carolmusyoka consultancy
@carolmusyoka
July 23, 2026
Dangote the Global Player
Last year, I joined a group of East African executives for a study visit to the Dangote Oil Refinery in the port town of...
July 13, 2026
Electric Trail Blazers
Growing up in Kenya in the 20th century, Reddy Kilowatt, a cartoon character with a red, lightning-bolt body was a familiar...
June 30, 2026
The Shark’s Jaws of Company Directorship
Last week, I began a review of the recently gazetted Government Owned Enterprises (GOE) Act 2025. To reiterate, the Act can...
June 30, 2026
A Truth and Many Lies
A quarter of a century ago, I was a rookie relationship manager at Citibank Kenya. Together with my colleagues, we...
June 8, 2026
Dynasties Are Made of This
“You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.” Maya Angelou - author. I recently...
June 2, 2026
The Korean Family Business Model
A chaebol is a large, family‑owned business conglomerate in South Korea, typically made up of many affiliated companies...
May 21, 2026
Family Offices as the Source of Generational Wealth Continuity
Over the next few weeks, I want to explore the creation of dynasties. No, not the...
May 11, 2026
World Cup Non-Fever
There is a special kind of cultural confusion that comes from visiting the United States a month before the World Cup. Not...
April 15, 2024
When Things are Elephant!
Last Friday, with three other friends, we set off on a drive through the Aberdare National Park, entering its south-western...
October 16, 2023
To Tip Or Not To Tip
A tip is defined as a bonus, a little extra, a bit extra, a present, a gift, a reward or an inducement. About 25...
October 9, 2023
Government Response to Protecting Our Diaspora
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Indians have been diaspora workers since the 19th century and it was only a century...
July 30, 2023
The Danger of a Single Nigerian Story
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a critically acclaimed Nigerian author who gave a stirring TED talk titled “The Danger of a...
July 17, 2023
Sights and Sounds of Kinshasa
I recently visited Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the first time and came back with a deeply...
May 22, 2023
Networking With Purpose
Several engineer professors got on a plane to go to a conference. The pilot came back to tell them their students are the...
February 5, 2023
Sights and Sounds of Chennai Again
I recently went on a visit to Chennai, in India’s south eastern coastal state of Tamil Nadu. This is a city I have...
October 24, 2022
Guiding The Entrepreneur To The Top of the Mountain
So an unintended but good outcome of the Covid 19 downtime was that I joined up with a group of like-minded suckers for pain...
March 9, 2026
The Gulf Sneezed, We All Caught The Cold
On Saturday, February 28th, a friend of mine was transiting through Abu Dhabi via Etihad Airways en route home to Nairobi...
January 26, 2026
Road Discipline as Personal Governance
Eleven years ago, a client invited me to provide training to their Rwandan board of directors at an offsite location. I...
October 3, 2025
Communication 202
Last week’s article regarding a communication snafu seems to have triggered a few readers who, like me, get irked by poor...
September 23, 2025
Communication 101
Social media has turned communication into truncated sound, video and word bytes. I recently received a direct message (DM)...
July 21, 2025
Shout Out to Shoat Farmers
I recently arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and stood by the luggage carousel to wait for my bags to...
April 14, 2025
Comprehension Is An Art Not A Science
The dictionary definition of the word comprehension is “the ability to understand something.” It is also defined as...
March 18, 2025
Revenue Allocation For Who
Deep in the windswept volcanic plains of the majestic Laikipia county lies a few acres of land on which I rear sheep and...
March 11, 2025
Are Interviews An Effective Process
Kevin went for a job interview, and the interviewer said they were looking for somebody who is responsible. Kevin said,...
September 11, 2025
The Innovative Employee Part 2
Last week, I introduced the requirement for Kenyan employers to put in place policies to protect both themselves and...
September 3, 2025
The Innovative Employee
Spencer Silver, a scientist at the American conglomerate 3M, was trying to create a superstrong adhesive in 1968. It...
September 16, 2024
Travails of A Novice Farmer
Like many other Kenyans, I do a little bit of sheep and goat farming somewhere deep in the bowels of Laikipia County. That...
July 26, 2024
Communicating With Impact _ August 2024 Edition _ Come Learn With Us!
If you get tired of confused looks when you finish your presentation, we can help with that. Communicating With...
March 20, 2024
Parasites at the Harvest
Farmer class. That’s a term a friend of mine likes to use to distinguish between those born with a smog lined, city...
October 16, 2023
To Tip Or Not To Tip
A tip is defined as a bonus, a little extra, a bit extra, a present, a gift, a reward or an inducement. About 25...
October 9, 2023
Government Response to Protecting Our Diaspora
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Indians have been diaspora workers since the 19th century and it was only a century...
September 18, 2023
I have a boda boda guy
I was recently in Kampala on a training assignment and one of the participants had left one of her devices at home. As many...