Young and industrious | Erick Kariuki reaping big from furniture business
After financial constraints derailed Erick Kariuki from college in 2013 where he was studying a course in accountancy, the then twenty-three year old took up...
Entrepreneurship
Absa Bank Kshs. 50M programme to train 1,500 women entrepreneurs
Absa Bank Kenya and the German Development Cooperation have rolled out a Kshs. 50 million programme that will increase growth and competitiveness of 1,500 women-owned...
OPINION: Insurance should be part of SME survival toolkit
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are a major driver of economic development, employment creation, supply chain stability and poverty alleviation. According to the World Bank,...
Buy Kenya Build Kenya: Kenya gets it’s own running shoes
A powerhouse in world athletics, Kenya’s towering presence on track is undisputed. At the just concluded 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Kenya ranked 3rd in the Athletics...
Google rolls out $6M programme to supports African startups
Google has rolled out three programmes worth Kshs. 642 million ($6 million) which are expected to support women and young entrepreneurs and innovators in at...
Unilever to train 100,000 women entrepreneurs on financial literacy
Unilever has rolled out a five year programme that will offer financial literacy training and advertising to at least 100,000 women entrepreneurs in East Africa....
Women in Turkana equipped with entrepreneurship skills
An initiative to offer entrepreneurship skills to illiterate and poor women and youths in Turkana County has turned out to be a game changer in...
Entrepreneurship, key driver of economic change, says Museveni
Entrepreneurship is today acknowledged as one of the key drivers of economic change all over the world, Ugandan First Lady and Minister for Education and...
African govts urged to close gender gap for excellence in entrepreneurship
A global gathering on science has called on African governments to close the gender gap to ensure development in Science and technology innovation. Scientists and...
Kenyan youth urged to embrace entrepreneurship
Kenya could reduce unemployment by 20 percent if the youth embraced entrepreneurship as opposed to waiting for white collar jobs. Equity Group CEO James Mwangi...