Crucial tips for the business-minded college leaver
Most college students wish to be employed as soon as they graduate
By Silas Nyanchwani 3 years ago
Crucial tips for the business-minded college leaver
Capital is still the biggest hurdle for young start-ups
The entrepreneurship journey is extremely lonely, and many people sacrifice a lot, including friendship
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Capital is still the biggest hurdle for young start-ups
Common Con techniques in the city
First step is gaining their target's trust
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Common Con techniques in the city
How I was conned: I only wanted to help out an old man
A man shares how a smooth and sleek con artist effortlessly relieved them of their money.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
How I was conned: I only wanted to help out an old man
How I was conned: My husband can’t know I lost this much
A woman shares how a smooth and sleek con artist effortlessly relieved them of their money.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
How I was conned: My husband can’t know I lost this much
How I was conned: The poorer you are, the more vulnerable you are
They say you are not a true Nairobian until you have been conned.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
How I was conned: The poorer you are, the more vulnerable you are
Do not start on a life of debt when in college
There are students who, in a bid to keep up with life on the fast lane, begin accumulating ‘innocent’ debts that spiral out of control in due course.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Do not start on a life of debt when in college
Think ahead, college ends fast!
Here is the thing, don’t be helpless. While in college, think ahead. Imagine where you would wish to be four years after college.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Think ahead, college ends fast!
Learn to package yourself early
Many employers and business people tend to have abusive relationships with their employees and service providers.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Learn to package yourself early
How introverts can network
Granted there are no jobs for nearly all graduates, but some graduates, in my view, are jobless because of their poor networking skills.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
How introverts can network
How I was conned
Three people share how a smooth and sleek con artist effortlessly relieved them of their money.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
How I was conned
Education should free you
University education in Kenya is maligned because we have built an education system that is big on theory and neglects practice.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Education should free you
You are not a failure
What I have noticed is that many, otherwise, capable students start feeling like failures at this stage.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
You are not a failure
Young Scientist Kenya to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs
Young Scientist Kenya is a flagship project of Ireland in partnership with the Ministry of Education
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Young Scientist Kenya to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs
Five most lucrative small businesses in Nairobi
We all know the addictive nature of Mishikakis, smokies, boiled and samosas after a night of bingeing.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Five most lucrative small businesses in Nairobi
No more old-school internships: What next?
Merely dropping a CV may no longer guarantee you internship.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
No more old-school internships: What next?
Can't get internship? Here’s what to do
Not long ago, when the time came for mandatory internship, you signed to whatever blue-chip company you dreamed of working for or its rival and chances of being taken were high
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Can't get internship? Here’s what to do
Why your uncle in a high place might never get you a job
We all have relatives in high places
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Why your uncle in a high place might never get you a job
Report: Insider job crime on rise in corporate Kenya
The study found that fraud such as stolen cash, assets, inventory or information theft cost firms 2.1 per cent in earnings
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Report: Insider job crime on rise in corporate Kenya
Don’t kill for love
One of the few guarantees of life is that a girl will break your heart in your 20s.
By Silas Nyanchwani 4 years ago
Don’t kill for love
Why it pays to be foolish
As the year ends, I would like to encourage young people that it pays to be confident, a bit foolish and shameless.
By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago
Why it pays to be foolish
Grades are good, but skills are more important
Our education system puts unnecessary emphasis on grades. Students focus on grades at the expense of acquiring useful skills.
By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago
Grades are good, but skills are more important
How to balance work while studying
The jobs available to students are usually modest assignments like clerical jobs, waiting at restaurants, or filing books in libraries.
By Agnes Aineah and Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago
How to balance work while studying
A reminder never hurts – 10 shameless habits ‘comrades’ should avoid
Gambling: You will never become rich from gambling
By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago
A reminder never hurts – 10 shameless habits ‘comrades’ should avoid
RELATIONSHIPS: Crazy reasons why your lover may ‘ghost’ you
The stupidest thing I ever did on campus is disappearing on a girl I had intensely chased after
By Silas Nyanchwani 5 years ago
RELATIONSHIPS: Crazy reasons why your lover may ‘ghost’ you
Crucial tips for the business-minded college leaver
<p >Most college students wish to be employed as soon as they graduate
By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago
Crucial tips for the business-minded college leaver
Pregnant in college- what next?
It is judicious to avoid falling pregnant while in school because it can complicate your life
By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago
Pregnant in college- what next?
Are you graduating? Here is what employers want you to know
<p>In the next few months leading to December, thousands of university students will graduate from various universities and colleges
By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago
Are you graduating? Here is what employers want you to know
RUN GIRL RUN! Don’t date losers in campus
<p>Relationships form an integral part of college life
By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago
RUN GIRL RUN! Don’t date losers in campus
SCHOLARSHIPS: Why we came back home after studying abroad
In the past, when many Kenyans got a chance to study abroad, especially in the West, they would disappear into the Western capitals, working or dodging immigra
By Silas Nyanchwani 6 years ago
SCHOLARSHIPS: Why we came back home after studying abroad
Women evolution: I never knew women have such strong jaw bones until I took one on a Kosewe date
My female friends, we have a problem here
By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago
Women evolution: I never knew women have such strong jaw bones until I took one on a Kosewe date
To be raped is to be violated, why can't some men understand this?
Every day, women are sexually harassed in offices. These women are our wives, mothers, daughters, cousins, nieces,sisters...
By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago
To be raped is to be violated, why can't some men understand this?
Kenyan universities still churn out half-baked graduates
This past Wednesday, I graduated from arguably the best journalism graduate school in the world. Attending the school and living in New York City has been a truly humbling experience when I reflect on my background. It is nothing short of God’s grace that I made it through.
By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago
Kenyan universities still churn out half-baked graduates
Spare Wambui your shallowness and don’t hate on Bob Collymore
We are ever so quick to jump into conclusions, it is a profession in Kenya. We have decided that Bob Collymore ‘s wife is a gold-digger and it was wrong she left her husband and father of her twins, that I understand Bob is so fond of.
By Silas Nyanchwani 7 years ago
Spare Wambui your shallowness and don’t hate on Bob Collymore
I stand with Miss World Kisii
More than 100 people, some highly respectable, some learned, with a Masters, no less, have tagged me or inboxed me the picture of a young and beautiful lady who I am made to understand was crowned the queen of beauty in the venerable Gusii land.
By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago
I stand with Miss World Kisii
The day I contemplated suicide and murder
Yaani, some people are so evil and heartless. So cruel.
By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago
The day I contemplated suicide and murder
Why we need a new crop of leaders in Kenya
On impeachments, teachers’ strike and my beloved country
By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago
Why we need a new crop of leaders in Kenya
Ireland-Kenyan trade grows by 11 per cent-Ambassador
Recently appointed Ireland Ambassador to Kenya, Dr Vincent O'Neill has praised the growth of trade between Kenya and Ireland between 2005 and 2014. The trade grew by 11% in 2005, from € 22 million to € 47 million in 2014.
By Silas Nyanchwani 8 years ago
Ireland-Kenyan trade grows by 11 per cent-Ambassador
Give my man purse a break
A month ago, Paul Omondi, my senior wrote a scathing piece here about man bags. The mockery in the piece may well have been directed at me, given I am the only one in the newsroom who walks around with an enviable brown leather man purse.
By Silas Nyanchwani 9 years ago
Give my man purse a break
Being a man in the 21st century
Today is International Men’s Day. A day that few men around the world know or care about. Partly because it is less publicised than the corresponding International Women’s Day and partly because men universally are too ‘selfless’ to dedicate a whole day to their well-being.
By Silas Nyanchwani 9 years ago
Being a man in the 21st century
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