Linda Kiduya is the Chief Executive Officer of Oriental Occasions, a household name in the Western Region of Kenya's event management industry. Over the years, she grew within the industry and got recognised for her relational, caring, and hands-on approach in managing employees, suppliers, and clie...

This case study focuses on Mzima Spring (NWDT) SACCO Limited’s digital transformation journey through the implementation of the CoopMis system. The SACCO, initially reliant on manual operations, faced growing demands for more efficient and accessible services as its membership base expanded. To mo...

The Kennedy School, founded in 2008 by Njeri Wachira-Ochieng in Kenya, is not merely an educational institution but a testament to entrepreneurial grit in the face of systemic challenges. Born from Njeri’s childhood fascination with leadership and shaped by her father’s legacy as a teacher, the ...

Rita Kavashe is the managing director of Isuzu East Africa, the largest motor vehicle assembly company in Kenya in terms of market share by the time of this case study. Rita has stood out in the world of automobiles. She is relational, caring and effective as seen in how she relates with employees, ...

Afrosayari, a family-owned leisure and recreation park in Nairobi, founded by James Gitundu and led by CEO Alice Mubia, aims to become a premier Pan-African destination celebrating the continent’s cultural diversity. Since its 2016 launch, the business has grown organically through self-funding, o...

This case is aimed at bringing out the lessons that a local company needs to be aware of as they venture out to become a regional business. Most enterprises tend to work with their initial brand and visibility strategy, which might have served them well in the local environment but forget that the r...

There is an unprecedented evolution of social enterprise theories in project work today. Most donor funded projects are increasingly interrogating the “donation” model as currently conceived citing lack of sustainability in the sense that as soon as funding is terminated, the project continuity ...

A poor young man, Kennedy, is almost killed when caught stealing a mango to satisfy his hunger. When Alvin, one of his closest friends, commits suicide due to the frustration of living in poverty, he realizes that if nothing changes, his life and that of his friends will easily be snuffed out. He us...