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From picking coffee to starting my own multi-million business

This feature was first published in the Business Daily. Fireside Group, a firm whose clients include Safaricom and Kenya Power, was born nine years ago. Rebecca Wanjiku is shy with her numbers but the company’s over 100 employees and her ownership...

Kenya loses Sh. 700 billion in 4 months to politics

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance has announced that the country has lost an estimated Sh. 700 billion in four months. The body said most of the losses came from frequent disruption of transport and industrial operations during the campaigns ahead of...

How potato seeds are making me rich

BY RACHEL KIBUI Ann Mbugua specialises in seed potato production, a venture she got into in 2005. She says she used to practice small-scale potato farming until she was invited for a training on seed production in Limuru organized by Kenya...

Beware these could destroy your dairy farming

BY DR JOSEPH MUGACHIA I visited a farm in Nyandarua where a heifer treated the farm manager and I to a scary stunt. We were almost exiting the dairy unit of 120 cattle when the heifer did the unthinkable. It ran...

New JKIA runway to cost Sh. 7.7 billion per kilometre

A second runway is set to be constructed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The runway will be constructed at an estimated cost of Sh. 37 billion. It will be 4.8 kilometres long and 75 metres wide. This will be an...

4 ways of handling money as a couple

There is no doubt that as a couple, you may stand a better chance of rapidly growing wealth. However, merging and handling your finances to achieve wealth within a romantic ring is one of the toughest tasks to carry...

How teacher makes Sh. 30,000 weekly from chicken farming

BY JOSEPH MUCHIRI Mwalimu Jackbed Njue, a senior education official in Embu County, rears improved kienyenji (indigenous) chicken farming which are raking in tidy sum every month. “I started this project two years ago and it has grown from a...

Handling your finances in a politically charged season

The current political upheavals have not been kind to the pockets of many. One of the most common complaints across the political divide is the shortage of business and low flow of cash and investment opportunities. This isn’t far-fetched....

Withdrawal and deposit banking fees at Co-op Bank’s agents

With over 8, 500 Co-op Kwa Jirani agents spread across the country, Co-op Bank has evolved to become the bank next door. Unlike a few years ago when Kenyans had to travel to the traditional bank in order to carry...

Kengen posts Sh. 9.1 bn profit, fails to pay dividend

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has posted a net profit of Sh. 9.1 billion from Sh. 6.74 billion recorded a year earlier.. This represented a 34.31 per cent growth in profitability. However, Kengen  declined to pay shareholders dividend, citing cash flow...

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