From Army Major To founding Jeff Hamilton LTD | Major Boke Kitangita
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Major Boke Kitangita shares his journey from military service to founding a successful security and HR outsourcing company in East Africa.
For years, Major Boke wore the uniform of the Kenya AirForce.Today, he leads one of East Africa's fastest-growing security, HR and staff outsourcing companies.In this episode of Financially Incorrect, Major Boke takes us through an extraordinary journey that started in military barracks, moved through corporate leadership at KICC, survived multiple career exits, and ultimately resulted in the creation of Jeff Hamilton, a business projected to cross KES 1.3 billion in revenue. He shares the brutal confidence-building exercises that shaped him as a young officer, why military discipline became his greatest competitive advantage, and the uncomfortable reality of building a local company in an industry dominated by foreign brands.We discuss why he once hired a white front-facing CEO to win contracts, how late-paying clients nearly crippled the business, why he mortgaged personal assets to keep employees paid, and the lessons learned scaling across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and beyond.This is a masterclass on leadership, discipline, family business succession, entrepreneurship, sales, staffing, security, and building trust at…
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