May Bread 2011 Details
Date: 1st May 2011 starting at 11.00 AM
Locations: Nairobi - Ngong Race Course
Addis Ababa - Fana Bakery, Gerji, (Near Sunshine Apartments)
Coordinators: Nairobi - Samantha Spooner
Addis Ababa - Hiwot Tadesse
To email Samantha and Hiwot for more details, send an email to foundation (@) virn (dot) net and the subject should have their first name i.e. Samantha or Hiwot.
For more info, check out this blog post by Kahenya
To Donate: Send your donations via MPesa to 0725 884 624 (Julia) Lines closes end of business on Tuesday 26th 2011.
Hi,
Welcome to our new homepage. We have worked on simplifying what we do and now we would like to introduce the new home page. Enjoy
ViRN Team
Hi,
We are excited to bring out Beta 3 of the new ViRN Instruments site powered by our universal WebC Platform. We have been talking about WebC and the ability it has, and hopefully you get to share in the experience.
WebC will manage services on the backend while any site we run will sit atop it and refer to it for specific data, e.g. User Details, Messaging amongst other thing. Its a seamless platform which means you don’t get to actually know when you step out for Authentication.
Authentication
WebC also has an authentication mechanism that any site can attatch to, making it easy for them to authenticate us. This is important if you want to be able to engage with our growing user base. Its easy to engage with a new set of people and they don’t have to keep registering on different sites. Soon, we will begin support for Wordpress and Joomla sites amongst others, allowing a shared user base, and all for free.
Mobile
While WebC is mobile compliant, we have chosen to first avoid releasing for mobile until we exit Beta status. In the near future, you will be able to engage with the site from any device.
The Old
What happened to the old sites? WebC is now powering ALL ViRN Instruments sites. What this means is sites like Ukurasa, News, Blogs, Wallapa are all now in WebC. The domains don’t change but the sites will improve a lot.
Corporate
The following changes have taken place corporate wise so we have new staff members and contractors.
Wallapa - Acting Managing Director - Kamau Wanyoike
Ukurasa - Managed and in Partnership with Njeri Wangari
Blogs - Editors - Njeri Wangari, Richard Wanjohi
News - Editor - Ephantus Mwangi
Jobs - Internal
Metro Advertising - Managed by Level1
IPO2 - Managed and in Partnership with Kobe Projects
Crowd Sourced Couriers - Managed by Njeri Wangari, Street Manager - David Kamunyu
Pixomia.TV - In partnership with Pixomia Television Africa
Unsigned Kenya - Head Tailor and Designer - Steve Omollo
Yoghurt v3.0 - In partnership with Patricia and Simon, General Manager - Simon Nandoya
Thank you.
Kahenya
Are you a natural born sales person with LOTS of drive, eagerness to learn and desire to be super successful? Do you also have a special interest in online advertising and digital media? If so, we have a unique and fantastic opportunity for you in ViRN Instruments.
Please read on:
A dynamic and growing Online destination dedicated to content is looking to hire a bright and energetic sales representatives.
We are seeking Sales people who can sell adspace (Advertising space) on our websites:- Ukurasa, Wallapa, blogs.virn.net, news.virn.net and more.
What are we looking for in you?
Good knowledge of the web – social sites, search engines, gadgets,etc
Great sales & negotiation skills – if you can sell water to an Eskimo then it’s you we are looking for
A self starter who can hit the ground running
Ability to bring in new accounts (online advertisers and publishers)
The Fine Print
- Independent Rate Card thus commissions based.
- Revolving Income (Not limited to an initial sale)
- Significant growth opportunities
Interested?
Send an email to info(at)virn.net
Hi,
Its been a very fun trip getting this far selling what we believe is a good product. We started this business at a rough time when a lot of people would have opted to shut down or not startup and the odds I won’t lie were against us. It has been a tough grueling 7 months, but finally we are able to call ourselves profitable. The Launch of the Web Ordering System improved the business process and increased ordering and improved communication greatly. We are working to improve the process much further and we have listened to a lot of your ideas and will work on them.
There are many changes coming in, we listened, and the first thing we are going to do is change everything about the fruit lines. To give the yoghurt some form of longevity, we will look at this process from scratch and give a better product.
We will also start naming sit-in locations in Nairobi, where you can go in and enjoy a glass of Yoghurt. We have been working with cafes and restaurant owners to try identify where and what people will actually like. So that should be ready soon as well.
Finally, the Chocolate Mousse line is now ready for “Beta Testing”, so you can expect that announcement soon. And it will be a lot of fun.
All in all, thanks to Patricia and Simon, thanks for being with us, supporting us and please, keep enjoying the Simple Delights.
Thank you.
Kahenya
Hi,
After consulting with the team and parties involved, we have agreed to withdraw from the transport business as of end of business today. Recession is here and rather than sink our businesses by trying to keep a loss making section, it is better that we exit from this and focus on more core business and less on non-core businesses. We will be disposing some of our assets via our lawyers this includes some vehicles and some loading and docking equipment. Other assets will either be leased out to our partners in hopes that we can trim down job losses. If you are keen on what is available, please get in touch with me directly.
We apologize for any inconveniences caused.
Thanks
Kahenya
Hi,
After a month of testing, we are finally out of closed Beta and now in open Beta. We now invite you to register and enjoy using this service. Join us at www.wallapa.com/join
Thank you.
Kahenya Kamunyu
Hi,
We welcome a new venture into our family. Welcome Clip49. The blog will be available at http://blog.clip49.com
Thanks.
