The Yok Consulting

21/04/2015

That’s two-thirds of what was raised in all of 2014.

24/09/2014

Off-Grid Energy Round II Winners!.Proud of all winners especially , and . Each of these will receive grants of up $100,000.Other winners are from , , , and .We are proud of having participated in achieving the success of one of these social enterprises.

15/09/2014

One of our clients is a finalist in the Round II Competition.We expect them to be among the Kenyan companies to be awarded with US $100,000 before week later this month,as informed by the folks.We also assisted another local enterprenuer win the same figure during last year's competition.They are now leveraging that cheap capital injection to access commercial capital and build proprietary products.

12/09/2014

The Electricity 101 video for Power Africa explains key pillars of the power sector in the context of sub-Saharan Africa, helping viewers understand the basi...

12/09/2014

"If you go to today needing radio/chemotherapy your earliest appointment - January 2016! Details coming soon" via Carol Radull.This resonates to the claim that the World Bank Group’s billion dollar private sector Africa Health Initiative is failing to reach the poor, according to Oxfam GB. Public Sector Reforms are difficult to achieve for commercial capital to play as a catalyst.The Bank can target investments in low cost private hospitals.However,having piloted with the Education Sector and failed to have meaningful impact,they folks in DC could be hesitant on doing it.

09/09/2014

This is history but watch out for these folks.They fund solar companies on project finance and inventory.

We are excited to announce that SunFunder has successfully closed a Series A equity investment led by Khosla Impact and including a group of our existing angel investors. This marks a significant...

09/09/2014

's response to 's .Both have strong points and you cannot ignore the impact of money.

This is a very sensitive post as I know it most certainly won’t resonate with everyone in Kenya tech ecosystem. Over the weekend, I read Sam from Nailab’s post about how NGO money is not messing up the tech ecosystem in Kenya and that maybe I should be accused of calling foul on the hype too early a…

15/08/2014

The continued decline in by companies and in is worrying.

I was sitting at the airport bored thinking about how far the African continent has come. Being a big fan of. movies in general, I was wondering What if we were writing the African movie script what

15/08/2014

1.Simplicity

2. Unexpectedness

3. Concreteness

4. Credibility

5. Emotions

6. Stories

Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business p...

12/08/2014

Doing business in .Given the shortage of quality human capital, can replicate a known model of exporting its respected workforce,:).But then, we need to grow our country:industrialize,increase buildup and ease doing business.

Interested in exporting to one of Africa's fastest growing economy? Recent improvements in Ethiopia's physical infrastructure and human capital, coupled with...

10/08/2014

EGG-energy Wins National Geographic’s Prize.

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2014 /3BL Media/ —India-based Mera Gao Micro Grid Power (MGP) and Tanzania-based EGG-energy (EGG) are the winners of National Geographic’s first Terra Watt Prize, a competition aimed at developing innovative solutions that address on energy poverty. National Geographic launched…