John Gachora, Group MD, NIC Bank Age: 50s. Professional background: CEO, Absa Africa Managing Principal- Head of Africa, Absa Capital Managing Director – Group Head, Bank of America Investment Banking (Charlotte, North Carolina) Vice President- Structuring Head, Credit Suisse First Boston Academic Master’s in Business Administration, Wharton School, University of Pennyslvania Masters in Engineering from Massachusetts […]
A Kenyan living in the US is cashing in from Kenya’s athletics prowess by designing sports safari packages which blends the traditional beach and bush safari with a running experience in the Rift Valley highlands. Wilson Kiriungi, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is the brain behind Run with Kenyans – a company he founded in 2011 […]
When Uhuru Kenyatta and William S Ruto came together and brought their parties together to form the Jubilee alliance, they made many many promises, and painted rosy pictures of life under the Jubilee government. They catered or styled their campaign message to appeal to the youth. There were promises of how the youth would be […]
So what does it really take to reach success? There are a lot of myths, the “he says”, “she says” out there but does anybody really have the answer? Success is subjective and has a different definition for each individual. So let’s take a look through the ages at what is considered as “success”, and what […]
The coming of a new year is the perfect time to take stock of your life, and decide whether it’s going where you want it to go. Chances are, you have room for improvement. (We all do) But how do you make it happen? You know that if you keep doing the same stuff you’ve […]
The real estate market in Kenya has been booming in the last decade with new commercial and residential projects springing up across the country’s major urban centres. In the capital Nairobi and its environs, local and international investors are building golf and gated estates, shopping malls, hotels and offices to meet high demand for property. […]
I may not have had a conventional childhood but I believe that is why I am who I am today. I’ve always been passionate and driven, and I’ve always dreamed big dreams, but at the age of 13, living in Rwanda in the middle of a genocide, I never imagined I would one day be […]
“It is better to make a decision than no decision at all,” businessman Dr Chris Kirubi paraphrases Brian Tracy’s quote, a veteran motivational speaker and author from Canada. Dr Kirubi is speaking to a group of 14 graduates, who completed their studies this year at various universities in Kenya and Uganda and are being recruited […]
It’s 1:15 pm on a blistering hot Wednesday afternoon in Dar Es Salaam. Patrick Ngowi is seated in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, patiently waiting for me to keep up with our lunch appointment. We had planned to meet for 12:30, but I had lost track of time. “You are finally here, my […]
For the last four years, and despite many challenges and little support from the people around her, Kenyan Vava Angwenyi has dedicated her time and energy to building her own coffee company, Vava Coffee. For a long time colleagues in the industry did not take her seriously and assumed she would give up the ‘hobby’ […]
She made her own opportunity and has been able to earn her own living. And she made it! “Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them,” says Esmeralda De Souza, a 27 year old Kenyan lady who is the owner and the Managing Director of the thriving Spez […]
Growing up in Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Muthiga loved watching cartoons and was curious about how his favourite shows were made. Without access to the internet, he had limited information about animation and it was only once he was in high school that his art teacher introduced him to illustration and 3D animations. “It is […]
Despite the continent’s strong economic growth over the past decade, the majority of Africans still struggle to make ends meet. That is not to say however, that Africa lacks wealthy people. UK-based New World Wealth recently released a report that ranks African countries according to their number of millionaires. Unsurprisingly, the continent’s largest economy, South Africa, […]
Pete Muraya is the CEO of Suraya Property Group. The trained architect ventured into property development in 2003 and has built a successful real estate firm in Kenya. 1. What was your first job? I was hired as a clerk after high school. I earned US$10 a month. My job was to help people register […]
The Maasai Mara is one of Kenya’s most popular tourist destinations. Every year this wildlife sanctuary attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world. Numerous hotels, lodges and camps have been set up around the Mara to accommodate tourists. Most often they are owned and managed by foreign investors and big hotel chains, […]
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