Africa women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards celebrate women entrepreneurs in Africa
Twenty-two women founders and entrepreneurs were selected as finalists, from 10 different African countries, across eight different categories
The Africa women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum annual AWIEF Awards (www.AWIEForum.org), held on October 30, 2019, honoured and celebrated the achievements of women entrepreneurs and innovators across the African continent. Twenty-two...
Former teacher creates job and wealth by crushing bones to make animal feeds
By Special Correspondent
Isaac Njuguna’s workshop near the busy Dagoretti Market can be mistaken for one of the many abattoirs that dot the area. In the compound, a strong stench of rotting flesh and bones waft from the workshop, which is just a few meters away from the...
Rejected at home and abroad, young entrepreneur turns the tables to found a thriving online business
By Staff Writer
It’s not every time that people turn a hobby into a thriving business. For Simon Kimani, he turned his passion in writing into a successful business. In a small office in the residential area of Kasarani in Nairobi, he is busy keying...
By Prof. Bitange Ndemo
Uttered by US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Junior over 50 years ago, these words remain relevant today as new technologies take the centre stage in Africa. Rev King Jr. was fighting for the rights that protect personal freedoms from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.
One of the risks associated with emerging technologies...
Ambitious man breaks the mold to achieve great gains in the business world
By Hustle Correspondent
When Patrick Hunja sat for his secondary school examinations in 2002, he realized that his chances of proceeding to a tertiary institution were quickly diminishing; his family did not have any funds to finance his university education. Not one to give up easily, he eked...
He trains other farmers on organic farming methods
By Special Correspondent
To many Kenyans, strawberries are just fruits, but to Njoroge Kibe, they are his business. A Kiambu resident, Njoroge started farming strawberries five years ago. Today, he is a major producer of the fruits. Unlike many other farmers who grow conventional strawberries, Njoroge takes pride in being among the few...
How IBM Innovations Will Transform Every Stage of the Food Supply Chain Within the Next Five Years
By Arvind Krishna
Within the next five years, the Earth’s population will cross the eight billion mark for the first time. Our complex food chain—already stressed by climate change and a finite water supply—will only be tested further.
To meet the demands of this crowded...
The statistics are scary; more than 75 million young people across the world are unemployed. In Kenya, youth unemployment is a ticking time bomb. According to the Kenya Bureau of Statistics Labour Force report that was released in March this year, 1.22 million unempoloyed Kenyans were aged between the ages of 15 and 34, translating to an unemployment rate...
Muli Musyoka IAT was the first certified trichology in Kenya. He started his clinic, Hair Hub, in 2014 to provide hair transplant services for those battling with hair loss and balding. For the last five years, he has organically grown his business into a hair transplant hub, employing 11 people and service a global client base. He says he’s...
Hair transplants are gaining popularity in Kenya
By Amos Wachira
If a receding hairline is giving you sleepless nights, Muli Musyoka IAT has a permanent solution for you.
He’s a certified trichologist, a hair and scalp specialist who diagnoses the causes of hair fall, breakage, thinning, miniaturization of hairs as well as diseases of the scalp. He then treats according to cause.
Trichology...