The call for gender diversity is about being inclusive and profitable. Following these strategies could lead to success on both fronts.
By Rhett Power
When people call for more women in the workplace, it may sound as though they’re just trying to meet a quota. Gender diversity, though, could be the key to any company’s success. Diversifying a variety of top...
Nairobi, a boiling point of cutting edge innovation is a city of firsts. It’s the only city in the world that has a national park within the city; the Nairobi National Park. It’s easy to see why the city’s poster image is that of giraffes photographed against the backdrop of sky hugging skyscrapers.
It’s one of these skyscrapers that has...
Stream Football Club are the lake regional winners of the Guinness Night Football tournament. The team defeated Kotoko Football Club three goals to two to emerge winners of the first regional five-aside tournament.
A first half hatrick from Calvin Ogallo ensured that they maintained their unbeaten run to be the first team to book their slot in the national finals...
“If you don’t enjoy what you do, you’re in the wrong profession,” says Ian Mutwiri, a lawyer who finds joy from his chicken farm.
Mutwiri says his short stint as a lawyer was uneventful.
“The job was fulfilling from an economic perspective, but it was emotionally straining. I felt I wasn’t emotionally satisfied.”
Once he graduated with a degree in law, he...
By Prof. Bitange Ndemo
For the first time in the history of the world, half of the World is in the middle class or wealthier.
Africa too is making progress. What we have not paid attention to are the consequences of wealth and raising resilient children.
Many of the emerging wealthy people are known to swear that they will never allow their...
“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...
