If you have ever run a business, then you know how happy and at the same time frustrating it can be. You can be celebrating getting a new client but at the same time, you need capital to service that LPO, but you have no money and getting a loan might be out of the […]
Monica Were is an alumna of Stellenbosch University (MA, South Africa) and the University of Nairobi (Undergrad, Kenya). She’s a passionate policy practitioner with eight years’ work experience. In 2017, she started Seven Africa, an organization focused on helping youth in their journey of self-discovery as they identify and set to live out their purpose. […]
Budgeting is a crucial step in successful financial planning. It is simpler when one is employed and they, therefore, have a clear idea of what they will make by month end. However, freelancers, the self-employed and those that live off commissions do not share in the luxury of certainty of income as theirs will vary […]
Hiring the right human resources is an extremely important part of any job because, without the right workforce, your startup is likely to fail. It is important that entrepreneurs understand solely hiring from and around their age group can be misleading and might be the cause of any startup failure. There is the need to […]
Venture Capitalist and Angel investor terms are often interchanged to mean the same thing. There are many similarities that can back this up but there are multiple differences between the two suggesting that they don’t mean the same thing. Start-ups will require funding and both Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists can be the source of […]
“Africa is the next big thing” is a phrase we have all heard being thrown around by external and internal investors. Kenya, for example, has been highly ranked in relation to other African countries and hence has been seen as most suitable for investments. Generally, this will translate into more international chains entering the Kenyan […]
We have heard the terms social entrepreneurship countless time and its best-simplified definition was given to me by a social entrepreneurship lecturer. She said, “Social entrepreneurship is entrepreneurship that places our societies first and money second. We employ all the techniques and principles of entrepreneurship to solve a social problem.” In a broadly capitalistic economy, […]
Are you in business or aspiring to start a business? Looking for advice on different issues and not sure where to start? Well there is hope for you as the Sinapis Entrepreneurship Academy is inviting you to their open day where you will get a FREE one-on-one consultation with their trainers and specialists in the […]
Creatives are best defined as individuals who portray originality in thought or in inventing. Most creative artists include people in the areas of fashion, music, writing, art and digital content producers depend on their talent and their ability to concentrate on the art to grow. Just like any other industry, the creative industry demands a certain […]
Under the theme of ‘Kenya’s tax regime and the competitiveness of the Manufacturing Sector’, the annual CBA Economic Forum painted a vivid picture of the state of the country’s manufacturing sector and the impact of the current tax regime on its performance. Currently, in its second year, the Economic Forum is an initiative of the […]
Online shopping is changing our shopping experience. If you are a busy person who does not have time to go shopping or you are an introvert who hates crowds online shopping makes so much sense. Or for those people who just want convenience then online shopping just makes things easy. Today on the small business […]
I recently attended the launch of the three-year strategy by Safaricom Foundation that centres around four pillars of education, health and economic empowerment and it struck a curious thought. At the event, it was clear that Safaricom was going all in with both the MPESA and Safaricom Foundations and part of the reason was that […]
Growing a business to a point where it can run without your presence is an achievement. However, without proper guards and tools to ensure that everything runs as if you are there; theft, lazy employees and accidents caused by laxity can run businesses to the ground. On the other hand, there are those occurrences like […]
Marketing is at the heart of every business, however, with the spread of ICT, consumers are beginning to encounter brand messages in every inch of their lives to a point where it has become advertisement overload. However, in all that noise, there are brands that are standing out by marketing themselves without you even noticing […]
The entrepreneurship journey is like a soap opera, especially when multiple partners are involved in building a business. Beneath the success stories, there are always those tense in moments when partners lock horns; it’s that moment when Richard Branson gets an ultimatum from his cousin and partner Simon Draper when Branson poses the idea of […]