Opinion

October 30, 2017

Internet of Things Presents a Great Opportunity for African SMEs

The internet of things is fast becoming part of mainstream conversations similar to Bitcoin. Internet of things has been touted to having the potential to change […]
October 10, 2017

Compensation Structure for a growing SME

Most start ups and established SMEs deploy the traditional hierarchal functional as their default structure without giving it a second thought.  The assumption is that the […]
October 10, 2017

How to grow your side Hustle

With the ever growing standard  of living shooting up while salary remains constant most of us find ourselves in this unending cycle of overshooting our budgets […]
October 8, 2017

Post Merger Strategy for Nakumatt-Tuskys

The recent announcement by major Kenyan retailer Nakumatt to merge with its arch rival Tuskys due to its continued struggles has raised a lot of dust […]
October 4, 2017

SME Growth through Business Accelerators

African SMEs are major drivers of the continents economy accounting for 70% GDP and employing over 80% of the continent youthful population. Ironically African SMEs are […]
September 24, 2017

Strategy Lessons African SMEs can learn from Apple’s I Phone X

Recently Apple turned a lot of heads during the launch of its latest phone; I phone X or Ten largely due to its outrageous price that […]
September 17, 2017

Internationalization of SMEs

Many Kenyan SMES searching for sales internationally; USA and Europe usually come to mind yet the East Africa Community (EAC), COMESA, SADC are much closer and […]
September 3, 2017

How African SMEs can build resilience against political instability

Elections in Africa are mostly highly contested and are often portrayed as do or die. Powerful long serving presidents are desperately trying to cling to power […]
August 31, 2017

Insurance Industry can help Africa manage negative effects of climate change

Africa has for a long time borne the brunt of negative effects of climate change; phenomenon such as failing rains, floods, drought and many others have […]