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Silas Nyanchwani

Micere Mugo article fallout: Indangasi squandered a chance to be great

It is hard to understand for whom Professor Indangasi wanted to set the record straight about Professor Micere Mugo. Mugo died at 80, in the US where she was buried on July 29.

By Silas Nyanchwani 1 year ago

Micere Mugo article fallout: Indangasi squandered a chance to be great

What it takes to save family businesses from themselves

What it takes to save family businesses from themselves

By Silas Nyanchwani 2 years ago

Why men are not sending bus fare this Valentines

Why men are not sending bus fare this Valentines

By Silas Nyanchwani and Stevens Muendo 3 years ago

Do not start on a life of debt when in college

Do not start on a life of debt when in college

By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago

Crucial tips for the business-minded college leaver

Most college students wish to be employed as soon as they graduate

By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago

Crucial tips for the business-minded college leaver

Capital is still the biggest hurdle for young start-ups

The entrepreneurship journey is extremely lonely, and many people sacrifice a lot, including friendship

By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago

Capital is still the biggest hurdle for young start-ups

Common Con techniques in the city

First step is gaining their target's trust

By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago

Common Con techniques in the city

How I was conned: I only wanted to help out an old man

A man shares how a smooth and sleek con artist effortlessly relieved them of their money.

By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago

How I was conned: I only wanted to help out an old man

How I was conned: My husband can’t know I lost this much

A woman shares how a smooth and sleek con artist effortlessly relieved them of their money.

By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago

How I was conned: My husband can’t know I lost this much

How I was conned: The poorer you are, the more vulnerable you are

They say you are not a true Nairobian until you have been conned.

By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago

How I was conned: The poorer you are, the more vulnerable you are

Do not start on a life of debt when in college

There are students who, in a bid to keep up with life on the fast lane, begin accumulating ‘innocent’ debts that spiral out of control in due course.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Do not start on a life of debt when in college

Think ahead, college ends fast!

Here is the thing, don’t be helpless. While in college, think ahead. Imagine where you would wish to be four years after college.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Think ahead, college ends fast!

Learn to package yourself early

Many employers and business people tend to have abusive relationships with their employees and service providers.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Learn to package yourself early

How introverts can network

Granted there are no jobs for nearly all graduates, but some graduates, in my view, are jobless because of their poor networking skills.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

How introverts can network

How I was conned

Three people share how a smooth and sleek con artist effortlessly relieved them of their money.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

How I was conned

Education should free you

University education in Kenya is maligned because we have built an education system that is big on theory and neglects practice.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Education should free you

You are not a failure

What I have noticed is that many, otherwise, capable students start feeling like failures at this stage.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

You are not a failure

Young Scientist Kenya to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs

Young Scientist Kenya is a flagship project of Ireland in partnership with the Ministry of Education

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Young Scientist Kenya to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs

Five most lucrative small businesses in Nairobi

We all know the addictive nature of Mishikakis, smokies, boiled and samosas after a night of bingeing.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Five most lucrative small businesses in Nairobi

No more old-school internships: What next?

Merely dropping a CV may no longer guarantee you internship.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

No more old-school internships: What next?

Can't get internship? Here’s what to do

Not long ago, when the time came for mandatory internship, you signed to whatever blue-chip company you dreamed of working for or its rival and chances of being taken were high

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Can't get internship? Here’s what to do

Why your uncle in a high place might never get you a job

We all have relatives in high places

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Why your uncle in a high place might never get you a job

Report: Insider job crime on rise in corporate Kenya

The study found that fraud such as stolen cash, assets, inventory or information theft cost firms 2.1 per cent in earnings

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Report: Insider job crime on rise in corporate Kenya

Don’t kill for love

One of the few guarantees of life is that a girl will break your heart in your 20s.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Don’t kill for love

Why it pays to be foolish

As the year ends, I would like to encourage young people that it pays to be confident, a bit foolish and shameless.

By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago

Why it pays to be foolish

Grades are good, but skills are more important

Our education system puts unnecessary emphasis on grades. Students focus on grades at the expense of acquiring useful skills.

By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago

Grades are good, but skills are more important

How to balance work while studying

The jobs available to students are usually modest assignments like clerical jobs, waiting at restaurants, or filing books in libraries.

By Agnes Aineah and Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago

How to balance work while studying

A reminder never hurts – 10 shameless habits ‘comrades’ should avoid

Gambling: You will never become rich from gambling

By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago

A reminder never hurts – 10 shameless habits ‘comrades’ should avoid

RELATIONSHIPS: Crazy reasons why your lover may ‘ghost’ you

The stupidest thing I ever did on campus is disappearing on a girl I had intensely chased after

By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago

RELATIONSHIPS: Crazy reasons why your lover may ‘ghost’ you

Crucial tips for the business-minded college leaver

<p >Most college students wish to be employed as soon as they graduate

By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago

Crucial tips for the business-minded college leaver

Pregnant in college- what next?

It is judicious to avoid falling pregnant while in school because it can complicate your life

By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago

Pregnant in college- what next?

Are you graduating? Here is what employers want you to know

<p>In the next few months leading to December, thousands of university students will graduate from various universities and colleges

By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago

Are you graduating? Here is what employers want you to know

RUN GIRL RUN! Don’t date losers in campus

<p>Relationships form an integral part of college life

By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago

RUN GIRL RUN! Don’t date losers in campus

SCHOLARSHIPS: Why we came back home after studying abroad

In the past, when many Kenyans got a chance to study abroad, especially in the West, they would disappear into the Western capitals, working or dodging immigra

By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago

SCHOLARSHIPS: Why we came back home after studying abroad

Women evolution: I never knew women have such strong jaw bones until I took one on a Kosewe date

My female friends, we have a problem here

By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago

Women evolution: I never knew women have such strong jaw bones until I took one on a Kosewe date

To be raped is to be violated, why can't some men understand this?

Every day, women are sexually harassed in offices. These women are our wives, mothers, daughters, cousins, nieces,sisters...

By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago

To be raped is to be violated, why can't some men understand this?

Kenyan universities still churn out half-baked graduates

This past Wednesday, I graduated from arguably the best journalism graduate school in the world. Attending the school and living in New York City has been a truly humbling experience when I reflect on my background. It is nothing short of God’s grace that I made it through.

By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago

Kenyan universities still churn out half-baked graduates

Spare Wambui your shallowness and don’t hate on Bob Collymore

We are ever so quick to jump into conclusions, it is a profession in Kenya. We have decided that Bob Collymore ‘s wife is a gold-digger and it was wrong she left her husband and father of her twins, that I understand Bob is so fond of.

By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago

Spare Wambui your shallowness and don’t hate on Bob Collymore

I stand with Miss World Kisii

More than 100 people, some highly respectable, some learned, with a Masters, no less, have tagged me or inboxed me the picture of a young and beautiful lady who I am made to understand was crowned the queen of beauty in the venerable Gusii land.

By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago

I stand with Miss World Kisii

The day I contemplated suicide and murder

Yaani, some people are so evil and heartless. So cruel.

By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago

The day I contemplated suicide and murder

Why we need a new crop of leaders in Kenya

On impeachments, teachers’ strike and my beloved country

By Silas Nyanchwani 9 years ago

Why we need a new crop of leaders in Kenya

Ireland-Kenyan trade grows by 11 per cent-Ambassador

Recently appointed Ireland Ambassador to Kenya, Dr Vincent O'Neill has praised the growth of trade between Kenya and Ireland between 2005 and 2014. The trade grew by 11% in 2005, from € 22 million to € 47 million in 2014.

By Silas Nyanchwani 9 years ago

Ireland-Kenyan trade grows by 11 per cent-Ambassador

Give my man purse a break

A month ago, Paul Omondi, my senior wrote a scathing piece here about man bags. The mockery in the piece may well have been directed at me, given I am the only one in the newsroom who walks around with an enviable brown leather man purse.

By Silas Nyanchwani 9 years ago

Give my man purse a break

Being a man in the 21st century

Today is International Men’s Day. A day that few men around the world know or care about. Partly because it is less publicised than the corresponding International Women’s Day and partly because men universally are too ‘selfless’ to dedicate a whole day to their well-being.

By Silas Nyanchwani 10 years ago

Being a man in the 21st century

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