Every Kenyan has been in a ‘Matatu’ or had an experience with one. Kenyan Matatu drivers have a reputation as mindless careless drivers who are a nuisance on the road. However anyone who has ever been in a hurry and hopped into a Matatu has felt that moment of gratitude towards the seemingly reckless maneuvering that gets him or her through the worst of traffic in as little time as possible. Continue reading

All the world is a laboratory to the enquiring mind. – Martin H. Fischer
One of my duties is to do the final edits on articles that are to be posted to the Kuza Biashara site. In the short span I have been doing this I have gone through over 100 articles. Although it can, at times, get tedious I have found that nearly each article that comes by me has a new lesson. Now by the term ‘lesson’ I mean any aspect that is new to me, be it a word, an idea or an innovation. Continue reading

Doug Firebaugh once said “Everyday do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow”. Continue reading

Patience

This week I learnt the need for patience and understanding in any work sphere. People have different ways of communicating and expressing themselves and at times they may seem quite hurtful and insulting. One needs to understand the base nature of their workmates and look past it. Also the impulse to retaliate can be particularly strong. Therefore one needs to take time out to get their temper under control. Remove yourself from the immediate vicinity of the aggravator and do whatever it takes to cool down. After which you can rethink the incident with a cool mind. If possible ask someone who is unbiased to think it through with you. Continue reading

Kuza Biashara and KEPSA‘s nascent partnership has begun. To mark the beginning of this new association, a training program for start up business owners who recently graduated from the Kenya Youth Empowerment program Cycle 1 was organised today. The training workshop also served as the right platform to introduce Kuza Biashara and its activities to the start ups. Continue reading

It was the first time I was to meet the whole kuzabiashara family, and so I was excited but equally nervous. The morning of Friday 24^th On arrival, the place was a conference facility of sorts, with a large terrace view of the ever increasing highrise towers in the Westlands business district. More and more people started trickling in and soon it was a full house, with people congregating and catching up! In the kuzabiashara content division, we have our supervising boss known as Ms. Nicole. She is the office chatter-box if I may say so, and naturally the best ice breaker for such a workshop. She led us through a game where we were all to mingle and then cluster in groups of random numbers she would call out. This was so much fun and achieved its purpose of bringing out the smiles and making people familiar with the other, thumbs up to her. Continue reading

Six o’clock last Tuesday morning found me in a car with other members of the Kuza Biashara content team, viz. Vas, Anil and Shiro. We were heading to Nakuru to interview SMEs & record their experiences on video. Continue reading