Equity Afya has launched its first community pharmacy in Nairobi’s Britam Tower. Pharmacies open and close every day, and there is usually nothing particularly remarkable about it. However, with Equity, it feels like there is a bigger plan at play.…
It appears that everywhere you walk in Nairobi, you won’t go far before spotting a pharmacy. Which begs the question: why is everyone opening a pharmacy? Don’t we have any other businesses people can do? The other day, I saw…
While everyone is stuck in Nairobi’s Friday evening traffic trying to find their way home, at Mövenpick it is all blue and white — the signature colours of Bayer. The launch was scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. I arrived…
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu’s 2024/25 audit revealed that essential medicines, mainly for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and cancer, worth nearly Sh1 billion (around Sh914 million) expired while sitting in KEMSA warehouses. Everyone is asking the same question: how does something like an antimalarial…
That “Good morning sir, welcome to our store, how can I help you today?” Every Tom, Dick and Harry using the same standardized “script” when handling clients, from the moment they enter the pharmacy to the time they leave. “Goodbye,…