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EntrepreneuHER October 2014
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In the May Issue
Anna Chojnacka, Co-founder of the nailab and One percent Club shared
her journey into entrepreneurship with our readers.
Anna is passionate about finding solutions to problems facing Africa and
particularly young African entrepreneurs. She, and team, have launched a
successful incubation program for young techies at the nailab Ngong Road
and has helped entrepreneurs all over the world source and access funding
through their crowdfunding site www.onepercentclub.com
Read her story here
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On the cover
Susan Kimanzi
Fresh& More
Photography
Jackson Kanyoro
Image Loft Studio, 2nd Floor
Nakumatt Lifestyle.
Cover Design
Kawira Mirero
Redbrick
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contents
Page 5: Letter From The Editor
Page 7: Business 101: Setting Up a Business
7 tips for running a home based business
Page 10: COVER FEATURE: Susan Kimanzi
Meet Kenya’s Online Mama Mboga
Page 18: Kawira Mirero
Artist and Designer turned entrepreneur.
Starting mambo.pambo
Page 28: Aneesa Arshad
Properties portal, LAMUDI.CO.KE, founder &
CEO.
Page 35: Books that made a Difference
Books that have inspired our featured entre-
preneurs
Page 37: Fashion Photography
10 with Fashion Photographer Jack Kanyoro of
Image Loft Studio.
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he end of the year is here with us...what
started as 365 days down has boiled
down to less than 100 days. If you are like me,
you’re looking back and assessing how far you
have come; specifically what you have
achieved and what you are yet to achieve. I
have come to learn that its never too late to try
again. We hope that these three months, you
will commit yourself to achieving what’s left on
your list.
This month, we are glad to bring you the stories
of three young women entrepreneurs. On
page10, Susan Kimanzi tells us what it entails to
build an online groceries shop. She wakes up at 3:30 each morning to make sure
her customer’s get the freshest fruit and vegetables. Kawira Mirero (pg 18)
worked as a marketing professional until the entrepreneurial bug bit. She set up
an arts and design studio where her labor of love flourishes. She is crazy about art.
See how. Aneesa Arshad spends 70% of her time shuttling between the 10 coun-
tries where she oversees Lamudi’s operation. Lamudi.co.ke is Kenya’s fastest
growing online properties portal. Read her story on page 28.
Happy Mashujaa day.
NishNishNishNish
FROM THE EDITOR
YOU CAN’T BREAK, YOU’RE A WOMAN, YOU BEND.
*Patricia Muia
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Business 101: Setting Up a Business
7777 Tips for Running a profitable Home Business
By Peter Abrahams
R
unning a home based busi-
ness offers many advantages such
as saving money on gas, tax breaks
among other benefits. However,
the success of a home based busi-
ness is pegged on several important
aspects.
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W ebsite : Invest in a domain name
and website for your home business.
A website is just like a physical location for
your business. It lets people to access your
business from around the world.
T arget market : Carefully select a mar-
ket for your products or services. The
more targeted the audience the easier it
will be to meet their specific needs. Besides,
marketing to a very wide customer can be
so overwhelming and ineffective.
G oals : Set realistic goals for your home
based business. These goals should be
based on what you can deliver without out-
sourcing. Once you determine your actual
production capacity, you can always im-
prove on the numbers gradually.
M arketing budget : Keep aside some
cash for marketing. Every venture no
matter how small requires a marketing
budget. Determine the amount of money
you are willing to spend on publicity materi-
als such as business cards, flyers, classified
ads and so on.
T racking : Track all your marketing cam-
paigns and keep a log of the tech-
niques that produce the most paying cli-
ents. For instance, if your flyers produce
more paying customers than classifieds, it
will be wise to cut the cost of your classifieds
to apply that money toward the flyers.
S earch engine optimization (SEO) : SEO
helps your website's search engine
ranking by associating it to keywords and
links that will make the site easier to find
online. Online shoppers searching for the
products or services that you provide will
see your website in the first pages of the
website search. This has the potential to
bring you more paying customers.
O ffline marketing : In addition to online
marketing campaigns, use offline
marketing to reach potential clients. Attend
workshops and other networking events in
your neighborhood with flyers and business
cards.
If well managed, a home based business
can give you immense profits while at the
same time giving you the freedom to be
your own boss. However, you should be ad-
vised that running a business from home is
not for the faint-hearted! A home business
requires you to be very disciplined in terms
of time and finance management and this
is where many people go fail especially in
their first home based business ventures.
Peter Abrahams writes for the Business Daily
http://www.kenyanbusinessreview.com
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O ne Saturday after-noon, Susan accompa-
nied her friend from Germany to do her
groceries shopping. Little did she know
that this innocent shopping trip would
give birth to her now fully operational
online groceries shop Fresh & More.
EntrepreneuHER Magazine made the trip
to her Lavington office and bakery for
more.
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EntrepreneuHER Magazine: Please tell us a lit-
tle yourself and a brief background of your
education
Susan Kimanzi: I have a Double Major Degree
which is a Bachelor of Commerce in Business
Administration, Accounting & Finance from
Daystar University. My working career has
spanned from the Stock Market to Investment
management, Geo Location Solutions to Inter-
nal Risk Management in Companies. My work
experience has adequately prepared me to
be an entrepreneur.
EM: Please tell us about Fresh & More and how
it operates.
SK: Fresh and More is your online Mama
Mboga. Our clients simply contact us through
our website, they fill up their shopping cart
with the fresh fruit and vegetables they would
like to receive, they place their order and re-
ceive their produce the next day. Our pay-
ment terms are cash on delivery or MPESA on
delivery which our clients find extremely con-
venient.
In September this year we expanded to in-
clude a bakery. The bakery offers specialty
products such as Continental style breads,
cakes and pastries. We use traditional meth-
ods with no additives or preservatives. The re-
sult is a wholesome tasty product.
We also intend to serve the ready to eat food
market with a delicious variety of sandwiches
and salads. We are intent on serving clients
who are conscious about having a healthy
and wholesome lunch.
EM: Describe a typical day for you. In one
word, characterize your life as an entrepre-
neur.
SK: My day typically starts at 3:30am when I
get up to check what orders need to be proc-
essed for the day. I will then liaise with suppli-
ers and ensure that we can meet and satisfy
the client needs.
By 6am I have dropped my daughter to
school, luckily for me she is an active swimmer
so she is in school on time for morning training
or for morning prep. Everyday by 8:30, we
have finished collecting produce from all our
suppliers and may top up any missing or spe-
cialty items from the larger importers of fruit
and vegetables.
We normally pack our clients’ produce at our
offices and then deliveries commence from
about 10:30am to 3pm.Usually by 3:30pm we
are done for the day.
EM: What served as your initial inspiration to
start Fresh & More? What is your favorite as-
pect of being an entrepreneur
SK: I am a foodie, I love experimenting with
food and sourcing it. I've always loved cook-
ing and been extremely curious about sourc-
ing quality ingredients and specialty foods.
The idea for Fresh and More came about after
spending one Saturday shopping with a friend
who had recently relocated from Germany.
At the end of our shopping expedition, al-
though she had managed to source all the
food items she needed, she felt it was time
consuming and said she would definitely pay
for the service to have the fruit and vegetable
items delivered to her doorstep.
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I remember going home and thinking about her
proposal and because at the time I was a full-
time employee and facing similar challenges, I
thought an online shopping service would defi-
nitely work, and thus Fresh and More Kenya was
born.
Our clients shop for their fruit and vegetable re-
qu i r emen t s t h r ough ou r web s i te
www.freshandmore.co.ke or send us an email
with their order to [email protected].
EM: What challenges do you face as an entre-
preneur and how do you handle them?
SK: My initial challenge when I started Fresh and
More Kenya was balancing running the business
and employment. After I went fulltime into Fresh
and More, the challenge was sourcing quality
goods as per my client’s requirements. To
bridge this gap we have a growing and supply
arrangement with certain farmers who grow
produce for us.
In the last one and a half years, I have learnt
that a business model does not have to be
complex; it simply needs to work and work well. I
have learnt that I had more patience than I
ever imagined. I am experiencing the joy of
working hard for myself and enjoying 100% the
fruits of my labor. It is a wonderful feeling, The
biggest challenge we face today is that this is a
male dominated business. Most of the sellers
and buyers of food are men. >>>
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They are also entrenched in the system at
most hotels and restaurants that one would
think of marketing to. There is a lot of under-
cutting and underselling to secure contracts
EM: What have been some of your successes
and failures and what have you learned from
them?
SK: Our success has been the effective de-
ployment of social media to market our com-
pany, its products and services. We have built
a very strong name in the market and we are
constantly reinforcing and working on ensuring
we are client responsive always.
EM: What is your greatest fear, and how do
you manage it?
SK: My greatest fear is not being able to meet
customer needs or requirements. Sometimes
products simply disappear from the market un-
expectedly. We try and stay a step ahead by
constantly engaging the farmers or suppliers
to ensure that we have our finger on the pulse.
EM: What do you foresee to be the future for
Fresh & More?
SK: I hope to see Fresh and More become an
essential service for every home in Kenya. We
are planning for expansion to some key coun-
ties within Kenya and the region.
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4 Quick Ones WITH SUSAN KIMANZI
Top THREE skills for a successful entrepreneur
•Motivation or Passion about the business
•Persistence in getting the business going
•Self Reliance
FIVE key elements for a successful business
• Have a vision of what you want to achieve
• Be consistent within the market and to your clients
• Be Knowledgeable about your product, your market and client
• Be visible within your target market.
• Have a good Team on board to execute the business
THREE pieces of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
• Do what you love, turn your hobby into a business.
• Have a clear idea of how that hobby or passion can earn you
money.
• Do not be afraid to ask for help
How do you keep organized
I have a weekly Calendar and a daily calendar. I fill my daily calendar
every evening so as to ensure that my day is properly planned.
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Kawira Mirero
Artist. Designer. Entrepreneur
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On arrival at the mambo.pambo studios in Lavington, I am received
warmly, fed and despite the flurry of activity going on, I already feel at home.
KAWIRA is attending to two foreign clients...taking measurements, noting prefer-
ences, fitting clothes, noting adjustments..her laptop is open, her phone is ringing.
I am waiting patiently for my turn to fit for EntrepreneuHER work shirts. She has just
returned from fitting a media personality with the dress she'll wear the next day for
a TV appearance, another client has just left. I am tired on her behalf. She isn’t.
She loves what she does and it is evident.
We sit for the Interview...finally.
EntrepreneuHER Magazine: Please tell us a
little yourself and a brief background of
your education
Kawira Mirero: I am a Designer and Mar-keting Communications professional. I was brought up to apply myself 100% to what-ever task I took up. My parents insisted we read a newspaper every morning as soon as we could read! By age 2 I would flip through books, magazines and newspa-pers, pretending I could read. That is how my love affair with art, design and all things visually engaging begun. I am also a voracious reader. If it is in print, I want to read it!
I grew up in Mombasa, and I remember
having a deep love for all things artistic. I
won my first art competition at age 10! A
painting of a coconut tree plantation that
was later published in 1997 in a book
called Trees, Myths and Medicines, A Col-
lection of Stories By Children of the Wildlife
Clubs of Kenya.
I went to Alliance Girls for my secondary
education, there, my love for art & design
flourished. When I was in form 2, our Art &
Design teacher, Ms. Jacinta Adhiambo
took us to University of Nairobi for an end
of year pin-up exam for the graduating
class. A pin –up exam is where students pin
-up all the pieces they have worked on
during the semester – posters, packaging,
fabric designs, interior décor – for grading.
I was hooked. I knew at that moment what
I was going to do in campus....a BA in De-
sign, at University of Nairobi and I did ex-
actly that, graduating with First Class Hon-
ours in 2000.
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A year later I enrolled for an MBA in Marketing. Along the way I realised Communications De-sign was even more enjoyable if I understood the Marketing thinking and planning behind it. After completing my MBA I studied for and ac-quired a Professional Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. For the last 10 years, I have built a successful
career as a Marketing Communications Pro-
fessional, with a strong bias towards Commu-
nications Design.
EM: Please tell us about your business
mambo.pambo and how it operates.
KM: mambo.pambo art & design studio is a mash-up of fashion designers, artists and work-shop artisans. At mambo.pambo we believe everything you wear, eat, do and surround yourself with is an expression of your creativity and imagination.
We collaborate with our clients to design what they desire, manage its production and make bespoke elements right on-premise to trans-late their vision into something they can wear or display with pride. We also have ready to wear and off the shelf products that one can purchase when they visit our studio or website.
Our products include apparel, art, accessories and home decor. We are also happy to share our ideas. Look out for our training calendar every quarter starting October 2014 I design some of the items, my team designs others, and others are designed in collabora-tion with the client. We also stock products from other designers, especially jewelry. We add value to the consumer by being fa-natical about understanding customer re-quirements and exceeding expectations, while offering the highest quality of work possi-ble.
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We attend to our clients by appoint-ment only. Each client gets at least 1 hour to discuss their requirements; or if they are coming for a fitting, to try out the garment and discuss any neces-sary adjustments. For home décor, we deliver to the client or attend to them at their home or premises. We are set to commence online sales from January 2015. EM: Describe a typical day for you. In
one word, characterize your life as an
entrepreneur.
KM: Some days I start by dropping my kids off to school, other days I start with a client or supplier visit or appointment. Other days I start with a visit to the lo-cal gym. It all depends on emerging priorities. Our studio opens its doors to the public at 10am. Regardless of how the day starts, I try to get to the workshop by 9am. I will then go over the day’s plan with the workshop artisans. After that I review the day’s appoint-ments, depending on client appoint-ments for the day, I may place calls to some clients or suppliers to confirm or reschedule appointments. Typically our first workshop appoint-ments are scheduled from 11am and we allocate an hour per client. We try not to schedule two clients at the same time. Our final appointment for the day is set at 5.30pm. An appointment with a client involves; discussing their needs. For example, if it
is a dress, what is the occasion, what type of fabric are we using, would they like a custom made dress. Sometimes I sketch out the dress design, sometimes we pick something from our season’s look book or we discuss the design the client has in mind. If I have external meetings with suppli-ers or clients I set off soon after briefing the team. I spend most of my Mondays reviewing job cards and assigning spe-cific team members their assignments for the week. After Monday’s planning session, I have a better grasp of what supplies are required, if we don’t have some items then a buying appointment is scheduled. Some days I spend the en-tire day sketching ideas for the next collection. The one word I would use to characterize my life as an entrepre-neur is – flexible EM: What served as your initial inspira-
tion to start mambo. pambo? What is
your favorite aspect of being an entre-
preneur?
KM: I have several sources of inspira-tion. My husband and children, my ex-tended family, other entrepreneurs and a recent stint in West Africa. My husband has seen me dabble in Art & Design for the last 10 years, and he has always said, that is my true calling, that I should go for it! My family and I recently moved to Nai-robi after an extended tour of duty in West Africa. We loved West Africa. West Africans are able to strike just the right balance between celebrating their traditional culture/heritage and
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living in the modern world. Our first half of
the tour saw us take station in Ghana and
there’s few places steeped in such history
and deep-rooted culture, from the Cape
Coast Castles and Ashanti Kingdom that
adorned our history books to the myriad afro
-fabrics. Next stop was Abuja and oh my! Ni-
geria a magnificent kaleidoscope of ethnic
cultures, religions and contemporary living. A
western style dress designed and produced
in vibrant Ankara fabric will command more
attention and value than a plain western
style dress. A Nigerian ceremony or wedding
will invariably pay homage to Igbo practices
while still remaining quite modern.
To me Fashion and Home Décor remain the
most visible representation of the dynamism
of afro-contemporary art & design. I find this
ability that West Africans have to celebrate
who they are very inspiring. My favorite as-
pect of being an entrepreneur is being able
to choose my work hours.
EM: What challenges do you face as an en-
trepreneur and how do you handle them?
KM: The day is just never long enough! Often
I have to remind myself that there is nothing
that cannot wait.
EM: What have been some of your successes
and failures and what have you learned from
them?
KM: Successes – Getting off the ground fast, and the overwhelming love we have re-ceived from customers. Every time a cus-tomer comes back for another purchase, we are immensely grateful, it tells us we are do-ing something right.
Failures – Sometimes we get a client’s prefer-ence or request wrong or a wardrobe mal-function occurs right in the middle of a fit-ting. EM: What is your greatest fear, and how do
you manage it?
Rejection. As an artist and a designer, not all creations are well received. Sometimes that feels like a personal rejection. I have to re-mind myself that it is not personal. It is quite possible that “my baby is ugly”…. I have to learn to deal with it! EM: What do you foresee to be the future for
mambo.pambo?
KM: mambo.pambo will be in every home in Africa, either in the wardrobe as something treasured to wear, or in the living area as a beautiful painting or sculpture, or in the kitchen as that awesome apron.
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4 Quick Ones WITH KAWIRA MIRERO
Top THREE skills for a successful entrepreneur
FIVE key elements for a successful business
THREE pieces of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
How do you keep organized?
Grit, grit and more grit
• Perspective – things are not as good or as bad as you imagine
them to be. Also, the conditions will never be perfect. You will never have enough money; you will never have enough time. What is enough anyway?
• Patience – Yes, you may want it now, but it may not happen for an-
other 12 months. • Love – Love what you do. If you don’t, you will throw in the towel
too soon. • Financial Discipline – Not just when it comes to expenditure but at
debt collection too. • Marketing & PR – People will only buy from you if they know about
you. Get out there and talk about your business, about what you are doing. If you do not talk about it, if you do not believe in what you are doing, how do you expect others to talk about you or be-lieve in you? Most importantly, how do you expect them to buy from you?
• Move! You have thought about it, you have a ‘plan’ in your
head or on paper, now get moving. The faster you fail, the faster you will learn what works and the faster you will get better.
• The conditions will never be perfect. Just jump in and trust the
parachute to appear.
• Network like crazy. Social Media has made it much easier to self
promote and market, get yourself and your name out there…. sitting in your corner quietly will not get you results as fast.
I stay organized? By trusting my loved ones and my staff to keep things going even when I am not present. I also organize everything from the start…. once you start in an orderly fashion, maintenance is easier. Am I balanced? Probably not. I tend to respond to emerging priorities, so the scales sway in favor of whatever the priority is on that day, week, month etc. I thrive on organized chaos.
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ANEESA ARSHADANEESA ARSHADANEESA ARSHADANEESA ARSHAD
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EntrepreneuHER Magazine: Please tell us a little
yourself and a brief background of your educa-
tion.
Aneesa Arshad: I was born and raised in the US, but I’ve been based in Kenya since 2010. My par-ents are originally from Pakistan, but have been living in the States for the past 35 years. I have a Master’s degree in Business Administration from INSEAD, France and a Bachelor’s Degree from North-western University. Prior to launching La-mudi, I worked in the international development sector as a consultant. EM: Please tell us about Lamudi and how it oper-
ates.
AA: Lamudi is a real estate classifieds website that we have launched in 30 countries globally. I manage 10 countries in East & Southern Africa. Lamudi brings the search for a new home, office or investment to your fingertips by connecting in-dividuals to the properties they are looking for. Our goal is to have the highest quality and largest diversity of property listings in every country. In Kenya we have over 20,000 property listings, mak-ing us the largest real estate classifieds site in the country. We push agents, developers and indi-vidual property owners to provide high quality photos and detailed descriptions to give consum-ers the maximum information on any property.
When EntrepreneuHER Magazine was
approached to carry an interview of
the CEO & Founder of Lamudi.co.ke,
the properties online portal, we were
pleasantly surprised to learn that the
business is owned and headed by a
young woman. At 28, she manages
lamudi in 10 countries across East &
Southern Africa
Here’s the founder and brains behind
Lamudi.co.ke...ANEESA ARSHAD.
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We make money through monthly listing fees and advertisements. EM: Describe a typical day for you. In one
word, characterize your life as an entrepre-
neur.
AA: I spend 70% of my time travelling to countries I manage. When on the road, a typical day involves full day of meetings with my management teams, priority customers and local partners like lawyers and finance officers. During a busy day running around cities including Dar es Salaam and Antana-narivo, I am constantly answering emer-gency emails from other country managers on my phone and taking Skype calls on the go. In the evenings, I usually spend 3-4 hours catching up on emails and reports pertain-ing to the ten countries I manage. To describe my life in one word- hectic! EM: What served as your initial inspiration to
start Lamudi, and why in Kenya? What is your
favorite aspect of being an entrepreneur
AA: The initial inspiration for Lamudi was from Rocket Internet which is the brains behinds many of the leading e-commerce ventures you see in Kenya- including Jumia, Easy Taxi and Hello Food. The idea was that there is an opportunity for a quality real estate plat-form for emerging markets. Kenya was an
obvious choice in Africa as internet penetra-tion is relatively high compared to the region and there is a vibrant real estate market. My favorite part of being an entrepreneur has been building my teams and providing exciting and fulfilling employment opportuni-ties to young Kenyans. In one year, my team has grown to over 100 employees across ten countries. In Kenya we have a team of 20. It has been inspiring to see the growth and maturity in some of my early hires. EM: Lamudi is in direct competition with a
few similar online property portals. How do
you keep ahead of the pack?
We are constantly investing in our product (the website) and the customer service we provide to real estate agencies and devel-opers. Every two weeks our product team in Germany unveils new features and improve-ments to the site. This has included the launch of iOS and Android applications, im-proved search function and in a few weeks, a completely redesigned site. In terms of customer service, we have built a large cus-tomer service and account management team to make the experience for agencies and property owners easy and effective.
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EM: What has been your experience being a young non-Kenyan female CEO in a
male dominated industry? Any specific challenges?
AA: I have actually found that there are many female leaders in the Kenyan tech and real estate industries. Many of the most prominent real estate agencies in Nairobi are run by women- including Hass Consult , Dunhill Consulting and Ryden International. Similarly, many of our sister companies in Kenya are also run by women- Jumia, Jovago and Kaymu specifically. Fortunately, I have not experi-enced any challenges related to my gender. EM: What have been some of your successes and failures and why have you
learned from them?
AA: Our biggest success in Kenya is becoming the largest and most visited real estate classifieds website after just 12 months. We have been lucky enough not to have any significant failures, but early on, some of our marketing campaigns were not as effective as we would have liked. We are learning from those mis-takes and now focusing on more targeted marketing efforts. EM: What is your greatest fear, and how do you manage it?
AA: One of my fears is that I’m being stretched very thin across all the countries I manage and as a result I’m not the most effective manager. I have managed this by hiring the best Country Managers I could find and delegating a lot of the responsibility to them. I trust the team I have built, which has allowed me to man-age my fear of not making every small decision for each country. EM: What do you foresee to be the future for Lamudi and the property market in
Kenya? Rumor has it that it is about to tank, is this true?
AA: I believe the property market in Kenya will continue to strengthen due to
population growth and influx of money from neighbouring countries. The real es-
tate market has weathered political instability in the past, so I don’t foresee any
problems in the future. The future of Lamudi is to become top of mind for all Ken-
yans when it comes to property search. We want to continue to provide afford-
able properties in the most sought after locations and push our agents to provide
quality customer service
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4 Quick Ones WITH ANEESA ARSHAD
Top THREE skills for a successful entrepreneur
FIVE key elements for a successful business
THREE pieces of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
How do you keep organized?
• Determination
• Decisiveness
• Vision
• Have a product or service you are passionate about
• Hire people you can trust
• Invest money in the business at the right time to allow your
business to scale
• Prioritize your customers and ensure they are satisfied with
your product and
• Find a balance so you don’t burn out
• Take risks
• Be patient to see results and
• It’s impossible to be an expert on everything so delegate
work when you need to.
I keep detailed to-do lists, I try to clear my inbox at the end of each day so the work doesn’t mount and I take breaks to workout and spend time with loved ones. Sundays I take off completely to re-energize for the following week.
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BOOKS THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE
SUSAN KIMANZI
Buffet has a simple method of investment that blows my
mind away. As the worlds greatest investor he operates a
simple method.
Invest for the long term
Invest in a business you understand
Be honest in your dealings and hire competent people to
work for you.
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KAWIRA MIRERO
This is a story about the power of giving. The principles the book shares seem counterintuitive, but when you think about it, when you apply them, they make a lot of sense.
These principles apply to every facet of life. These Principles are VALUE – Your true worth is determined by how much you give in value than you take in payment. COMPENSATION – Your income is determined by how many peo-ple you serve and how well you serve them INFLUENCE – How abundantly you place other interests first. AUTHENTICITY – The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself RECEPTIVITY – The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiv-ing.
ANEESA ARSHAD
The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Malcolm was willing to change and admit mistakes as a leader which won him respect and admiration.
I AM MALALA
I knew I had this book somewhere, just didn’t know where. Nestled
among works of fiction in my kindle app, I found it. It is top on my
list for books to read in November.
From anonymous blogger to surviving a shooting and going on to
become an international activist, we congratulate the youngest
ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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10 with Jack
Who is Jack?
Jack is God fearing and easy to approach. Peo-ple call me “happy guy” and that kind of a guy you want to make a friend with.
Why did you decide to take up photography?
Because it is something that I’m passionate about, I love doing it and I sometimes do it even when money is not involved. I always fall in love with great pictures.
What were you doing before setting up your own
studio?
I used to do on location photo shoots and sharp-ening my brain in school although I still do it for those that don’t want to visit the studio.
What do you love about being self employed?
Aha! I make my own rules and maximize on my abilities without minding whether am noticed or not.
Do you do any other kind of photography?
Oh! Yes I do shoot weddings and Company portfolios and when am not working on this two, I go to the studio, do portraits and other forms of photography.
What are your future plans for your business?
Creating a platform for creative minds photography wise, improving quality of the local content in Kenya may be someday when i join directors of photography in the filming industry
What is fashion photography?
This is where a photographer uses his professional skills to bring out the design and creativity of a designer in form of pictures.
What is a portfolio?
This is information about what you or your business does. Like my portfolio’s title is photography. It involves all the information that a company is concerned with, its objectives and what it delivers. A comprehensive story is involved and of course pictures that explain more.
A portfolio can be in digital format or printed in a booklet.
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK
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Book a Photo-shoot
Photography By Jackson
Image loft Studios,
Nakumatt lifestyle 2nd floor.
Tel: +254 727429461
www.jacksonkanyoro.com
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In order to
succeed, your
desire for success should be greater than your fear of
failure.
*Bill Cosby