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Browsing USIU-Africa Writers & Columnists by Issue Date

Browsing USIU-Africa Writers & Columnists by Issue Date

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  • Peaceful Resistance: Advancing Human Rights and Civil Liberties 
    Munene, Macharia (Phoenix, 2002)
  • Kenya at a Crossroads in Quest for Stronger Ties in Global Commerce 
    Munyi, Elijah Nyaga (Business Daily, 2013)
  • Understanding Tribes in Your Business 
    Bellows, Scott (United States International University-Africa, 2013)
    Kenya experiences a wide diversity of cultural thinking that generates from thousands of years of historical economic activity. Likewise in the world, there exists four main ways of thinking: the African way, the European ...
  • How to get the fair value of your business from investors 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Linge dreaded the idea of understanding finance. All her life she remained determined to just hire an accountant whenever finance matters cropped up in her company. Linge’s business operated a network of midwives in rural ...
  • Social Entrepreneurship - 5 - Reach Clients through Appropriate Channels 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Upon graduating with his MBA, Mwanzu promptly decided to quit his job at a Nairobi-based bank and move back to his shagz to start a new business. As long as Mwanzu could remember, his family held 10 acres in Kwale for ...
  • Social Entrepreneurship - 15 - How Social is Too Social 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Naisola languished in her job as a marketing executive in one of Kenya’s leading deposit taking microfinance (DTM) institutions. She completed her MBA in 2010 and expected that the degree would launch her into a more ...
  • Social Entrepreneurship - 12 - The Role of Corporations 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Continuing in the Social Entrepreneurship series, what roles and responsibilities do corporations, non-profits/NGOs, donors, and investors play in society? Professor Paul Hudnut at Colorado State University ponders such ...
  • How to Start Financial Projections on your Startup Business 
    Bellows, Scott (United States International University-Africa, 2014)
    Lulu enjoyed the freedom of running her own business. Over the years she grew to become the largest distributor of traditional African cloth to both large and small shops in and around Nakuru. Her customers valued her ...
  • Kenyan investors must now build strong pillars away from property 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Karanja relocated from Kenya to the US to pursue his career in financial management in a different type of market. Upon arrival, he assumed that he could only rent a flat for him and his young family. However, after only ...
  • Make lasting business change with employees’ involvement 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Last week in Business Talk, we discussed a situation with Jepkemoi whereby she needed to decide on which consulting firm to engage to carry out change initiatives in her cement business. Now, fast forward six months. ...
  • Find out if staff are motivated and giving their best 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Akumu gazed around the conference room of the brokerage firm where she worked. Her colleagues all listened attentively during the Monday morning all staff meeting led by the managing director. However, Akumu did not respect ...
  • How to initiate and manage change in your organisation 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Irakoze relocated to Kenya from Burundi to work at a child-focused NGO. He felt great pride by working in the regional headquarters for so many exciting NGOs: Nairobi. Irakoze started off as a programme officer in the ...
  • Unique strengths that make Kenya the capital of enterprise 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    In a digital world, global citizens digest large volumes of information. One gets blinded by over-communication through hundreds of news sources and dozens of information mediums.
  • Social Entrepreneurship - 6 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2014)
    Oduwo hurriedly headed to Sharia House. The day finally reached whereby he would register a company and start his business. Following years practicing medicine in Kitale, Oduwo envisioned setting up affordable private ...
  • Social Entrepreneurship Series - Part 9: Identifying Key Resources for your Business 
    Bellows, Scott (United States International University-Africa, 2014)
    Nyagoha always saw herself as more than an employee in someone else’s company. She dreamed of being her own boss and changing Kenya through business formation. Over the course of the past ten years, from a university ...
  • Social Entrepreneurship Series Part 8: Master the Art of Pricing your Products 
    Bellows, Scott (United States International University-Africa, 2014)
    Nderitu passionately desired to expand his education to include an undergraduate degree from one of East Africa’s top private universities. The problem facing him like many prospective students is school fees. So, Nderitu ...
  • End of Year Team Building: Part II 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2015)
    Mbugua struggled during long staff meetings as well as strategic planning retreats to keep his employees engaged and interested in discussions. He felt that the yield from staff members did not exceed the costs of holding ...
  • End of Year Team Building 
    Bellows, Scott (Business Daily, 2015)
    Mbugua retained a proud tradition at his manufacturing firm in the Athi River Export Processing Zone. He held an annual team building retreat to show his employees how much he valued them. He desired a well functioning ...
  • Building University-Industry Partnerships 
    Ndiege, Joshua Rumo (Daily Nation, 2015)
    In Summary A classic motivation for academia to collaborate with industry may include enrichment of teaching, access to funding, joint research and development activities, reputation, and internship. Conversely, for ...
  • Make Cyber Space safe for all Internet users 
    Ndiege, Joshua Rumo (Daily Nation, 2015)
    In Summary Cybercrime is fast growing in Africa, not only due to the penetration of the internet but also as a result of lack of clear regulations. The primary targets of cyber security crimes are usually uneducated ...

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