It's a great experience having Alex as part of our team. In. testimony of our pedigree, he has been admitted to UC Berkeley for a EECS degree, complete your time as a MasterCard scholar, and join us in building Africa's largest h
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by wamboga 11y ago
Hotels are willing to sign up as long as we deliver on our promise. In exchange, we are getting six months to try.
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by wamboga 11y ago
For Africa probably
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by wamboga 11y ago
We are considering both. At hotels payment has already been used across Africa. we'll just implement with modification perhaps
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by wamboga 11y ago
We intend to leverage on the fact that Kenya's hospitality market has had some issues the past two years and occupancy levels have dipped to about 20%. For customers we will use mainly townhalls and referrals
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by wamboga 11y ago
If we got to 50 guests daily, we would be ramen profitable, life in Nairobi is much cheaper than in SF. We can live in hostels at our uni, for so long as our 4 year study program is still on, it costs US $50, a year. We can also live on $2,
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by wamboga 11y ago
We will ensure that hotels we partner with always have water, in Nairobi, for instance, water from local authorities is unreliable, so some hotels have boreholes, but many don't know those with these. We will standardize / ensure
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by wamboga 11y ago
We intend to conduct routine checks, have a fleet on the street, and through reviews by our customers
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by wamboga 11y ago
On the tech issue, we are developing technology around booking, Africans accessing the net over mobile is on the increase (Kenya has more mobile phones than toilets) and with hotels around inventory management via an extranet app
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by wamboga 11y ago
We're using technology to build a virtual hotel chain, and will distribute inventory through our portals or through partner travel agencies. We'll partner with hotels, standardizing experience and branding them under our banner. A
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by wamboga 11y ago
With priceline, the issues were simple, the hotels were of good quality but for our case we must standardize. On oyo,I read about them but they have focused on scale amidst issues with customers www.socialsamosa.com/2016/02&#x2F
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by wamboga 11y ago
Siris is built around my pain points and those of people close to me.It dates back 2009, when my mum got an on job promotion that increased her travels, she wanted to save something for us; a shirt for me, a dress for my little sister and o
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