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Many thanks to Justin Hartman aka Afrigator, a major social media aggregator and directory built especially for African digital citizens who publish and consume content on the Web. Afrigator will be bannering the Kenyan Crisis initiative of MamaMikes, allowing you to contribute towards helping displaced families and victimsof the crisis by purchasing shopping vouchers that…

MamaMikes have asked if we can help spread the word for their Crisis initiative : Ontheir front page people can now buy a voucher for Kenyans in Distress.These vouchers will be used to buy much needed supplies fordistribution by the Kenya Red cross. The vouchers come in variousdenominations from $10 to $75. No service fee…

Thanks to Erik of WhiteAfrican.com for passing on this service from SafariCom. Sambaza (meaning to share in swahili) allows SafariCom prepaid customers to share airtime with their family and friends; any amount between Kshs. 50 and Kshs. 10,000. How ? 1. Create a new SMS message and enter the airtime value you want to share,…

Mama Mikes provides a solution to the problem of sending help to Kenyans. Through their website customers can order vouchersfor prominent Kenyan supermarkets such as Nakumatt, and Uchumi, buycellular airtime, pay electricity bills or school fees,give culturally relevant gifts for special occasions such as a goat, oreven buy cakes, flowers, and jewellery, among many other…

This is Mike Mwaniki Njogu & his wife, Ann, in their cyber cafe in Njoro, Kenya. I spoke with Mike, a friend, today (16:00 GMT) on Skype. He was desperately telling me his brother had just been shot with a bow & arrow in violent fighting caused by the corruption in the recent Kenyan elections.…