Imposter syndrome is something that most of us have felt at one time or another. Even if you know you have all the right qualifications and experience to be in a position, it can be all too easy to feel like you don’t belong. Whether it’s someone dismissing your work or even just casually telling you about something you’ve never heard of as if it’s common knowledge, it can be an incredibly difficult space to climb out of. Imposter syndrome can be especially insidious among entrepreneurs, who already have to deal with ecstatic highs and crippling lows. In fact, a…
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Khusoko provides market insights into Africa's business investment as well as global trends that impact East African businesses.
Global electrical test equipment expert, Megger GMBH, working in conjunction with Amotech Africa, Africa’s leading test and measurement solutions provider, is supplying the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) with high-voltage cable test equipment. The equipment will help to ensure the security, reliability, and efficiency of electricity supplies throughout the country. The equipment will be used for verifying the performance of newly installed cables and for evaluating the condition of older cables so that potential faults can be identified before they lead to failures and supply interruptions. The HV DAC-300 test set supplied for the project will be used for acceptance…
HF Group PLC, a multi-dimensional financial services provider, is seeking a strategic investor. The group has invited suitors to place their bids. “HF Group Plc has commenced the process of inviting strategic investors to acquire a stake in the Company as disclosed in the published 2020 financial statements,” HF Group chief executive Robert Kibaara said Thursday in a regulatory filing to shareholders. “The aim of the proposed transaction is to strengthen the Group’s capital in line with the Group’s current strategic direction. This process is ongoing and as at the date of this announcement no formal transaction has been concretized.”…
The festive season is upon us and MultiChoice Kenya is dishing out great tidings of entertainment with a wide selection of content for the whole family including special Festive line-ups, a pop-up channel, key sporting events and more. DStv officially unveiled the Season of Joy with its campaign themed around the expression ‘Choose Joy this Christmas.’ The festivities were unveiled at a glamorous launch event held at Sarit Centre on the evening of Thursday 11 November and headlined by Winfred Gathagu, Nairobi County Executive for Trade and Tourism. Through this campaign, DStv endeavours to capture the essence of the season…
If voter registration is as important or indeed critical as we claim, why is it not compulsory? Why is voter registration not inextricably tied, as by an umbilical cord, to the registration for national identity cards, such that when one registers for their national identity card, they are also automatically registered as voters? And if we are talking to the youth, why are we talking to them using language that is boring? Tedious and, hence, inaccessible to them and in media that they are largely absent from? And in talking to them, does it ever register that they do not…
Del Monte Kenya is among Kenyan companies that have been recognized by the United Nations Women Foundation as among the companies that strived to meet the health needs of their workers at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Del Monte was recognized alongside other Kenyan companies; Twinings and Mt Kenya West Women in Coffee. The three from Kenya were hailed for making “bold, expansive commitments to reach more than women workers and community members with health and well-being information and services.” Del Monte According to the report by the UN, Del Monte provided more than 5,000 team members, including 3,400…