Podcast VI – Brands
October 6, 2011
Host Jeff Holmes talks about how Kigali has changed the way he thinks about brands. He also does the News in Sixty.
Podcast V – Kora
October 6, 2011
Host Jeff Holmes talks with Amy Walker, founder of Kora, a socially-minded fashion business. She discusses the joys and trials of doing business in Rwanda, why house parties might be more profitable than selling to Saks, and why she decided a for-profit structure was the way to go.
Podcast III – The Price of Wine
October 6, 2011
Today I go solo and talk about the costing and pricing of the wine business I run in Kigali. Hez joins me for the News in Sixty.
Podcast II – Volunteering and Interning
October 6, 2011
Journalist Hez Holland joins host Jeff Holmes once again to talk about the dynamics of volunteering and interning in a place like Rwanda, and shares his ideas on how those interested can make the most of the opportunity. We also do the “News in Sixty,” which today lasted 4’53″.
Links for Podcast VI – Brands
March 16, 2010
Today’s podcast links:
- Kagame addresses West Point, where his son is a cadet. (New Times)
- RwandAir fires its COO, which helps put its house in order. (New Times)
- Nakumatt, the biggest supermarket in Kigali, is looking to expand. (New Times)
- Six arrested trying to bribe traffic cops. (New Times)
- Wikipedia’s take on brands. (Wikipedia)
- Local Rwanda firms advised on branding. (New Times)
Links for Podcast V – Kora
March 8, 2010
Links for Podcast III – The Price of Wine
February 16, 2010
This chart will help saturate your mind as you listen to my dry exposition:
- Hez’s articles on GDP and coffee.
- DRC’s space program.
- Rwanda Revenue Authority’s tax collecting prowess; take a gander at their website if you like.
- Aptonym.
- Profit.
And for you accounting/finance nerds, a test of your knowledge: to simplify today’s discussion, I did not include overheads in my cost breakdown; in other words, I only considered my variable costs. Thus, what I called the profit margin is better described as which other margin?
I’ll post the answer in the comments.
Links for Podcast II – Volunteering and Interning
February 5, 2010
Today’s podcast links -
- Hez’s articles on tourism and yoga.
- Food poisoning at the KCC Meet.
- MTN’s Mobile Money Transfer service.
- Info on NGO’s in Rwanda, and a list of possible funding sources.
- The website for KEZA, a fashion organization run by our friend Jared Miller, who helps his interns fundraise in lieu of paying them a wage.
- Arbitrage.
Links for Podcast I – Motohaggling
January 21, 2010
Today’s podcast links:
- Hez’s articles on Nkunda and the controversial presidential candidate.
- Bourbon Coffee’s expansion plans.
- Posts from my other blog on haggling and price discrimination.
- And more on motos.
