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Quotable quotes from Presidents Obama and Uhuru at the GES Summit

  President Uhuru Kenyatta "The people of Kenya are truly proud to welcome you to the world’s most diverse continent, the cradle of Mankind." "Tell the world what you've seen in Kenya. Let them know that Africa is open and ready for...

Snippets of speeches by President Obama, Uhuru at the opening of the GES Summit

President Barrack Obama and President Uhuru Kenyatta co-hosted the sixth global entrepreneurship summit this morning at the UN Complex in Nairobi, Kenya. Internet users especially on Twitter provided a sneak peak into what they said at the Global Entrepreneurship...

What local, international media reported on Obama’s arrival in Kenya

When a dog bites a man it is not news but when a man bites a do it is news” is a common phrase that best summarizes what journalism is all about. An item becomes news if it is...

Global press coverage of GES 2015 will have an impact on Kenya

Business leaders and entrepreneurs have expressed optimism that the global media coverage in Kenya before, during and after the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2015 will provide a timely platform to market Kenya as an entrepreneurship hub and an investment...

Local entrepreneurs to benefit from GES Summit

A few minutes ago, US President Barack Obama, jetted in the country for the sixth Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). The visit being the first ever by a sitting president of the most powerful country in the world has definitely put...

GES 2015 entrepreneur who rewrote Kenya’s sanitation history

When David Kuria started Ikotoilet, under Ecotact in 2008, he was faced with a number of challenges. His biggest hurdle was having to convince financiers, donors and banks to believe in his idea of having decent sanitation facilities in...

Nairobi Banks close ahead of GES Summit

Banks in the Nairobi Central Business District only worked half day today ahead of President Obama's arrival to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) and also hold talks with his host President Uhuru Kenyatta and will be opened on...

In the words of Mark Cuban

One of the American business men expected to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) is Mark Cuban, a billionaire who is perhaps known in Kenya, not mainly for his entrepreneurship spirit, but for the role he plays in the...

Hivos & Equity Bank partner for a Kenyan Fashion Stakeholders Forum

The first Kenyan Fashion Stakeholders forum was held yesterday following a partnership between the Equity Foundation, and Hivos and the Association of Fashion Designers Kenya (AFAD). The forum was convened to explore ways of strengthening the Creative Economy, more specifically the Fashion...

Obama’s Nairobi visit should unlock funding to tackle climate change

By Mithika Mwenda More than five years ago, in the dark negotiating halls of the Copenhagen climate talks, an agreement was struck that included a pledge of 100 billion dollars to help developing countries, like my beloved Kenya, cope with...

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