Success Stories

Having engaged with over 200 youth groups running businesses in Nairobi, I can confidently say that a majority of businesses in Nairobi and Kenya as a whole fail due to avoidable issues that can be addressed before the business starts.

The winners of the 3rd Edition of the Safaricom Appwiz Challenge has been announced. The challenge had started off in July and saw 13 finalists selected to join a three-month incubation programme that began in September.

Businesses can now receive payments of goods and services on Mpesa from Rwanda customers. This will boost the trading between Kenya and Rwanda and make it easier and affordable for customers and businesses to perform transactions. 

24 Agripreneurs from different parts of the country were feted in this year’s Annual National Farmers Awards. The agripreneurs were awarded during a gala event held at the Stanley hotel.

Periscope is a live-streaming app that allows users to capture and share videos in real time. The app is available for iOSs and Android users and allows one to connect with different audiences through public or private streams.

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is targeting the small and medium sized enterprises to raise the number of active taxpayers to 4 million by 2018 from the current 1.6 million active taxpayers.

Seen as an expansion plan to take advantage of growing economy in the counties, Nakumatt has been given a green light by Competition Authority to purchase three stores in western Kenya belonging to Yako Supermarket.

Are you a landlord and worried about the rental income tax introduced by Kenya Revenue Authority? Well, worry no more. KRA has introduced a rental income amnesty to Landlord but for a limited time period. You must hurry!

With an increase in unemployment in Kenya, Fuzu recently launched an online career coaching and employment platform for Kenyan job seekers and employers.

Since the launch of Single Tourism Visa, an estimated 4000 Single Tourist Visas have been issued. This represents a month on month improvement from an average of the 156 Visas sold in the 10 months to December last year, to 305 this year.