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7 truths every millionaire knows about business

The following feature is by Self-made millionaire and business expert Daniel Ally. When I walk into a store, I always tell the salespeople, "Sell me something." Especially when I love the store. At Samsonite, the luggage retailer, I expected superior service. My...

How retired soldier started multi-million Meru flower farm

The following feature was first published in the Seeds of Gold Magazine. About 50km from Meru town in Timau on the slopes of Mt Kenya, there is a flower farm where roses are blooming inside greenhouses, waiting to end up...

How I faced and defeated deadly poultry disease

The following feature is the diary of Subiri Obwogo, a poultry farmer. Sometime in January last year, a poultry disease broke out in the neighbourhood and spread like coal fire. I like to tell this story because I have had trouble...

Pope Francis slows down in Nairobi for elderly lady to touch him

Pope Francis today had his Honda Ballade car slow down to have an elderly lady touch his hand. As Pope Francis' car then drove off, the touched elderly lady sat down and broke in tears. Pope Francis was leaving the papal...

K-Rep offering low-cost houses

K-Rep bank’s development agency has partnered with American firm International Green Structures (IGS) Kenya Limited, to provide financing for affordable and high quality prefabricated houses, ranging in price from Sh800,000 and above. International Green Structures provides prefabricated housing using IGS...

Your guide to starting commercial dairy farming

The following guide is by Musyoka Duncan. With demand for milk rising rapidly, many people are venturing into commercial dairy farming having seen the business opportunity. Below I have a checklist of things you need to consider before ploughing your...

Comparison review: 2015 Honda HR-V vs Suzuki Vitara

ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION The differences between the two powertrains extend beyond whether they drive or drag the rear wheels. The Honda pairs its Civic-sourced 1.8-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with a continuously variable transmission (CVT), and though the Suzuki inherits its...

Kenya borrows Sh. 4.3 billion from African bank to finance irrigation

Kenya has borrowed Sh4.3 billion ($39.55 million) from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance small scale irrigation and value addition projects. AfDB will also issue a Sh2.4 billion ($24 million) grant towards the same course, drawn from the bank’s...

Why are women uninterested in the stock market?

The following analysis is by Rufus Mwanyasi, the head of Canaan Capital Limited. Reading through the Capital Markets Authority’s (CMA) Q3 report, I could not help but notice that over the past nine months, the percentage of women investors in...

Here’s how I stopped losing eggs to my chickens

The following is the diary of chicken farmer Subiri Obwogo. It was first published in Seeds of Gold Magazine. When Charles, my farm worker, went to collect eggs from the chicken coop that hosts 35 hens on October 11, he...

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