“Follow your passion” is one of the pieces of advice that most people get when they ask for tips to succeed in business.
Carol Musyoka, a passionate baker who founded Cherry Cakes Kenya in 2011, says that passion is not enough as it won’t run your business. “It should be enough, but you need to learn, to put yourself out...
Her artistic touch has helped her carve a niche in the baking industry
By Amos Wachira
Carol Musyoka, the cheery woman with a ready smile, could have been an excellent tours operator, but her love for cakes drove her towards an old passion; baking.
Coming from a family with a background in baking, she had tasted, -and fallen in love- with...
Vava Angwenyi’s coffee trading company seeks to make coffee farming a lucrative economic activity for every smallholder coffee farmer
By Surpna Goswani and Amos Wachira
Coffee was Kenya’s top foreign exchange earner, but the tide had turned against it. In the vast highlands of Central Kenya, the crop is in desolate state; its beans fetch a meagre amount in the market...
Budding events manager rises to prove that disability is not inability
By Amos Wachira
Clara Mutongi is a resilient woman. As a two-year old girl, she had an accident that left her unable to walk. She had to learn how to walk again. Today, she runs a thriving events management firm, and is testimony that disability is not inability.
When her name...
When Mugethi Gitau decided to cut her hair six years ago, she wanted to hair to grow naturally. Little dud she know what awaited her. “I realized there were products for natural hair, and it was becoming a challenge to maintain it.”
Noticing a gap, her entrepreneurial gene kicked inanf she found herself looking for a solution. After years of...
When she struggled to find hair care products for her natural hair, Mugethi Gitau decided to create some for her hair. It has turned into a promising business
By Hustle East Africa
Mugethi Gitau’s hair is long and kinky. As we settle for this interview, it’s not hard to notice its afro textured curls and tresses.
Kinky African hair, common with women...
Coca-Cola Central, East and West Africa Limited (CEWA Ltd) together with its bottling partner Almasi Beverages Limited has today kitted 42 beneficiaries in Migori County in an innovative programme that seeks to boost their entrepreneurial skills.
The initiative, dubbed Kuza Kazi, seeks to create job opportunities, offer training and sharpen entrepreneurial skills of the youth in a bid to address...
Mugure Njendu wears many hats. She’s a mother, an architect, an entrepreneur, a STEM advocate, a mentor and mentee and the president of the Architectural Association of Kenya. She is a patner, architect and urban designer with Gitutho Architects and Planners (GAPL).
She’s also the cofounder of Little Einsteins East Africa, a program that equips learners with hands-on skills in...
When it comes to the C-Suite, the scale is skewed against women.
Few make it to the highest levels of management. But there’s hope. A number of women are climbing the corporate ladder with sheer aplomb, defeating great odds staked against them. Joyce Gachugi Waweru is one such woman. For the 12 years she has been in the environmental sustainability...
By Amos Wachira
Like Wangari Mathai, Kenya’s passionate environmentalist, Joyce Gachugi Waweru lives and talks environmental sustainability.
From an early age, she knew she wanted to make a difference.
While growing up, her life was centered around helping people. Fittingly, she chose a career in environmental science.
“I felt that environmental sciences were all-encompassing; helping people and the environment.”
As a sustainability practitioner, she...
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