A lot of Kenyan businesses are coming up with products and services that are not only winning national acclaim but a lot of global acclaim too. Brands like MPESA have won several global awards and are an indicator that Kenyan businesses are coming up with innovative services and products for the global market. Some …
During the festive season, many businesses come up with innovative advertising campaigns with a bid to attract customers. The Christmas season has become very commercialized and advertisers are not to be left behind. The main aim of advertising is to sell. Sometimes advertisements do not really focus on the welfare of the consumers as …
If you take a look at the vision and mission of most universities it will be to disseminate information for the good of the society. It is therefore inevitable for universities to engage in a lot of research. A lot of other public institutions in various fields also engage in a lot of research and …
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The beauty industry is comprised of cosmetic and hair product companies, beauty salons, and professional organizations engaged in the business of selling commercial beauty products and services to consumers. The industry also includes colleges and other institutions that offer this service. The structure is such a large percentage of local players are small enterprises …
Under general principles of corporate governance, shareholders have certain rights that the board of directors must observe. In many companies, the board of directors and the shareholders are the same persons and therefore the chances of a conflict arising between the two parties is minimized. However in some other companies, the shareholders and the directors …
There has been a lot of disgruntling about Kenya’s performance in the concluded 2012 Olympics. Undoubtedly Kenya’s performance at the Olympics was below par and much of this was attributed to mismanagement. Ironically this mismanagement comes at a time when the Sports Bill 2012 has been drawn up to manage and streamline sports in the …
I was on facebook recently when I saw an advertisement that caught my eye. It was an advertisement for a product that promised users weight loss in seven days and apparently had no side effects. The owner attested to this by posting her before and after pictures. To access the product all you had to …
In today’s market no matter which field you are in, it’s becoming increasingly important to diversify. As more suppliers enter the market, competition on the supply becomes higher forcing suppliers into diversification. The life cycle of businesses makes diversification inevitable. For the market leaders the need to diversify is felt when the company attains its …
Technology plays a very important role in Kenya’s economic development and most of the companies that have high returns are in the telecoms or ICT sector. This trend is the same globally…a quick scan through the Forbes list of the world’s richest shows that most of them are in the ICT sector. This sector has …
The most common inquiry that I am getting of late is from social entrepreneurs that is, people who have a business idea that will assist society. Most of them have an idea but do not know how to develop this idea or concept into a business. I have also seen that most of the people …
