Making the transition from a career to a business owner is not always the easiest of passages. On #EntrepreneurTuesday we follow the journey of Wandia Gichuru a former World Bank Executive who is blazing a trail in providing affordable health and fitness clothing in Kenya. I do not have the stats to prove that this is the norm, but a few hundred articles later, I am persuaded … [Read more...]
Karidas Tshintsholo: Founder of Fashion Label Push Ismokol & His hustle for Economic Advancement
Karidas Tshintsholo shines bright on #EntrepreneurTuesday. A university undergraduate, he has founded two thriving businesses -at twenty- and continues to aspire unto greater heights. Karidas believes that failure is one of the ingredients needed to produce a grounded entrepreneur.Born in Pretoria South Africa, Karidas Tshintsholo is a student at the University of Cape … [Read more...]
Haired Up! Ngozi Opara and the Heat Free Hair Movement for the African Woman.
It's another exciting #EntrepreneursTuesday! From the shores of Nigeria, across the teeming, rising continent of Africa, and far beyond our borders, the natural hair movement is exactly that; a movement that is redefining the concept of beauty, as it relates to a woman and a very sensitive part of womanhood: the all important hair. When you realize that 5 in every 10 women … [Read more...]
63 Years After, Lucia Mwihaki is Still Churning out Orders on Her Trusty Sewing Machine.
Tailor-made in Nakuru: A 97-year-old Grandmother in Nakuru, Kenya who is not ready to retire from her hobby spends away her evenings and weekends sewing clothes in her bedroom. Unlike her few age-mates who are lucky to be alive let alone strong enough to peddle a sewing machine, Lucia Mwihaki spends her evenings in her bedroom which hosts a sewing machine, cutting fabrics … [Read more...]
Kenyan brothers, Jeff and Emmanuel Wanjala- Transforming the African Fashion Industry.
It is amazing how life offers everyone opportunities; to be successful, contribute to the society and make huge impact. But only the keen and attentive are able to spot these opportunities as they come, even when disguised or hidden in the most unlikely circumstances. For Kenyan brothers, Jeff and Emmanuel Wanjala, opportunity came, dressed in the traditional Maasai shuka, a … [Read more...]
