Did you open the Link? ----->“A total of 2.2 million MSMEs were closed in the last five years, 2016 inclusive,” read the report in part which found that a significant 46 per cent of the MSMEs surveyed died in their first year of establishment.

Is there any single one that survived? That's the question...! If there is then somebody did the right things and succeeded.

[quote=kenyan2019]Easier said than done----->According to a survey released Monday this week by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), approximately 400,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) did not get to celebrate their second anniversary in the last five years raising concern over sustainability of this critical sector.

https://www.standardmedi...smes-are-dying-annually[/quote]
That sounds VEEEERRRRRYYY suspect. Business journalists in Kenya are notoriously lazy in analyzing reports. Will need to directly look at the actual survey and conclusions therefrom.

A system outage left Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) investors counting heavy losses as trading was halted for about half of the day on Monday.

The trading halt, attributed to a ‘technical hitch’ at the NSE, made it impossible to buy or sell shares.
It is the latest in a streak of costly glitches at the NSE in recent years.

“The NSE wishes to notify market participants, investors, key stakeholders and the general public that trading at the NSE has been temporarily halted due to a technical hitch which occurred on January 8, 2019 at 11.52 a.m.,” said the NSE in a statement.
https://www.businessdail...7088-q920bhz/index.html

Did anyone even notice soko mjinga was offline?

How did a few hours blackout lead to "heavy losses"

Kumbe you're a stalker to the casino?

When I reflect on my NSE journey, my major failing has been selling out too early. Examples of shares I held long ago that I sold too early, for no apparent reason include

Equity bank - I held these at initial listing before the very first split.

Safaricom - bought at 6sh and sold at 16 thinking the market was too hot and about to crash. This was in late 2016.

ARM - bought at 9shs many yrs ago. Sold at 15 shortly after. Little did I know I could have ridden it all the was past 100.

C and G at around 10 bob
Sasini at around 10bob

Some stocks I have gotten lucky.
Bought Uchumi at 10bob and sold at 20bob in a space of about 2 months then the scandals happened and price never recovered.

Got KQ at 7 bob, those years and sold at 94shs. Pure luck.

I also remember losing a cummulative 6 figure sum on this same NSE.

All in all, I am wiser now.

I know when others are running scared, its time to buckle down and invest.

My portfolio consists of
NIC at 23 (not complaining)
Bamburi at 183(sold at 150)
WTH at 160 holding
FTGH at 4.5holding.will avg down
Britam at 10.30will avg down
LKL at 4.30holding
TPS at 21.50holding
Jubilee at 460holding
KPL at 3.50sold at 4.50
Kengen at 7.05 holding
Equity at 40averaging down
KCB at 44averaging down
Kk at 15sold at 22
Purchased
CFC at 90.50
Safcon at 21.50
NIC at 22
Of course these are recently acquired positions.
My philosophy is that when everyone thinks the end will not come, its doom and gloom all round, then the light will finally come. Are we there yet, I have no clue, but that time will come.