ALWAN KHAMIS: Understanding Life Coaching
Alwan Khamis is a life coach who specializes in managing people’s affairs through self-awareness and their lifestyle health conditions. We caught up with him for a session on life coaching. This is how it went. What is life coaching, in your opinion? Life coaching is a structured, goal-oriented process that helps individuals gain clarity, overcome…
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Jamila Hassan: Exploring the world of social media marketing
Jamila is a digital marketing enthusiast, social media consultant and the Founder of She Social KE. We caught up with her for a session. Here is how it went. Kindly introduce yourself My name is Jamila Hassan but most people know me as Jammy. I am a social media consultant based in Mombasa currently. I…
EMILY MWANGI: Inspiring Nyeri through coffee, poetry and books
Emily Mwangi is #TheLibrarian by passion and calling, and a storyteller at heart with over 15 years of experience in the field. She is also the Founder and Director of INSPIRE BEYOND BOOKS which houses Inspire Children and Youth organization, Inspire Coffee and Poetry and the Travelling Librarian, based in Nyeri. She is all about…
The role of failure in shaping your success
Every person faces failure in their lives and a question that comes to mind is “Do our failures make us successful?” Failure is experienced in many facets of our lives, from school, careers, relationships to personal fronts. How many times have you analyzed how these failures are shaping up your next success? Most probably not,…
BRIDGET MKHONDO: Embracing agriprenuership in South Africa
Bridget Mkhondo is the Founder and Managing Director of BW & Daughter Farms, a venture which produces and sells organic vegetables and tomato-associated products. She graduated with a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Limpopo, South Africa and is a finalist for the 2023 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans under the…
Lavender Odeny: How to grow an agribusiness venture
Lavender Odeny is an Agri-preneur enthusiast with an educational background in Agribusiness Management and Trade. She is the founder and director of MashLav Foods Company LTD, an agricultural company based in Mtwapa, Kilifi, Kenya that produces fresh oyster mushrooms while training farmers on mushroom farming. Lavender has skills and experience in grant writing, market research, design…
CHARLES MGHENYI: How to build a career in the media industry
Charles Mghenyi is a seasoned journalist with over 10 years’ experience in news reporting. He currently serves as the Coast Region Bureau Chief for The Star Newspaper, Kenya where he oversees a team of correspondents and covers the six counties in the Coast with a focus on business, health and education news. He is a…
To Have and To Hold
An intimate look into young male-friendships. By Kevin Shachile Months after I invested in the business that would later become Oulaj, I made nearly a hundred thousand Kenya Shillings in loss. I lost the initial capital and I walked into debt. I was twenty two years old and that is all I had on me….
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How to pay yourself from your business
Making money is probably one of your main goals when starting your business. But in some cases, especially when starting out, money can end up mostly being reinvested into the business. Even when business owners begin to pay themselves, they may not understand how much they should pay themselves in order to make the business…
What is the value of your product/service?
There is nothing like a product being `too expensive’. If it were, then brands like Apple, Lamborghini and Rolls Royce would be out of business. As the seller, you always set the price of a product. This price should always include operational costs (costs incurred in making/offering the product/service) and profit. The customer on the…