Business

The African continent is well-known for being a great resource for minerals. In fact, it prides itself on being the home to most of the precious minerals in the world. Many economies in the continent are sustained by the...

It is no longer shocking that Kenya is the largest economy in the East African Community, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $45.31 billion in 2013. More amazingly, Kenya in its cool, warm and humid climate houses some of...

The thought of launching a new startup business can be exciting and running a successful business can lead to financial freedom. On the other hand, this can equally be risky and success is not always guaranteed. Businesses are most vulnerable...

Africa is the new frontier for entrepreneurship based on disruptive new business models. We are beginning to see many success stories emerging from the continent of Africa. Many African entrepreneurs are now pioneering innovative solutions, creating new markets, solving persistent problems,...

Many companies in Africa are just starting up and showing very high potential for growth and profitability. The problem is that they lack the capital to get established. This is where venture capitalists come in. These institutions provide financial...

One of the advantages of this age of technology is the myriad of ways through which information can be passed. People need not rely on newspapers, television, and radio to keep up with the latest information. Other ways information...

How often have you been told that the route to success is to work had, stay in school and graduate with good grades, apply for and get a high paying job with security in a large corporate organisation. You possibly heard that...

Before we discuss the biggest banks in Kenya, let's take a quick and short look at how banking grew in Kenya to what we have today. Commercial banking in Kenya dates back to the colonial era - note that I...

Many people are born rich with lavish trust funds and extensive investments and inheritance already laid for them by related predecessors. However, only a few Africans have been successful in meeting the odds and truly finding out the secret...

Once pushed off as a less-successful continent, the countries in Africa have given us many affluent and very popular millionaires. A lot of them are self-made, self-created millionaires that seized the opportunities that were placed in front of them....

The business scene in Africa has grown in leaps and bounds over the years. Indeed, Africa means serious business and the past decade has seen a huge number of mega-corporations emerge from the continent. In the past, several of...

As clocks around Kenya hurried towards 12:30 pm on Saturday, September 21, 2013, it was virtually impossible to know that this march forward in time would throw the country into a dark and gloomy period - one that appeared to...

The Tanzanian Shilling, also known as Shillingi is the official currency in use in the East African country of Tanzania although the use of the American Dollar is also widespread and acceptable. While this currency may not be as...

Uganda as a country is located in the Eastern part of Africa. She was colonized by the British and got her Independence in 1962. Uganda practices a Democratic system of government and ranked to be among the fastest growing economies...

It's not uncommon to hear about business people who started from the little start-up fund they could raise and ended up building a thriving firm, or about seasoned business owners who took over a decades-old enterprise and transformed it...

News could now be published and read all over the world through the internet. It could be available at the fingertips of online users any time of the day and wherever they are. South African newspapers provide a sure...

Ethiopia is an East African country with many activities going on ranging from economic to political and social activities. Getting all the latest news from Ethiopia can sometimes be challenging, however, Ethiopian newspapers are beginning to make a shift...

Apart from offering one of the best safari tours and destinations in the world, the Country of Tanzania is surrounded by quite a lot of news events and activities and as such is only expected that a lot of...

Ghana newspapers are published in different formats and style. There is no certain protocol or news reporting style that is followed by newspaper companies in Ghana. This is why you need to make a choice of what newspaper to...

The internet provides everyone access to a lot of information from science and technology, news and politics and to kind of topic possible. During the time when the internet was not yet that popular in Kenya, a good source...