My new home
on Tom's Excellent Adventure (Zambia), 13/Mar/2010 10:03, 34 days ago
Hi all, my latest update. I've now moved from Northmead to the leafy suburb of Kabulonga. This was traditionally where the whites lived but is now much more cosmopolitan in fact Kenneth Kaunda lives here and just by is the ex wife of Chiluba (The guy who took over from KK. I live in the cottage (Previously known as servants quarters) of a much grander house which Mike&Isobel live in. Mike is my boss at Mobile Transactions. They're both really cool and have given me the run of the grounds including their rather lovely pool, I also get to use their wi-fi so life is really rather comfortable here. My cottage has a large lounge&dining room with a small but functional kitchen and ok bathroom (just need to get the shower sorted, and single bedroom.On a work perspective things are pretty hectic but incredibly exciting, there's a palpable sense of achievement in the air. I've written and produced a TV ad and a couple of radio ads which have been on air for about a month now. Despite this our business continues to grow with Feb 40% up on Jan and Mar 50% up on Feb. We've also closed a couple of deals and are really close to nailing a mjor contract that will pretty much nail our targets for the yr in one go. Another fascinating aspect is an introduction to venture capitalism, The Grass roots Business fund have invested in us and visited a couple of weeks ago. They were impressed with what we were doing and the consultant they brought with them was very optimistic that we'd be able to attract quite significant investment.In a couple of weeks I'm off to Zanzibar to meet up with Helen for an holiday. I've a friend there who's sorting us out with a nice deal for a fancy pants bungalow on the beach, not cheap but certainly a little bit of paradise.That's all from me, remember I do have email so if anyone wants to drop me a line don't be scared ;-)