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Notes on growth in East Africa.

Practical digital marketing guides for Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda: social media, SEO, email, AI, web, video and reporting.

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Cover illustration: How Much Does Social Media Marketing Cost in Tanzania?
Featured · Social · 6 min read

How Much Does Social Media Marketing Cost in Tanzania?

What social media marketing costs in Tanzania: management fees vs ad budget, what drives price and how to judge value before you sign.

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Cover illustration: Google Business Profile for Dar es Salaam: a 30-Minute Checklist
SEO · 5 min read

Google Business Profile for Dar es Salaam: a 30-Minute Checklist

Claim, complete and optimise your Google Business Profile in 30 minutes. A local SEO checklist for businesses in Dar es Salaam.

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Cover illustration: WhatsApp or Email? Where to Put Your Follow-Up Budget
Email · 5 min read

WhatsApp or Email? Where to Put Your Follow-Up Budget

WhatsApp or email marketing in East Africa? A practical comparison of reach, cost and conversion to decide where follow-up effort goes.

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Cover illustration: Mobile Money Checkout: Design a Page People Trust
Web · 5 min read

Mobile Money Checkout: Design a Page People Trust

How to design a checkout page for mobile money payments in Kenya and Tanzania: layout, wording and flow that build trust and lift conversion.

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Cover illustration: Swahili or English? Writing Ads That Convert in Tanzania and Kenya
Content · 5 min read

Swahili or English? Writing Ads That Convert in Tanzania and Kenya

Should your ads be in Swahili or English? How language choice, tone and mixing (Sheng and code-switching) affect clicks and replies in East Africa.

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Cover illustration: Reply in 30 Seconds: AI on WhatsApp Without Losing the Human Touch
AI · 6 min read

Reply in 30 Seconds: AI on WhatsApp Without Losing the Human Touch

How to use AI on WhatsApp Business to reply fast, qualify leads and hand over to a human, without sounding robotic or losing sales.

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Cover illustration: Why Video Ads Lose People in the First Two Seconds
Video · 5 min read

Why Video Ads Lose People in the First Two Seconds

Hooks, pacing and captions for short video ads. Why viewers leave in two seconds and how to design video for sound-off scrolling.

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Cover illustration: What Belongs in a Monthly Marketing Report (and What Doesn't)
Strategy · 5 min read

What Belongs in a Monthly Marketing Report (and What Doesn't)

A monthly marketing report template: the metrics that matter (leads, cost per customer, revenue) and the vanity numbers to cut.

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