Dr. James Kimani MBUI took the reins of Amica Credit & Savings Ltd exactly 10 years ago today, with an ordinance to forge a new path forward for the brand, previously known as Murata Sacco.
His mission was a clear-cut one; to redefine or simply tweak everything the company’s Board of Directors felt was awry at the time.
The outcome is a strategy that, in a nutshell, describes the true meaning of hard work and resilience, but one that came at a cost to his dear life including constant self-doubt and hesitancy as well as death threats.
A decade later, Amica is an amiable business brand and ranks highly as one of the best Deposit Taking (DT) Saccos in the country with an ambitious target to hit Sh1.3 Billion in total annual revenues by Year End owing to a number of innovations and strategies Dr. Mbui reckons, have paid off.
He shares his personal lessons, missteps and future aspirations with The PIVOT POINT.
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