You have heard it said time and time again, “A wedding ring is the smallest handcuff ever made, so choose your prison mate carefully and sentence yourself wisely.” Yet, despite all the wisdom in the world, we end up choosing unwisely leaving a trail of broken relationships in our wake. In our world today, relationships are slowly disintegrating. Marriages are …

Peter* (not real name) and his wife, had been trying for two years to get a baby to no avail. This brought about a lot of turmoil and pain in the course of their journey. For a while their life revolved around ovulation and trying. Eventually this wore them thin. A year into their trying for a baby without any …

When Joan got a call from Swift Global Company back in 2004, she was excited. Having graduated from campus with a higher diploma in computer science, she was out for the hunt to become the best systems administrator ever known to man. She had taken her CV to the company and the administrator was kind enough to offer her a …

Eusebia Warue Mwaniki is a former Human Resource Manager for a publishing company. She  ventured into a furnished rental homes business immediately after her retirement from the publishing house. Born on 23rd October in 1950 in Embu County, Eusebia lives and runs Rosslyn Studios from home, a rental business called located in Rosslyn Hill along Limuru Road, opposite the largest …

As the world of internet has grown, the potential and popularity behind blogging has skyrocketed and it has become a growing trend. As a result, new genres of bloggers have appeared on the scene with only one aim in mind: an easy way to manage and place content on the web, and as a bonus make a killing out of …

The hair industry has no doubt taken the market by storm. The market value of hair products in Kenya currently stands at Ksh.20 billion, the world’s largest beauty and cosmetics company L’Oreal EA has revealed. High demand fueled by Kenyan women’s fetish for hair solutions, especially weaves, hair relaxers, treatments and oil, and recently the natural hair craze, has been …

In the game of entrepreneurship, it has been said many a time that it is not for the faint hearted, nor is it a game for the chosen few. Founders can come from every type of industry, background or age group, and 32 year old Njeri Ngige is one such person who beat the odds and launched a successful company …

From the onset Margery, a mother of two adult daughters and a grandmother to one little girl, life was your kind of ordinary. Born in Ngong Town, her early childhood revolved around Kajiado, where she spent her years schooling. Later she went to Butere Girls in Western Kenya, completed her form 5 and 6, and thereafter enrolled at the University …

Nana Wanjau is clearly not your kind of ordinary lady. A woman who wears many hats, Nana has perfected the art of excellence in all that she does. From a stay at home mother for 10 years, to a former President of the Rotary Club (Nairobi East to be precise), to a founder of three powerful companies, Nana is definitely a …

Peris Mbuthia is a wife and a mother of two beautiful children. The journey of the 42-year Kenyan-born from being a chambermaid – a room attendant responsible for cleaning hotel guest rooms and suites – to the head of a beauty and medical centre has been nothing short of stratospheric. Having lived abroad for over 12 years, she came back home …