Choosing the right name for your business/product/service is an important step in becoming a business owner. Your brand name introduces you to the business world and establishes your public image. If a product name is well chosen, it’s a brand customers will want to associate with and a name they…

In East African business circles, few entrepreneurs shine brighter than Njeri Rionge. One of Kenya’s most successful and revered serial entrepreneurs, Rionge has co-founded multi-million dollar companies in quick succession. She co-founded Wananchi Online, a leading Internet service provider which has gone on to become East Africa’s leading…

So, do you save? I hope you put some money aside. You don’t? Don’t worry, reading this post and applying the tips would go a long way in changing your perception towards saving money. I’ll first tell you of how you can’t save: Not by using discipline or willpower. Trust…

Have you ever asked yourself how Mark Zuckerberg developed the idea for FaceBook.com? How did Mark Zuckerberg rise from nothing to become the youngest billionaires in the world? What lessons can be drawn from the startup story of Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook Company? If you are interested in the…

‘I love my wine!’ The warm words are from Thembi Tobie, the dynamic and passionate woman behind Thembi & Co Wines, a joint venture with Boland Kelder based in the Western Cape, South Africa. Thembi Tobie was never a wine maker. She is a creative entrepreneur…

I was lucky enough not to have made huge financial blunders while growing up. Being raised by a struggling single parent, I didn’t have the money to be stupid with. Because my family was always so broke when growing up I was super careful and I never spent money I…

Are you tired of your drab 9-5 job? Do you have what it takes to run your own company and be an entrepreneurial success? Here are some tips on how to go about starting your own home business.

Gone at 56 years old, Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO who managed to release the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 before his passing, has left behind the map to a journey that is worth retracing. This billionaire mogul, whose company produced what is now seen as one of the most innovative electronic devices in history, was given up for adoption by his young, unwed, college-graduate student mother soon after birth.

Do financial arguments characterize your marriage? Well the digest source of these disagreement and aggravation is brought about by either one or all of these family financial mistakes that most couples make. For many couples the money coming in never seems to match the money going out. Then off course…

In 1993, Equity Building Society in Kenya was declared technically insolvent; in 2010 it is a fully fledged bank, listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and claims more than half of Kenya’s banked population as its customers. In 2006 alone, its customer base grew 82,5% and its deposits grow 80% a year. What is the secret of its success? The innovative and efficient provision of financial services to low- and middle- income groups at a good price.