Opinion

October 14, 2016

Taking Stock of Financial Inclusion in Kenya

  According to UNICEF 42% of the Kenyan population lives below the poverty line meaning they live on less than $2 per day. Such population experience […]
October 13, 2016

Corporate Restructuring For Ailing Companies

Over the last five years in Kenya we have witnessed a number of companies both private and public become bankrupt or closed shop due one reason […]
October 11, 2016

How to Grow Your Small Business in Africa

Micro and Small businesses in Africa get most of their customers within the local estate or village surrounding the business. The challenge with such business is […]
October 6, 2016

Business Model Paradigm Not Bailouts: Sustainability of Parastatals in Kenya

  Splashing money at struggling Parastatals and other state owned Enterprises is not enough to solve the deep rooted problems these organizations face. Since the independence […]
September 26, 2016

How Kenyan Medical Sector can cope with Medical Tourism

There has been great concern from many quarters about the number of people flying to India seeking treatment. As we complain it would be more beneficial […]
September 1, 2016

Successful Entrepreneurship is more than having the best Idea

Most people think that being an entrepreneur is about having that big and original idea idea. Ideally it is. To start something new, you need to […]
August 30, 2016

8 ways to negotiate your job offer for a new role

 The joy of getting a job offer can be clouded by a sense of disappointment if you fail to negotiate the right offer. So how can […]
August 29, 2016

Interest rate caps & their impact on financial inclusion in Kenya

  The recent introduction of a lending rate ceiling for banks and other financial institutions in Kenya reopened an old debate over the appropriateness of regulatory […]
August 3, 2016

How to Professionally Grow your Business without Killing It

Most of us have heard about fairy-tale stories of businesses that have grown rapidly basically rugs to riches kind of business stories. Such foundational stories involve […]