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ENTERPRISE 101

How Sh15,000 Fix Gave Birth to Online Auctioning Firm

A year after quitting employment from Homeboyz Entertainment Group to become a freelancer, Kevin Rakama was hit by a financial fix. This is a challenge most young entrepreneurs encounter when starting their own companies. The reality of not receiving any cash at the end of...

Nine Communication Tips Every Business Needs

In a changing communication landscape, ever business and organisation needs these 9 tips.

Are these 7 reasons why your business may fail?

The Small Business Administration (SBA) says that only about 1 in 3 businesses survive ten years or more

Tech firm named after founders’ mums wins prestigious award

A Kenyan social entrepreneur whose company is connecting smallholder farmers across Africa into the global supply chains has won the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation Award for Sustainable Development. John Oroko received the recognition for the work of Selina Wamuci, the company he co-owns, in integrating...

Filmmaker’s passion was fueled by father’s camera phone

As the first born son and a big brother to one sibling, Simon Ng'ang'a portrayed a love for photography at a very early age. Using his father's camera phone which he used to take without permission, Simon would hide in the nearby Kikuyu forest...

10 takeaways from local entrepreneurs

When it comes to business, entrepreneurs are said to see an opportunity in every challenge, which enables them to speak the same language in regards to commerce. From experiencing failures, venturing into the market with little or zero knowledge and teaching themselves, their enterprises have...