Jon Bøhmer sees his solar project — Kyoto Energy — go bankrupt!
Jon Bøhmer saw his award-winning solar energy company, Kyoto Energy go down on April 6th, 2011, as the court in Norway ordered liquidation
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DHL + Customs = a lethal mix!
DHL + Customs: A Recipe for Delays While I was successfully bullying the dreaded container of Kyoto Box solar cookers through Customs in Mombasa, people from the same useless government institution were doing their best to delay our business in Nairobi. A consignment of our latest product, the Kyoto Flash Mini torchlights is currently on…
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Container nightmare – a 21st century Kafka tale!
Attempting to bring a container into Kenya can give you several heart attacks, and is by no means a recommendable exercise for any sound-minded person who cares about his mental well-being. Had Franz Kafka been alive today, he would doubtlessly have agreed that Kenyan bureaucracy by far eclipses his nightmarish descriptions of their counterparts in the pre-WW1 Austro-Hungarian empire. Here’s a step-by-step guide to experiencing a true Kafka process in the 21st century.
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Nairobi again!
My life has been turned upside down again, and it feels damn good! Having spent the past few weeks with a schedule from hell, I have now re-emerged in Kenya’s capital city – Nairobi! Having worked as VP Sales Africa in Vyke Communications for more than 3 years, I decided a while back that it…
