Category Archives: Experiences

The Jamhuri day celebrations this year is very special to each and every one of us as it marks 50 years of Independence! The extravaganza celebrations were attended by dignitaries from various sectors at Kasarani Sports Center in Nairobi. We bring forward to you the speech presented by our Honorable President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Kuza Biashara was proud to be the digital partners of the just concluded Kenya Top 100 Mid-sized companies competition. This survey, which is an initiative of KPMG Kenya and Nation Media Group is held annually and it’s main goal is to identify Kenya’s fastest growing medium sized companies in order to show case business excellence and highlight some of the country’s most successful entrepreneurship stories. This year’s survey was quite exciting as we saw SME’s from different industrial sectors coming out in large numbers not only to participate but also to take lead. The Kuza Biashara team was not left behind on this ride, we had the great opportunity of working side by side with the Top 100 team to make this years event a success. Continue reading

Kuza Biashara in partnership with Safaricom held its SME workshop to promote the concept of online tools to cut costs and grow your business. Through this event, Kuza does a lot of networking to create a perfect environment for people who are thriving in business to interact with the rest of the world. It provides you with solutions during problems, acts as great platform to share success stories and to create awareness about your business to people. Continue reading

Kuza Biashara in partnership with African Creative Hub & a few other like-minded organizations, conducted a Kumekucha Initiative to celebrate 50 years of Kenya’s Independence and to support young creatives in informal settlement. Through this initiative, monthly events are targeted at masses of the underserved and the less exposed creatives, innovators, upcoming young artisans that reside in the informal settlements of Nairobi . Continue reading

The morning of 20th April 2013 will go down in my books as one I will quite never forget. I simply have never seen so many youth from all walks of life come in drones to meet and talk to their mentors, in the quest to make their voice be heard. Continue reading

It was not just a normal Friday – and none of our Fridays are normal. It is not just work at Kuza Biashara – for our Fridays are loaded with our share of fun and frolic, music and dance. Continue reading

Networking is an important skill that helps to build a cadre of contacts and helps establish client base, gain access, create strong work relationships and facilitate future employment prospects. Continue reading

Over the past three weeks, I am sure you have seen, heard or even participated in the “Harlem Shake”, a YouTube trend that has gotten the online community dancing to the beats of the hit song “Harlem Shake” done by 23-year-old Harry Bauer Rodrigues. Within weeks of it being released, Harlem shake has gone on to debut and top the billboard’s top 100 list knocking off the Gangnam song. Continue reading

Since social media burst into the scene, it has been adopted in a variety of ways to serve different purposes. One of the most recent being its integration to business marketing, to spawn new customers or clients. Speaking specifically about Facebook, what we have seen is many businesses focusing on their face book page, where they are constantly trying to get more likes/fans. Continue reading

Entrepreneurship is the ability to organize a group of people with an objective of achieving a common goal using proactive entrepreneurial behavior such as optimizing risk, innovating to take advantage of opportunities, taking personal responsibility and managing change within a dynamic environment for the benefit of the organization. Continue reading

Naming is no doubt one of the most difficult hurdles one goes through in the early stages of a startup of any business entity. This is partly because it is not an exact science, and the process of name creation has never really been listed as an academic course in the common scholar curricula, and secondly, because it is really difficult to create and put forth a name that will morph into a brand, and maybe someday make it to the oxford dictionary. An example of an excellent brand name that made it right up to the Oxford dictionary includes one of the most recognizable brands ever created; Google, which has adapted as a verb that simply means “to use the Google search engine.” Continue reading