WHAT PRICE HAVE YOU EVER PAID FOR YOUR DREAMS   You woke Early. Taken a good chance to bathe, put your best perfume, lotion whatever, you are ready to go to your event. You call Rahab, and she is already in town. You start to hurry up packing your sack of the whole world. It is about to go down. Like the mad women you are, you have planned an event in two weeks, are you even mad???   "Hi girl, where are you?"  You call. "I am here, there is no one here".   You are late, now a little sweaty and you are even panting. So if no one is around you are definitely in trouble!!!   Your heart sinks a little, and you think yoooow, what's happening?   Of course you know what's happening. It is a no-show day. You think, do we just go on with the meeting the two of us. Do we discuss the entrepreneurship landscape for the upteenth time in our life as we question our sanity?   So you decide, hebu let's go eat to reflect about your life...

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE WEEK "Every now and then a generation is called upon to be great. You can be that great generation." Nelson Mandela said, perhaps he meant this generation. Today's entrepreneur are young, energetic and full of ideas. Young people are going for great pursuits without fear of limitation. Either due to circumstances or seeing great young entrepreneurs, these young entrepreneurs are not afraid to dream. Indeed, that is the story of young leaders like Zack and the many entrepreneurs dreaming great dreams and not just dreaming them, but taking the next step of implementing these big ideas. Zachuas Okonjo is a man of not so many words, but many visions. He is a man of what he himself calls crazy ideas always. But beyond just having visions that flow like a river, he is a true implementor, man of his words. Mr Okonji trusts his madness, which led him to start a village school. His dream was to have a school that would serve 300 poor children. That is where...

A wise one said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it”. This is the tale of the Kenyan young folks who either by choice or by circumstance have opted to create a present that defines the future of self-employment and consultancy work. Today, in history there are more and more young CEOs, unlike the previous decades where the entry to entrepreneurship was people in their forty’s or retirees in their fifties, today’s young CEOs are young, dynamic, flexible, and extra creative having an early start. Figuring their lives at a very young age without prior experience has brought out young genius who are both impressive and bold. This allows them, to bring in something new to the table, perhaps never been seen, never been heard. This can be seen from the Tiktok moves that have promoted so many young business and enhanced wide reach. Mr Anthony, a young entrepreneur has never received a salary in his life, he managed to turn his passion for profit in the year 2016 and has never ...

She is a Timeless wonder woman, powerful with a great sense of agency, passionate about empowering women to find their sense of agency and voice. An entrepreneur who does not regret one bit pursuing her passion for beautifying people’s hair luxuriously. You may tread her down the very dirt, but still like the air she rises. She has overcome great odds to become the super businesswomen she is, using her voice to empower fellow women.   Lucy Weisiko  is the owner of Embracing African Hair , a mobile Hairdressing salon .  She goes to the clients in the comfort of their homes. She knows that the clients' greatest luxury is to be hair dressed in their homes and so she crosses from one end of the city to another with her salon.   Why Embracing African Hair you ask ? She says, “ For the longest time, African ladies have been taught to believe that their hair isn't the best, hard to manage and if it is not straightened then it is unkempt, that is a lie. Our h...

Elephants crossing a tumultuous river in Samburu. It is flooding, it’s heavy and the mother elephant is faced with a decision to cross or not to cross.   After so much thought, she crosses the treacherous rivers following the herd.   She begins to cross the river and the more she goes in, the harder the river flows. The little cub loses his grip and she tries to hold the cub with her trunk, but the water keeps pushing. This is the same river with crocodiles and many predators who wait for cubs like this. They are still far from the end, and if she is not careful she may loose her cub whose pregnancy she carried for two years.   It isn’t long before the herd notices that she tries to save the little cub who is now already tired. Together they come back to the rescue with each the herd now standing on either side of the cub to block the angry river currents.  It is the most beautiful sight to watch as the cub arrives gracefully at the end of the river. Though tired, tr...

Do you remember when we were kids and we had cliques. The three people that you always talk to. Being in Business taught me differently. In as much as I had the extroverted gene in me, in many cases, my introvert gene was more dominant, clinging to my circle. I could attend a networking event without making a new friend or reaching out to anyone else other than who I already knew. I could be part of the event and easily be forgotten. Sometimes I was just not interested. We have the whole #NoNewFriends Vybe. Being in business, got me out of that shell. I remember the first time I had to sell fragrance that I had in my bag. I couldn’t just sit there being quiet in the meeting, it forced me to speak up, interact and share more. I mean, you can’t just keep to a small circle when you are a trader. People have moved across continents to make new friends, meet new people so that they can share what they have. Today, you can network on social media and have the whole world as your runway, no...

  #EverlastingPostAlert #IhaveWrittenAWholeBook #DontBlockMe WHAT DO EMERGING ENTRPRENEUR’S REALLY NEED? Ever hosted a party? What goes on in your mind? What if someone does not show up? Can you imagine that? Now imagine that every day!!! For a young entrepreneur or a young person doing business, that is the daily living frens, what if nobody comes? True #characterdevelopment don’t you think? I remember when I held my first event when I was a quarter-century old then. And remember beginning with such excitement to design what I thought would be an out-of-this-world event. With my continuous, hyper energy, believe me I was going to pull it off almost, solo, but it didn’t feel as good as when friends of mine and neighbors offered to join me. It was such a relief and a sense of joy to have a person who was really supportive of you and dedicated to your win. It even got more exciting, when the first person pays up for your gig. Well, I still remember the first two people to date. S...