Angela Kamanzi My Journey in Entrepreneurship

And How to Prevent it From Happening Every year in January, the internet is awash with goal-setting advice and tools. Over the years, I’ve come across and used fantastic ones. However regardless of the tool I used, my challenge would be that at the end of the year, I would compare my goals list and my stack of to-do-list pads …

Congratulations to Ms. Beatrice Kagondu for being declared OWIT Nairobi 2014 Chapter Member of the Year! Beatrice is the Vice Chairperson of Membership for OWIT Nairobi​. She was recognised for spear-heading a variety of successful membership campaigns which have significantly increased the chapter’s membership and its prominence in the Nairobi business community; as well as for helping to raise an …

Happy New Year friends. I have a belated Christmas wish and since Santa Claus has returned home in the North Pole, I’ll direct it to Governor Evans Kidero, with the hope that it will be included in Nairobi City County’s Road Construction and Repairs Goals for 2015. Five days before Christmas I injured my leg by falling into an open …

In 2001 when I embarked on the freelance writing journey, I enrolled for the Creative Writing course from The Writers Bureau. I was enthusiastic and determined to complete the course in no time. Life doesn’t always goes as planned and today, 13 years later I’m five modules short of completion. As I embark on the last leg of this journey …

Change is consistent and inconspicuous; like growing up, becoming an adult and getting old. Change can be sweet, like meeting your soul mate, buying your dream house or becoming a great-grandparent. It can also be a pleasant surprise, like when you start a business and you have overnight success the way it happened to Annah Katuki Morapendi. Don’t let the …

The World Cup is over. Life is back to normal. Of course football lovers are still counting how many matches took place, how many goals were scored, how many cards were given… how come no one is counting the saves? I’ve never seen so many spectacular saves in a single tournament. Beyond the tackles, the blood, the hugs and the …

When I was doing network marketing a few years ago, one advice was consistently repeated by all leaders: Talk To People. It was the scariest, most difficult advice to follow for many distributors –and for good reason. Can you imagine engaging a conversation with a total stranger in a bus, in a bank line-up or worse, during a networking event …

Women-preneurs are making their presence felt on the Kenyan blogosphere. During the just concluded Kenyan Blog Awards 2014, women or teams of women and men won 6 out of the 17 categories. However, since I was told that talking to people would ensure success for my business, I started doing it; with a big knot in the stomach.Women completely dominated …