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$25k goes dramatically farther in Nairobi or Cape Town than it does in the Bay Area.

I'm from 88mph's first batch. in Nairobi. They gave me 25k USD to test out my idea to build Kenya's first blog network( http://ghafla.co.ke http://tambaa.co.ke and http://duwaa.co.ke ). Needless to say, my investors were pleasantly surprised when I built the whole company using that money. Now we make 25k USD a month

Please don't take anything I say as criticism, but somewhere else in the thread you've said AMA, so:

- Why exactly did you need 25k to build Kenya's first "blog network"?

- Where did the money go? Can you provide us with a break down?

- What prevented you from doing this without the 25k investment? You could have used Wordpress and a host like WPEngine, and I can't think of a cost more than $25-100/month.

- Are you paying writers, or is this all freely written content? Or are you just linking to other blogs in the market?

- Also, not a question, but except for the first link, the other two sites are down for maintenance.

Thanks.

and goes dramatically further in Nairobi than Cape Town, especially with hollywood buying up a lot of land there a few yrs ago. Also, you will not be developing for smartphones, but for blackberry's, old nokia's & samsungs.

PS: Africa is not a country, very different situation in each country. So lets stop saying Africa and talk about specific countries because talking about Morocco & Namibia or Egypt & South Africa as the same is just silly.

$25k in Cape Town? Won't go as far as you think.

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