ENTERPRISE 101
This is the Startup Section. It is updated daily with news, features, profiles as well as various other Startup Guides, Entrepreneurs & Business. Target readership includes managers, business people, professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, students as well as all general readers.
Childhood apprenticeship turns sweet for a Nakuru investor
Jimmy Jay, 36, runs a business that bears little resemblance to the single-chair barbershop where his entrepreneurial journey began just over a decade...
VICTOR ADAR5 Mins read
Event planners dream big with national convention bureau implementation plan
Regional event investors are banking on the planned Kenya's national convention bureau that they say will accelerate strong industry collaboration while creating a...
VICTOR ADAR2 Mins read
Agricultural firm offers staff 14% wage increase
More than 8,000 Eastern Produce Kenya (EPK) staff members are set to enjoy a 14 percent wage increase following the signing of an updated...
VICTOR ADAR1 Mins read
Siaya Fisherman Builds a 480-Acre Sugarcane Empire
The shores of Lake Victoria are beautiful, but for fisherman Radido Otieno Peter, now a sugarcane farmer, they were also unforgiving. For six...
BT Correspondent3 Mins read
Biodigester manufacturer turns to upskilling construction workers
A group of constitution workers, plumbers and contractors on Friday showed up in Kitengela town in pursuit of day-long practical training on modern,...
VICTOR ADAR2 Mins read
Meet a Kenyan lady turning glass bottle waste into profit
In 2020, at the height of Covid-19 pandemic, Ms Nyandia Kamawe, the founder of a handcrafted products’ firm, Mokomaya, was busy cutting bottles...
VICTOR ADAR4 Mins read
Avocado Farming Clicks For Young Computer Scientist
Kenya is among the leading producers of avocado in the world. Growing demand for the product – as a delicacy and raw material...
LUKE MULUNDA2 Mins read
Africa Startups to Watch: Bloomberg Publishes List of Smartest Ideas in Tech
Bloomberg News has unveiled the second edition of its ‘Africa Startups to Watch List’, featuring 25 companies that represent some of the smartest ideas...
BT Correspondent7 Mins read
