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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 your professional reputation. You need […]

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 growing insects. Click here to […]

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 organisations and sometimes the private […]

The upcoming 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) comes at unprecedented times when the world is grappling with the impacts of Covid-19. Towards the end of the year, nations will be renewing their commitment towards fulfilling the objectives of the Paris Agreement. They will be zeroing in on increasing climate action, building […]

The upbringing of children into good and responsible adults needs to adopt a holistic approach encompassing various duties by multiple players. Parents, teachers, and the society in general have a profound role to play in instilling discipline and good morals to children especially pupils and students. Constant mentorship is essential to having ethical and responsible […]

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 tactics are necessary for survival, […]

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 and marginalized communities hold the […]

When preparing to launch an app (from scratch), what is the checklist of things that a consumer brand needs to think about?

Companies need to adopt sustainable development in the core of their business operations in order to help realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as remain competitive in the years to come. The SDGs are a global call to action directed towards alleviating poverty, safeguarding the planet, and guaranteeing better quality of life for […]

A few have joked that this is the season where one steps outside to buy a loaf of bread and never comes back or comes in with loads of shopping, or one steps out to buy this newspaper in Nairobi and finds himself in Mombasa after hours. It is a season to make merry given […]

Youth and women in different agriculture value chains in Machakos and the surrounding counties are set to receive a major boost after the AgriBiz programme conducted a sensitization forum to stakeholders in the agriculture sector at an event held at Machakos ATC.

Taking part in international contests will open up new opportunities for Kenyan youth. In a country where the population is rapidly growing while available prospects remain limited, Kenyans should broaden their search for occupational chances to the international sphere. Whereas globally most people are still in search of advancements from their current situations, this does […]

In the world over, plastics have proved to be a great menace, not only to human beings but also to the environment. This is despite their critical use in the society. Having been made of up of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds, they are non-biodegradable and will therefore not decompose once consumed by any living […]

It blamed an internal technical issue, which not only affected Facebook’s services, but reportedly also employees’ work passes and email.

Recent statistics by UNAIDS have indicated that Kenya has the joint fourth largest HIV/AIDS epidemic in the world, alongside Mozambique and Uganda. Even as the government and other stakeholders continue with their determinations to end this epidemic by 2030 in line with Vision 2030 and the global Sustainable Development Goals, there is need to build […]

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

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 counties by providing proof of […]

The Kenyan Shilling has hit an all-time undervalue against the American dollar as it retails at more than 102.0 shillings per dollar. This amounts to more than 18% depreciation in five years as it was trading at 86.0 shillings per dollar in 2013. While there are pros and cons of a weak shilling, the depreciation […]

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

The recent reports that Kenya is using more than one billion shillings to construct a kilometer of road has not only raised eyebrows among many but has also left Kenyans wondering whether such projects are worth the investment cost. Although the roads are likely to ease traffic and enhance transport, the cost seems to be […]

A Uasin Gishu-based enterprise is helping farmers attain optimum produce by supporting them with tailored agronomical support, access to post harvest processing

The agglomeration of major skyscrapers in the Upper Hill part of Nairobi is worth some celebration especially as Kenya aims at becoming an industrialized, middle-income economy. It is however also a reason to send a shiver down the spines of the city’s frequent users because the limited resources available may become overstretched. Over the last […]

The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Amref Health Africa in Kenya (Amref) aimed at promoting health resilience due to

The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Amref Health Africa in Kenya (Amref) aimed at promoting health resilience due to the potential negative effects of climate change on the health of our communities. Speaking during the signing ceremony, KCIC Group Corporate Services Director Ruth Ndegwa who represented the CEO […]

The media in Kenya has been handcuffed and is being controlled; the public is being denied their fundamental right of access to information and is being subjected to viewing only what the Kenyan overbearing government wants it to. This is a dark time for the country, literally. This is an act that is regressive, ancient […]

The view of this article is to spur more discussion into the suggestion raised by the Thika Member of National Assembly Hon. Patrick Wainaina. The MNA, who was overwhelmingly voted in on an Independent Candidate ticket, has brought forward a very remarkable debate. Once it goes through and becomes law in Kenya, it will see […]

We are entering into a new decade that is threatened by uncertainty in the wake of polluted and seemingly unsustainable globe. The decade however ushers in an

The Kenyan budget for the fiscal year 2021/22 is themed “Building Back Better: Strategy for Resilient and Sustainable Economic Recovery and

Early last year when the Coronavirus proliferated in Kenya and the globe at large, most businesses were affected in the pandemic that has since proved to be one of the