Do you know the seven projects that constitute the LAPSSET Corridor? The ‘LAPSSET Corridor’ stands for Lamu Port, South Sudan, Ethiopia Transport Corridor. It is Eastern Africa’s largest infrastructure project.  It brings together Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. The entire p…

In Kenya M-Pesa is a way of life. Locals use M-Pesa to pay for goods, pay utility bills, invest in government bonds, pay insurance premiums, deposit and withdraw money from their bank accounts, access short term loans, renew business licenses, pay taxes and even place sports bets. I…

The gospel of success is big business in Kenya nowadays.  Almost all preachers; in churches and on television, radio, social media and blogs are preaching about the health and wealth of gospel.  It is big business and believers are going to church every Sunday not to worship an…

Appetite for entrepreneurial activity among MBA graduates seems to be diminishing. This is  according to the Financial Times (FT) , in a survey it released on annual global ranking of  business schools. Photo by Muhammad Rizwan The number of MBA graduates starting a business as op…

Gone are the days when limitations to financial resources subdued a small business’ ability to market its products to both potential and existing customers. Today social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are used by small business owners to deal with the challenges th…

By: Co-Pierre Georg , University of Cape Town and Qobolwakhe Dube ,   University of Cape Town   With the price of a bitcoin reaching record highs of more than $10,000, more and more ordinary people consider investing in the cryptocurrency. The recent price surge, however, come…

To go into business alone or with a  partner is the question Starting a business as the sole owner is one of the most gratifying ways of venturing into business.  Most entrepreneurs prefer sole proprietorships because they are easy to set up. Once the sole owner acquires an oper…

Micro-credit financing is helping alleviate poverty in developing countries. Small and medium sized enterprises are the engine of growth and development in emerging markets and they are also the biggest beneficiaries of micro-financing. Micro finance institutions lend to small a…

There is a new App for business by WhatsApp. Businesses finally have a messaging solution. The App called WhatsApp Business is available for free download on Android devices for now although it intends to introduce a version for iPhone shortly. The app provides all the basic functi…

A lot has been said about how to write a good business plan. The only thing that business plan experts seem to agree on is that there isn't a standard way of preparing one. The format that one decides to adopt while preparing a business plan does not really matter as long as t…