Kenyan business and entrepreneurship publication covering SMEs, personal finance, companies, careers and investment.
Mango, the fruit we all love, is rightly called the King of fruits. Many people are familiar with the sweet, tropical fruit that comes from mango trees, but you may not realize that the leaves of mango trees are edible as well. But, do you…
Farmers in Njoro in Nakuru county have adopted a bean variety known as mucuna to fertilize their soils. The farmers intercrop mucuna beans with staple crops like maize, a move that has seen some double yields even as their counterparts…
Joyce Waithira is the CEO of EcoRich Solutions, a Kenyan firm that converts waste into organic fertilizer. In an interview, Waithira revealed she started the business with Sh6,000, and after two years, the business had earned her fortune.…
Lucy Wanjiru, a dairy farmer and the founder of Lucy Farm, can now attest to the profitability of dairy farming after multiplying her production to 6000 litres per month. Now a senior citizen, Lucy started dairy farming as a business…
How much do you need to start a business? Eunice Kamau started her business with Sh. 1,000. She speaks on how she made a corporate training business out of a single one thousand note: “I was employed for thirteen years before I ventured…
My name is Gerald. I live in Ngara, Nairobi with a net salary of Sh. 29,449. My expenses are; Rent 6,500, Food 3,000, Transport to Westlands 3,000, Savings in a Sacco 4,000 (Haven’t saved for last 2 months), Airtime 1,000, Leadership…
How to Cut Risk of Business: Opening and running a new business is not for the faint of heart. New small and medium businesses fail at lightning speed across the world. In Kenya, data from the Small Business Administration shows that 1 out…
How to Start Hardware Business in Kenya: It was 2009 and Anne had just been voted the best manager in her bank’s branch network worldwide. Having started out as a clerk in 1991 and risen steadily through the ranks, things could only get…
Hardly does one come across stories of siblings who have sat KCSE national exams together. What’s even rarer are cases of parents and their children sitting the same exams. In the 2024 session, one such case was reported from Homa Bay…
Real estate company in Kenya: This feature is originally written and published by PAULINE ONGAJI in the Business Daily. Cash is always in short supply for many university students and saving is the last thing on their minds. However, Moses…
Most successful small businesses in Kenya: My name is Mike Kubai. Despite being an IT expert, in 2012 I was extremely broke. I decided not to tether my hopes to my inner computer skills. I got two job opportunities. One, a supermarket…
Peris Mbuthia is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Timeless Medical SPA Biggest financial milestone: I hit my biggest milestone when I built my first house without taking a bank loan. Hot on the heels of this milestone was the…
Biogas business in Kenya: Carolyne Wanjiku had been employed for five years before she took the jump into entrepreneurship. Her journey started in 2010, a few months after sitting for her 2009 KCSE exams. “I was employed as a waitress at…
Merishaw School in Kajiado County, known for being a boy-child empowerment centre, has earned bragging rights after posting a stellar performance in the KCSE 2024 National Exams. The school has toppled national heavyweights in the exams,…
Researchers from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and the Chinese Center for Agricultural Resources Research (CARR) have advised farmers to grow the Chinese hybrid foxtail millet due to its superior…
Steve Mulinge Kiala is the director at Zanna Farms, located in Makueni County. The KU graduate practises mixed farming on his large piece of land. While many Kenyans continue to grapple with unemployment, Steve Kiala quit his well-paying…
RFH is is affiliated to Ruai Family Hospital. RFH joined prominent hospitals such as the The Aga Khan University Hospital, Coptic Hospital, Gertrudes Garden Children’s Hospital, MP Shah Hospital, The Karen Hospital, Mater Hospital and…
For years, Debbie Oyugi has been fascinated and involved in entrepreneurship. In fact, she was hit by the entrepreneurship bug as a child. “In 1995, I made a Sh. 50 pledge in church. I was six years old. I asked my dad for a Sh. 5 capital,…
Michael David is the CEO of MoneySense Ltd, an investment firm, and the lead coach at Team MoneySense, a personal finance and investment WhatsApp group. Financial management system: I have a financial management system that addresses the…
Successful Business in US: Ralph Kithuka Kilondu is the owner and president of Alpha Couriers Incorporated, a logistics and delivery company based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The firm founded in 1999 deals in the transportation and…
Tonny Ichangai is the founder of Accsoft Solutions Limited, a business consultancy company which helps businesses run efficiently and increase profitability by automating processes and training staff on business skills. My biggest…
Like most departments, marketing has seen a tremendous shift within the last two years, with most businesses now recognizing the importance of digital marketing. Besides providing your company with a speedy short-term increase in sales,…
Elizabeth Munga has worked as the Group Head of Strategy and Business Planning at Britam Holdings Limited. Secret to building wealth: My secret is popular: saving and investing early. It takes discipline to create and maintain a wealth…
Alison Ngibuini is the CEO of Al Is On Production Limited. She is a two-time Top 40 Under 40 Women winner, and has shot over 400 commercials and produced over 20 drama series. The challenges I faced when I started I started my business in…
