What MultiChoice is doing differently
BY VICTOR ADAR Innovation has been driving development, presenting limitless opportunities. Globally, access to the Internet and to mobile phones is steadily growing. What it means is that savvy...
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Did corporate greed override passenger safety at Boeing?
BY DAVID ONJILI The aviation industry, considered the safest mode of transport due to the few incidences of accidents has recently had its fair share of tragic events in late 2018 and early 2019....
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Rail transport epitomises Kenya’s growth historically, and continuous evolution
By Philip Mainga Rail is the future of transport. In recent years, countries have turned to it to address some of the problems threatening their transport systems. Increasingly, we desire trains that...
View ArticleWhy days of middlemen who eat farmer’s sweat and consumer’s savings are numbered
Kenyan farmers will soon have their own market where they sell produce directly to consumers, cutting off the traditional value chain that is replete with middlemen. The Nairobi Farmers Market, which...
View ArticleHow to stamp authority as a new manager
BY David Onjili In the end, it is a business venture. Irrespective of how an individual ascended to the highest management level, the owner expects positive returns on his investments. This is the duty...
View ArticleUAP banks on private and government securities for recovery
BY VICTOR ADAR When a financial services provider, UAP Holdings Limited (UAPHL), reported its full year financial results for 2018 at a recent investor briefing, the mood and character of those who...
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As Deloitte stares at a lengthy India ban, a look at the events that led to this
By ET Online It looks like heads have finally begun to roll in the real sense in the IL&FS fraud case, the mammoth Rs 91,000-crore scam that caught India unawares a few months ago the after-affects...
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Fifth-generation RAV4 – ready for anything that the future holds
By Victor Adar In this era of cutthroat competition, one of the ways to warming the hearts of potential buyers while making profits is finding solutions. Once you find what is missing and fix it,...
View ArticleThe time to embrace influencers is now
BY FUAD ABDIRAHMAN The ‘influencer’ phenomenon in social media which was non-exiting just a few years back, is now a massive industry valued at $4.6b in 2018 according to. By 2020, Adweek, a trade...
View ArticleTransforming businesses through intelligent enterprise solutions
BY VICTOR ADAR It is not often that companies in the same line of business would form an alliance. But that is the perception that a technology integrator and service provider, Dimension Data, is...
View ArticleHow Posta has refused to die
BY DAVID ONJILI The common denominator with most of the country’s state corporations is their inability to adapt to fast changing technological advances the world has experienced. This has left most of...
View ArticleAn online platform that boosts delivery and convenience
BY VICTOR ADAR Everyone reaches a point in their profession where the best thing to do is to branch out. It is seemingly not easy to see it coming but one Peter Ndiang’ui made the most out of a similar...
View ArticlePolicy, not knee jerk reactions, will save Kenya from menace of foreign traders
BY DENNIS NDIRITU Kenyans were recently treated to shocking news in the local media of Chinese traders engaging in small-scale trade that has been the preserve of locals for a long time. The Chinese...
View ArticleHas a death knell been sounded on Safaricom’s ‘Buy goods & Services’?
BY DAVID WANJALA & ANTONY MUTUNGA There has been an increase in formal financial inclusion from 26.3% in 2006 to 82.9% in 2019 in Kenya as a result of the introduction of mobile money, according to...
View ArticleThe ‘organization man’ leading change
BY KEVIN MOTAROKI What is your last great act as chair of the Board? That would be cleaning up the Fund – and therefore, its image – by instituting proper structures to facilitate its mandate and...
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Taking over East Africa
Africa Plantation Capital is in the process of acquiring the Kenya Bureau of Standards certification to be the first bamboo tea production unit in East Africa. Operating successfully in Kenya since...
View ArticleFoundations must experience impactful changes to society
BY VICTOR ADAR When Jacqueline Mathaga took to the podium to talk about the 13th edition of Family Group Eldoret Half Marathon that is expected to take place in October 2019, the foundation manager...
View ArticleUAP Old Mutual bets on wellness mobile app
The UAP Old Mutual Group has launched a wellness program which is geared at making the lifestyle of an individual better and healthier. Centred around three key pillars: knowing your health, improving...
View ArticlePharmacy board approves Janssen’s prostate cancer drug for early stage therapy
The local pharmaceuticals regulator, has approved the use of Janssen’s once-daily medication ZYTIGA® (abiraterone acetate) for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer ahead of...
View ArticleA Partnership to enhance cyber risk management in East Africa
The East African region is facing a huge deficit of qualified risk managers and local public and private organizations need critical hand-holding to ensure risks and opportunities within organisations...
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