Archive for Category: Disruption

Is Jimi Wanjigi the Uber of Kenyan politics—or headed for a fintech flop?

Jimi Wanjigi is pitching a car to frustrated Kenyans still asking for a faster horse. His message isn’t about tinkering with the system; it’s about disrupting it. Could he and his Safina Party be to Kenya’s politics what Uber was to taxis—or Airbnb to hotels? An unexpected disruptor slipping through cracks the establishment never thought

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Will private schools survive covid-19?

It’s crisis in private schools due to COVID this time. Your business could be next. What would you do if you owned a school? Firstly, it appears private schools are the loudest institutionlikely to take the Nokia route. Nokia (famously renowned for its global mobile ‘phone dominance) collapsed when technology changed. “They missed the importance

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Should ‘starving’ Posta venture into PSV or E-commerce?

Coming a decade too late, PSV is an analog move on a digital chessboard. Posta e-commerce, however, is another story From moving mail to moving mailers.Postal Corporation of Kenya (Posta/PCK) is diversifying into public transportation. The then Postmaster General/CEO Dr. Enock Kinara explains: “We are starting a Postliner Bus Service that will help improve on

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