Bʏ Mᴀsɪʟᴀ Kᴀɴʏɪɴɢɪ,
December 11, 2025,
I’m writing this from a cozy corner of a Nairobi hotel lounge, cradling a steaming cup of African-brewed tea, the kind that convinces you everything is figure-outable.
Across the table, my colleagues are debating whether 2025 was a thriller, a comedy, or a horticultural soap opera. Judging by the way we’re laughing, it was probably all three.
We’ve spent the afternoon scrolling microscopically through every edition we published this year. Edition One of 2025 greeted us like an overly optimistic intern: full of ideas, spreadsheets, and unrealistic deadlines. Mid-year issues wrestled with freight chaos, new pests, shifting markets, and that one story we rewrote seven times because the stats kept changing. And now here we are, wrapping up our final edition of the year like seasoned editors who’ve seen it all… and survived on tea and stubbornness.
Yet here we stand, closing the year like seasoned editors who’ve seen it all, survived it all, and laughed through most of it. If floriculture had a bloopers reel, 2025 would win an award.
To our loyal readers, thank you for opening every edition, even the long ones where we got a bit too excited about shipment data. To our advertisers, you kept this digital newsletter alive, caffeinated, and looking sharp. We couldn’t do it without you.
“And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good…”
Well, in the spirit of Genesis 1:31, paraphrased with editorial license, I too looked at all we made in 2025, squinted at it like a quality controller checking a suspicious rose bloom, and proudly declared, “Yes… This is good.” Maybe not divine-miracle good, but certainly editor-survives-another-year good or parting-the-Red-Sea good, but good enough to make me smile and fold the year neatly like a hotel towel I’m too scared to actually use. And there was evening, and there was morning, 2026.
As we close the chapter on 2025, we promise an even brighter, wittier, and bolder 2026. More stories, more insights, and yes, more humour.
Cheers to growth, flowers, and perfectly brewed tea.