Opinion

February 28, 2019

Shift from competition to partnership culture is beneficial to SME growth

Most small medium businesses are on a race to become the best, entrepreneurs in Kenya often operate with the mantra of eat or be eaten The […]
February 6, 2019

Structured Startup-Cooperate partnership: Avenue for constructive disruption

The last couple of years have seen a lot of start ups in Kenya and beyond upset the status quo in areas of transport, finance, tours […]
January 25, 2019

Freelancers: Talent pool SMEs can tap in the gig economy

SMEs due to their nature are resource constraint in all meaning of the word. Founders lack vital skills required to successfully manage the business, cash flow […]
January 15, 2019

Kenyan Start up Ecosystem: A case for aggregation of the community

Kenyan SMEs are major drivers of the continents economy accounting for 3% GDP and employing over 30% of the country’s youthful population. Ironically SMEs are the most undeserved […]
October 31, 2018

Unlocking Ecommerce in Kenya through modernization of traditional Trade Models

The rise of ecommerce in Kenya just like many other African countries has been steady with a joint report by Kenya national bureau of statistics and […]
September 6, 2018

Radical Risk Taking: Entrepreneurship Myth

Today’s African society is filled with the romantic notion of seemingly successful entrepreneurs who have gone all out and risked everything to start their business venture […]
September 3, 2018

SME failure due to paradox of Originality and Success

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the […]
August 28, 2018

How Kenyan SMEs can cope with the proposed Increased Fuel VAT

  The proposal by the Kenyan government to levy 16% VAT on fuel as of 1st September 2018 has obvious implication on the economy and SMEs. […]
July 30, 2018

The Africa Continental Free Trade Area is a Market opportunity for SMEs

Africa continues to hold great potential for unrivalled economic growth cognizant of its vast natural resources and its bulging youthful population. Trade in Africa is still […]