A Profile Of Kenyan Entrepreneurs

Author : Waithaka, Wanjiru,Majeni, Evans
Publisher : East African Educational Publishers
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789966258274

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A Profile of Kenyan Entrepreneurs by Waithaka, Wanjiru,Majeni, Evans Pdf

A Profile of Kenyan Entrepreneurs profiles a dozen of Kenya's most successful entrepreneurs across a variety of industries - manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, ICT, retail, media and entertainment to name a few. It is a collection that proves that when there is money to be made, you cannot beat a good entrepreneur no matter how deprived his or her background. Be inspired by stories that illustrate the triumph of hope over means and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Find out how they got to where they are, the pitfalls and challenges along the way and how they made and lost millions. Through their eyes you will get a fascinating glimpse into Kenya's history and the events that shaped business in the colonial, pre- and post-independence periods. In this first book of its kind, Kenyan entrepreneurs tell it all - the good, the bad and the ugly. From the building of the Kenya-Uganda railway, the state of emergency in 1952 and the crackdown on Mau Mau fighters, the coffee boom and policy of Africanisation in the 1970s, to the political corruption in the 1980s, the decline of the Kenyan economy in the 1990s and the modicum of hope in 2000s. And best of all, a section on tips for aspiring entrepreneurs where they tell you how to achieve their level of success.

Author : Lois Stevenson,Annette St-Onge
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Businesswomen
ISBN : 9789221168201

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Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya by Lois Stevenson,Annette St-Onge Pdf

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Addis Ababa Forum in June 2003 focused on the role of women entrepreneurs in private sector development, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth and development. It provided an opportunity for the AfDB and the International Labour Office (ILO) to join forces using their complementary expertise in support of women-owned businesses in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia. This report is based on the country assessment for Kenya, where the ILO has been researching and supporting women's entrepreneurship. Examining such issues as the economic context, micro-finance.

Author : Iwa Adetunji
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781787050938

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African Entrepreneurs - 50 Success Stories by Iwa Adetunji Pdf

African Entrepreneurs: 50 Success Stories is a celebration of notable achievements of select Africans and how they have managed to excel in their chosen fields despite all odds. Each profile showcases the entrepreneur and their area of endeavor, including an exclusive interview in a question-and-answer format. Whether you are young or old, already in business or aspiring to get your feet wet, African Entrepreneurs: 50 Success Stories will encourage you. Although this book focuses on African business leaders, you will find that the core-ingredients of successful entrepreneurs are universal. You will be inspired, enthralled and above all motivated by how these savvy men and women overcame their personal challenges to get to where they are now. While some people are natural entrepreneurs, anyone can pursue entrepreneurship successfully if they put in what it takes. If you have a goal, you have to go for it - don’t wait for success to come to you.

Author : Peter Marris,H. C. Anthony Somerset
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Businessmen
ISBN : 0710069588

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The African Entrepreneur by Peter Marris,H. C. Anthony Somerset Pdf

Author : Peter Marris,H. C. Anthony Somerset
Publisher : Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015031378311

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African Businessmen by Peter Marris,H. C. Anthony Somerset Pdf

Study resulting from a research survey of African entrepreneurship and enterprise development in Kenya - covers sociological aspects, management, the role of the family in business, marketing, trade, distribution, capital, credit facilities, education, vocational training, etc., and includes the text of the interview schedules used in the survey. Bibliography pp. 280 and 281.

Author : Ahmed Sadek, Elnorah Maghanga, Phillip Kinuthia, Dr. Bruno Mugambi Linyiru, Wachira P. Muruga, Sammy Mwatha Njoroge
Publisher : Cari Journals USA LLC
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789914746808

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Entrepreneurship and Business Management by Ahmed Sadek, Elnorah Maghanga, Phillip Kinuthia, Dr. Bruno Mugambi Linyiru, Wachira P. Muruga, Sammy Mwatha Njoroge Pdf

TOPICS IN THE BOOK Cost Risk’s Reliability and Validity of Residential Building Project’s Whole Life Cycle in the United Arab Emirates Challenges Affecting Use of ICT by Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya: A Case Study of Tsavo Securities Ltd Factors Contributing to Declination of Women Projects Funded by Local MFIs Influence of Innovativeness on Performance of State Corporations in Kenya Influence of Microfinance Lending on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Gatanga Sub County of Murang’a County in Kenya Influence of Saccos in Entrepreneurial Capacity Development in Dagoretti South Constituency, Kenya

Author : Lois Stevenson,Annette St-Onge
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Businesswomen
ISBN : 9789221170051

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Support for Growth-oriented, Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania by Lois Stevenson,Annette St-Onge Pdf

Covers the background information to the ILO-African Development Bank country-level studies on the subject and presents the findings and recommendations resulting from the application of the analytical integrated framework in the three countries.

Author : Antoinette Handley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108557832

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Business and Social Crisis in Africa by Antoinette Handley Pdf

Much of the time, when confronted with a crisis of national dimensions, businesses do exactly what we expect them to do: they look to their own survival. Occasionally, however, firms in some contexts go beyond this. Based on qualitative, country-based fieldwork in Eastern and Southern Africa, Antoinette Handley examines how African businesses can be key responders to wider social and political crises, often responding well in advance of the state. She reveals the surprising ways in which business responses can be focused, not on short-term profits, but instead on ways that assist society in resolving that crisis in the long term. Taking African businesses in Kenya, Uganda, Botswana and South Africa as case studies, this detailed exploration of the private sector response to crises, including HIV/AIDS and political violence crises, introduces the concept of relative business autonomy, exploring the conditions under which it can emerge and develop, when and how it may decline, and how it might contribute to a higher level of overall societal resilience.

Author : Joseph Barrage Wanjui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Businesspeople
ISBN : 9966792260

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The Native Son by Joseph Barrage Wanjui Pdf

Author : Sicily Kariuki
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789966568144

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Breaking the Illusions by Sicily Kariuki Pdf

Breaking the Illusions is the story of resolve and grit in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. In this tell-all book, the author paints an insider's view of government, exposing the odds that are inexorably ranged against those who challenge the status quo and are perceived to be all-powerful. Hers is the intriguing story of a mistaken tag that at once opens multiple warfronts with shadowy detractors and opens previously unimaginable doors. The author provides a window into statecraft in a way that leaves the reader, researchers, ministers and even serving and aspiring public servants the richer.

Author : Fredrick Donde
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789966566089

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Obama Senior by Fredrick Donde Pdf

On January 20, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama made history as the first African-American president of the United States of America since its founding in 1776. Around the world, people celebrated his election as if he were one of their own and held exceedingly high expectations of his presidency. When, as senator of Illinois, he visited his fathers village in Nyangoma KOgelo in Kenya, he was struck by the ecstatic reception that the people accorded him. He was deeply touched by the abject poverty and fullness of spirit of the people. The level of need and the challenges that he witnessed in the poor neighbourhoods of Chicago in the US, in Indonesia and Kenya may have significantly contributed to his spirited drive to the White House. In this book, the author re-traces the life of Barack Obama Senior and how his character, vision and intellect influenced his sons drive to the most powerful office in the land. In so doing, the author revisits the events in pre- and post-colonial Kenya and how these, too, had a bearing on the life of Obama Senior. The book also relates the history of his people the Luo from their original settlements along the Nile in Egypt and the Sudan to their present homelands in East Africa and the Great Lakes region. It details the often tragic and ultimately triumphant struggle of a people in pursuit of a just, peaceful and progressive society.

Author : Grietjie Verhoef
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319625669

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The History of Business in Africa by Grietjie Verhoef Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive study of the history of African business. By analyzing the specificities of African business culture, as well as the dynamically changing African policy context, the author sheds new light on the development of African enterprises, markets and institutions. The book covers a wide range of historical studies, starting with the earliest exchange networks, the new market opportunities resulting from European penetration, the dualism of state-owned companies and private enterprises during the twentieth century, the role of foreign direct investments and multinational companies during the 1990s, and the globalization of African business.

Author : Bitange Ndemo,Tim Weiss
Publisher : Springer
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137578785

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Digital Kenya by Bitange Ndemo,Tim Weiss Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya. Following the arrival of fiber-optic cables in 2009, Digital Kenya examines why the initial entrepreneurial spirit and digital revolution has begun to falter despite support from motivated entrepreneurs, international investors, policy experts and others. Written by engaged scholars and professionals in the field, the book offers 15 eye-opening chapters and 14 one-on-one conversations with entrepreneurs and investors to ask why establishing ICT start-ups on a continental and global scale remains a challenge on the “Silicon Savannah”. The authors present evidence-based recommendations to help Kenya to continue producing globally impactful ICT innovations that improve the lives of those still waiting on the side-lines, and to inspire other nations to do the same.

Author : Alicia Robb
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464802782

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Entrepreneurship Education and Training by Alicia Robb Pdf

As governments worldwide invest heavily in entrepreneurial education and training (EET), this study examines the highly varied landscape of EET programs in Kenya, Ghana, and Mozambique. It draws on both global research and the experience of local stakeholders to deliver practical insights

Author : Njeri Rugene
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789966566430

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Beyond Politics by Njeri Rugene Pdf

Kiraitu Murungi easily fits into the category of 'Philosopher-King', a leader who, according to Plato, combines intellect, intelligence and wisdom in leadership. An alumnus of the University of Nairobi and the prestigious Harvard University, Kiraitu has applied these qualities to serve the society at constituency, county and national levels. In this candid interview with veteran journalist, Njeri Rugene, Kiraitu is blunt, brutal, frank and rational on politics and development issues. The first of its kind in the country, this lengthy interview is not only inspiring, but also an insightful and igniting expos of realpolitik in Kenya.