Living in a dirty city!
Generally I try not to park my car outside on the street. Thankfully we have an underground garage, which is quite handy considering the maxed out number of cars driving and parking everywhere on the streets of Tirana. However, this past week, I decided to leave the car parked outside for a quick movement in [...]
Finances and the importance of early education
In early September 2012, I realized that I needed to become a better manager of funds. The fact is that I’ve never excelled at financial management, which has been a weak point most of my life. Even during my MBA studies the hardest course I took was “accounting & finance”. However many things have changed [...]
A coffee before a full day’s work!
It can be hard to start your day fully motivated especially when you are thinking of what all you need to do that day! This morning, I found myself dragging my feet a bit, mostly due to the previous late working night. But then I thought why not go for a coffee first! Well, here [...]
Number portability, a positive reality for Albanians!
It was May 2011, when Albanians were first given the opportunity to port their cell phone number from one thieving carrier to another one. Though it did not represent the start of a major portability deluge, it nevertheless marked a turning point in the agenda of all mobile carriers that from now on they would [...]
Teaching youth on how to utilize social media for change
This past week I had the privilege and honor to be one of the small session trainers for the annual National Youth Conference which is organized by World Vision. There were about 250 youths from all over Albania and Kosovo full of energy and curiosity. For me, the real challenge was not the topic (how [...]
Let’s go for creative parking in Tirana!
For several years now, Tirana is facing a worsening situation from the increased number of cars roaming on its streets. To add to the problem there are over 100,000 new cars that enter and exit the city every day from the towns and cities all over Albania. To make matters worse these many cars have [...]
OpenLabs Albania
Like other such initiatives in many countries around the world, tech enthusiasts gathered on 12 July to start a new community under the banner of OpenLabs – an newly registered NGO dedicated to technology and unrelated to politics, as one of its founders – Redon – was so keen to point out in contrast to [...]
What will happen economically with Albania in 2013?
This past weekend I meet with a close friend of mine to talk about stuff. It started out as a casual chat over a cool beer, but it got serious once we started considering how the country would fare economically this upcoming elections year. He was reasonably concerned over the economic stability of the country [...]