Google yesterday saw its second class of entrepreneurs graduate from a $3 million (Sh300 million) mentorship programme

Musk’s success may be something a lot of us idolise, but is his life one we’d want?

Many people get into life coaching because they overcame something and would like to help others survive the struggles they’ve been through or avoid

There are two ways to build your wealth: earn more cash, or spend less of it. Here’s how to go about things.

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USADF in collaboration with the Citi Foundation and the US Department of State, recently hosted a youth entrepreneurship summit in Nairobi..

Under the right conditions, you can quickly turn an investment of Sh500 into Sh8,000

Warren Buffet is considered one of the most successful investors in the world.

About 40 per cent of what African farmers produce in their farms is lost before it gets to consumers’ plates.

Kenya has plenty of towns set in landscapes of incredible beauty – but nothing combines history, architecture and heritage quite like Old Town

Every year, billions of kilogrammes of coffee cherry fruit, a by-product of coffee production, are being discarded.

The billionaire co-founder of e-Commerce company eBay, Pierre Omidyar, is donating Sh52 million to give 6,000 poor Kenyans a guaranteed income for 12 years. No strings attached.

Africa is gearing up to host a major United Nations climate change conference in Morocco from November 7. This 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) has been dubbed the COP of Action, with delegates' focus set to be trained on making progress on the issues agreed on in Paris last year.

Kenya has an estimated 300,000 chamas that control close to Sh300 billion, a remarkable achievement by any standard.

Real estate developer Fusion Capital has sold 49 per cent of residential units at the Meru property it has invited the public to invest in.

More incredible is that the record-breaking 3.3-metre tall structure was built atop an LG Centum washing machine while it was spinning at 1,000 rotations per minute.

The UK lender last week announced it would be selling its majority stake in its African operations, which include a unit in Kenya.

The National Treasury has returned to borrowing long-term from the domestic financial markets in a stamp of confidence that interest rates may have finally stabilised.

The Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) has started making payments to depositors of the troubled Imperial Bank through Kenya Commercial Bank and Diamond Trust Bank.

Up just three per cent year to date, the NASI shed a further 2.2 per cent last week. Also declining for the second week in a row, the NSE 20 Index was down 1.8 per cent (4.5 per cent shy of 2014’s low of 4,764.11 points).

The Standard’s Kagure Gacheche interviewed Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru on devolution process and the teething challenges that remain two years later.

The NSE 20 index declined 0.6 per cent last week, touching a 2015 low of 5,078.74 points within the week. The NASI was up 2.1 per cent (+6.3 per cent year to date [YTD]), riding on Safaricom (+22.4 per cent YTD) and KCB’s (+12.3 per cent YTD) performance.

Y&R Advertising, one of the world’s largest agency networks, has returned to Kenya in partnership with local agency Creative Edge to form Creative Y&R.

When the Government sold Telkom Kenya to the French in December 2007, the main objective was to stop the perpetual pumping of taxpayers’ money into what had evolved into an inefficient monolith.

Global megatrends, such as rapid urbanisation and demographic changes, will drive growth in the real estate industry across Africa over the next five years, according to audit firm PwC.

Centum Investment Company’s Corporate Affairs Director and Group Company Secretary, Fred Murimi, has been selected among 23 of Africa’s young leaders with the highest potential to take part in the African Leadership Institute’s (AFLI) Tutu Leadership Fellowship.

MY TIP IS: Pick investors for your business wisely. Speaking from experience, getting financing from the wrong sort of person or business can destroy a dream you have worked hard to build.

MY TIP FOR entrepreneurs is: Befriend fear. It may sound ridiculous on the surface of it, but those of you in business will immediately relate with the sentiment. Fear is a constant companion in the entrepreneurial journey. You’re afraid of failure, proving right the people who doubted your idea, taking a risk that sinks you, letting a great opportunity pass you by, and the list goes on. And by the way, success does not stop the fear; in my experience, it magnifies it.

In 2003, Peter Chege had an epiphany: he could easily do what his employer was doing and play his part in creating jobs in the economy.

My tip for entrepreneurs is: Don’t feel you have to reinvent the wheel.

St John Kenya has appointed Joseph Wang’endo as the new CEO. He joins St John Kenya from Bloodlink Foundation, where he was executive director and founder.

Kenya has saved about Sh9 billion in three months since the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) added power to the national electricity grid.

Google and Microsoft will add a “kill-switch” feature to their Android and Windows phone operating systems.

With the new NSSF Act, workers will have to give the State-run fund more money from June, but it’s not all bad news

Richard Wafula knew about the temptation to spend more money than he had, but felt the convenience of being able to make payments without carrying money outweighed the risks.

There is a reason January blues exist: we let loose in December, impulsively give in to holiday sales and spend money like we have no bills the following month.

In Form Two, William Ololo saw a group of people being taught karate, and he was impressed by what the coach could do. This sparked a fascination with the martial arts, that naturally led him into the security sector.

In Form Two, William Ololo saw a group of people being taught karate, and he was impressed by what the coach could do. This sparked a fascination with the martial arts, that naturally led him into the security sector.

Kenya’s global competitiveness may be up, but its ‘worrisome’ security continues to deter greater foreign investor interest

This week, social media was blazing with reports that a customer at the Nairobi-based Art Caffe restaurant had been discriminated against and arrested.