Eddy Ashioya

Kenya

Writer at Freelance

Writer at Business Daily Africa

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Articles

Ifeanyi Odoh: CEO who brings peace to the jollof wars - with pilau

1 week ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Eddy Ashioya

Ifeanyi Odoh is feverish when I walk into his office. His voice, like stepping on broken glass, keeps drifting in and out of consciousness, a minute-by-minute lesson in insidiousness. Yet he doesn’t want to stop. “You are here already,” he says, “Let’s talk.” Talk we do. About his morning walks. His father. His life story is well-trodden. Born in Nigeria, he went to France’s top engineering school, École Polytechnique on a scholarship—his family was not wealthy.
Why wives will never like their husbands' single friends

1 week ago | nation.africa | Eddy Ashioya

I was lounging on the chair, popcorn in hand, and watching some doomsday movie on Netflix. The starring/otero/stero was just about to be shot 17 times by three different men, and yet, somehow, he would survive because this was an American movie and the American hero always survives—when the doorbell rang. I wasn’t expecting anyone. I hadn’t ordered any deliveries—human food or “human food” if you catch my drift. In any case, my friends always call before they visit, right?
Elizabeth Costabir: CEO by day, Korean movies lover by night

2 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Eddy Ashioya

What is the rudest question you can ask a woman? “How old are you?” “What do you weigh?” “How did you make it in a male-dominated field?” No, the worst question is: “How do you juggle it all?” because that subsumes that women have to juggle it all, something that is rarely, if ever, asked of men. And yet Elizabeth Costabir, the CEO of BuyRentKenya and PigiaMe, does not shy away from such questions. She welcomes them, even. “It’s part of the learning process,” she says.
What a stint in jail taught me about snitching

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Eddy Ashioya

What you need to know:If I were ever to be in jail for something, I thought, it would be an elaborately planned crime, something of which I would appear in the 4pm, 7pm and 9pm news because I am greedy like that. Thought it. But I’m not stupid. I wouldn’t say that out loud. Police and informants lurk in these streets like critters in cracks. They’re everywhere.
Mukesh Desai: Meet Kenya’s billionaire of the heart

3 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Eddy Ashioya

If you asked Mukesh Desai what the face of God looks like, he would tell you, “It is the smile on the faces of the children we help.” Mukesh, a director and chief finance officer of Prafulchandra & Brothers Ltd, a 45-year-old Kenyan company that deals in lighting, is a philanthropist. This is the dominating gene in his family’s DNA, handed down from his paterfamilias. Mukesh is big and generous in both hospitality and conversation.
Why house hunting, especially for a bachelor, is no easy task

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Eddy Ashioya

What you need to know:I went to a one-bedroom, and texted her, Baby, I have space here. I wasn't a very sharp boyfriend, you can see. My friend K– also had no house at that time, so I'd sublet to him. I am not saying he brought more women in that house than an entire adult film production, but I am not not saying that either. I tried winning back my girl. This is the truth.
The grit behind Alex Okosi's rise at Google Africa

3 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Eddy Ashioya

Nothing fleshes a man like travel. Alex Okosi, the managing director (Africa) for Google, learned very early in his professional career that there was a risk in standing still: very quickly, you might end up going backwards. With a carefully mapped career, Mr Okosi joined YouTube in 2020 as managing director of YouTube Emerging Markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), where he set the strategy to drive profitable growth for YouTube.
CEO who starts every day with a breakfast ritual

4 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Eddy Ashioya

If he had his way, Antony Mutisya, the executive director of Laser Property Services, would have become a deejay. Such was his love for music, particularly reggae music, that even now, underneath the current of his words, you can hear the silent undertones of that what-if? Yet he hedged his bets and threw his lot behind Land Economics. Mutisya doesnât romanticise his life. He makes his decisions, then his decisions make him. âI show myself love by making the right decisions,â he says.
How our mums shaped the way we relate with other people

4 weeks ago | nation.africa | Elvis Ondieki |Eddy Ashioya

Paul Russo - Chief Executive Officer, KCB Group PLC One way you can tell that Mr Russo treasures his late mother, Ntirison, is the fact that he always has her photo at his workstation. “[She was] a pillar of hope, hard work, and never giving up,” he said. “She gave up everything to ensure we had a chance. In fact, giving up everything is an understatement.
Woman at the helm: Regina Ombam on purpose, power and politics of presence

1 month ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Eddy Ashioya

Regina Ombam is managed now. The high office on the 18th floor of Teleposta Towers demands that—scheduling, appointments, and power. The Principal Secretary for Trade in the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry is acutely aware that she will be lauded or loathed for the decisions she makes. “The buck stops here,” she says. “Everyone knows the decisions you make, not the choices you have.