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...
Nokia is committed to working with Ethiopia to pave the way for world-class telecommunication services with advanced technologies including 4G and 5G
Nokia (www.Nokia.com) will collaborate with two of the most recognized universities for science and engineering in Ethiopia, the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) and the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT), to provide training on the...
Iron, a key nutrient to develop children’s brains and help adults live productive lives, is acutely lacking in people’s diets
There is an African proverb that says: “Your food is supposed to be your medicine and your medicine is supposed to be your food.”
Yet millions of people on the continent are not living their lives to the fullest because the...
Uganda has experienced measles outbreaks across numerous districts in the past three years
Uganda is set to immunize more than 18 million children against measles and rubella, which amounts to 43% of the country’s population. Among them, 8.2 million children younger than 9 months, or 20.5% of the population, will also receive the oral polio vaccine.
Uganda has experienced measles outbreaks...
