News Summary

• Kenyan food creator That Girl Boina shut her waxing studio due to employee theft.
• Boina had opened Waxaholic Studio, a waxing and hydrafacial parlour in Nairobi's central business district, on 1 September 2024.
• The reaction to her story showed that employee theft is a huge problem for many small businesses owners in Africa.
• A survey by PwC found that 63% of respondents in East Africa said their organisations had experienced economic crime, compared to a global figure of 46%.