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YOUNG PEOPLE WANT IT NOW NOT LATER

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 Imagine if you asked a young person what their dream was, and they answered- "To have lots of money so I can enjoy life" It would be easy to think that they are just joking and maybe they have another real answer. Well, let me surprise you! they are damn serious about it. To make it even more interesting would be if you asked this follow-up question, How they plan to have a lot of money so they can enjoy life. The answer will be even more surprising.... A dead silence and blank stare followed by a few incoherent ideas that have no basis in principles of work or business.  This what we get all the time during the personal coaching and development sessions. In the first meeting an engagement that our Managing director had with a twenty something young lady- He started with basic debrief. This session mostly is where a participant is allowed un interrupted 30 minutes of self expression. They speak about their ambitions, goals, desires, challenges, opportunities and everything i

A MISSIONARY APPROACH IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO DEVELOP AFRICA

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  HOW TO DEVELOP AFRICA When I first heard about Dr. Ludwig Krapf’s visit to Kenya in 1844, I was in class seven or eight in my primary school, at that time, I was 13 years old. It was important to know him and several other names of early missionaries, because no pupil was in control over which name would be tested in the national examination. The questions in the examination at that level would mostly take the shape of – Who was the first Missionary to come to Kenya, or which year they came, and the multiple choices would be provided for you to choose from. Long before that, when I was just a few days old in this word, I had been introduced to early missionaries work and the indoctrination had begun. My mum, who I love so much had voluntarily presented me to church so I could be blessed and be given a name. A Christian name. The shaping of my identity, who I would become and how I would view the world had voluntarily been designed for me. My parents especially my mum, was assigne