Business - Solomon Irungu

19 Jul 22

Reprieve for East Africa coffee farmers as stakeholders engage to revive sector

Coffee farmers are set to be smiling all the way to the bank after IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative in partnership with the Kenya Coffee Platform (Sauti ya Kahawa) convened a coffee sector stakeholders forum in Kenya with the objective of engaging on approaches and priorities of making the closing…

08 Jun 22

How communication strategies can be used to influence behavior change

The art of influence is one of the most powerful tools and assets in an organization. As a CEO, department head, investor or even as an individual, mastering the art and power of influence will keep you at the top when it comes to achieving the organizational goals and maintaining…

06 Jun 22

Solomon Irungu live on NTV with Youshua Makori

12 May 22

Podcast: Kenyan entrepreneur using insects to change the world

Meet Talash Huibers, a young Kenyan agripreneur who is passionate about using her business to bring a transformative change to the world and who proofs that agriculture is cool and lucrative especially for the youth and women. She is the founder of InsectiPro, a company that is in business of…

10 May 22

Onboarding process for incubators and donor organisations should not be a difficult task

Over the years, I have worked with multiple projects on onboarding clients, mostly Medium to Small Market Enterprises (MSMEs) into their programmes. Through the onboarding processes, I have mobilized a cumulative number of more than 50,000 applications from all over Africa. Unfortunately, due to the capacity of these incubators, donor…

14 Mar 22

Yielding productivity during this period

Kenya, like any other nation in the world, is still grappling with uncertainty with the number of Coronavirus infections still escalating. During this state of midpoint where human beings are being driven by hope for a cure and vaccination for Covid-19, but being set back by the rising cases, newfangled…

14 Jan 22

Permaculture training is a key ingredient of sustainable development

The adoption of permaculture is vital in the actualization of Sustainable Cities and Communities, part of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) whose deadline is 2030. The world needs to start deviating from the conventional ways of life and start adopting the practice of permaculture. People living in rural areas…

17 Sep 21

Challenge for youth entrepreneurs launches in Africa

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a call for applications for the first African Youth Adaptation

15 Sep 21

Uasin Gishu, Bungoma farmers benefit from European Union, Denmark fund

Farmers from the counties of Uasin Gishu and Bungoma are part of the beneficiaries of the 5.1 billion shillings fund that was disbursed by the European Union and the government of Denmark through the AgriBiz programme. The fund has benefitted 200 youth and women in agribusiness activities in the two…

24 Aug 21

Ruiru offers lessons on developing tech cities

An oblique aerial view of the once dejected Ruiru town will give you a view of an upcoming tech city if the growing population density, number of industries and other economic activities is anything to go by. Ruiru is currently the sixth largest urban center in Kenya according to the…