How to stay on tract while diversifying a business
Every company strives to have the dominance of recognizable brands. From small startups to powerhouse companies, all work hard to foster innovation and creative thinking to relate to millennials and...
View ArticleMeet Nairobi’s city farmer who makes Sh2,000 daily from goat Milk
Francis Wachira’s passion for dairy goat rearing started by chance back in 2012 after meeting a group of women in Ruai. Wachira was so impressed by the nutritional value of goat milk and the profit...
View ArticleMeet The Kenyan Entrepreneur Who Built A $800 Million Asset Management Firm
Kenyan-born Edwin Dande is the founder of Cytonn Investments, an alternative investment management and real estate company, with offices in Nairobi and DC Metro area. Cytonn, which was founded in 2014...
View ArticleTop 10 Highest Money Making Streets In Nairobi
Nairobi’s city centre is divided into two- the uptown and downtown sections. There are only four avenues- two named after former presidents and one named after an Emperor of Ethiopia. These avenues are...
View ArticleHow to identify a fake Kenyan note
There are fake currency notes worth millions of shillings in circulation in Kenya and it is important to know how to identify them – Central Bank of Kenya has issued a list of some features that will...
View ArticleTop 10 Richest Pastors In Kenya
Kenya is home to thousands of churches and quite possible, uncountable – Some churches, however, do stand out due to the prominence and lifestyles of the head pastors – This list includes the Kiunas,...
View ArticleHow To Know it’s the Right time to Resign from your Job
There are times in every career when staying with your current employer is not your best option. Perhaps your job is not a good fit for your talents and skills. You may really dislike your boss. You...
View ArticleHow much money you should have saved at every age
When it comes to savings, Kenyans are falling short. Nearly 70% of adults have less than ksh100,000 in their savings accounts. Retirement funds are looking equally bleak. In fact, about half of Kenyan...
View ArticleUber releases updated community guidelines for riders and drivers across East...
Uber has today announced the release of their updated Community guidelines in East Africa, the guidelines aim to provide guidance on how drivers and riders should behave and treat each other during a...
View ArticleDouglas Sidialo receives support to compete in the Absa Cape Epic
Douglas Sidialo, one of the most accomplished African blind adventurers will compete in the next Absa Cape Epic, a premier mountain bike stage race to be held in the Western Cape, South Africa...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Beverages Africa acquires Equator Bottlers
Africa’s largest Coca-Cola bottler- Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Proprietary Limited (CCBA) announced today the conclusion of negotiations to acquire Equator Bottlers, the third largest Coca-Cola bottler...
View ArticleWHY YOU SHOULDN’T SPEND MORE THAN 10% OF YOUR GROSS INCOME ON A CAR
Buying a car is one of the easiest and biggest financial mistakes someone can make. Besides the purchase price of a car, you’ve got to also pay car insurance, maintenance, parking tickets, and traffic...
View ArticleVisa and Direct Pay Partnership Enables 20,000 More Merchants to accept mVisa...
Visa and Direct Pay Online Group (DPO), the leading online payment service provider in Africa, have announced that they are enabling 20,000 more merchants to accept mVisa payments, facilitating mobile...
View ArticleNew competition targeting young scientists unveiled
The Government of Kenya has today launched Young Scientist Kenya (YSK) in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland and BLAZE youth platform by Safaricom. YSK, a unique platform in East Africa for...
View ArticleHow I make Sh. 300,000 to Sh. 350,000 from my shoe business in Ngara
BY FINANCIAL STANDARD 28-year-old Jannes Otieno Ochieng’ entrepreneurial journey started way back when he was a second year university student at Kenya College of Accountancy in 2008, now KCA...
View ArticleBanks plot to charge loan defaulters high interest rates
Kenyan banks have schemed to charge loan defaulters interest rates that are as high as 20 per cent. This is according to emerging financial reports. According to a report by a local financial pull out,...
View ArticleHow you can effectively computerize business operations
Computerizing business operations is an effective way to streamline business processes, accurately manage large amounts of information and data, and accomplish more work in less time. Advertising,...
View ArticleThe Story of a Nakuru Farm where cows watch television and listen to radio to...
Beautiful bungalows and maisonettes line up Section 58, an upper income estate in Nakuru. Most of the homes have neat lawns and flower beds, making the environment classy, the reason why the area is...
View ArticleThe success story of a Kenyan Entrepreneur who invented organic Pesticide At...
Kelvin “Kevo” Macharia Kuria was born in June 1990 in Nakuru, Kenya. As a student at Nakuru High School Kelvin was distressed by the ants, cockroaches, and flies that would make their way into his dorm...
View Article6 Entrepreneurial lessons you will never learn in school
It is no secret that the road of entrepreneurship is full of twists, turns, ups, downs and tunnels where you’re straining to see the light at the other end. This journey is truly made to weed out those...
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