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Meet our Entrepreneurs
The participants in our programs are committed to social change. Our programs are designed to help them grow their businesses and leadership skills and emerge from the program as more resilient, skilled, and high-impact social entrepreneurs.
On this page, you will find the profiles of some of our entrepreneurs and alumni from different programs. If you would like to read about the various programmes that they have attended, have a look at What We Do
Lucy Wangari
Founder, Onion Doctor
Working with small-holder farmers and aggregators in increasing yields and quality of onions production.
Dr. Tayba Hatimy
Founder, Baus Taka
A mobile App aimed to address the plastic waste mismanagement challenge and marine conservation.
Mukhtar Salim
Co-Founder, Crablinks
Crablinks is an IT Company that focuses on website design and cyber security.
Thueba Said
Founder, Almaery
Helping youth to turn their hobbies into a a source of income by leveraging the digital space
Kithinji Muriungi
Founder, Bestilaya
A platform for hiring, buying/selling, and exchange of new or used books to local networked virtual libraries.
Demitila Nabwire
Founder, Garments of Love
Fashion designer producing cruelty free clothing for women of all size using local available fabrics.
Franklin Akiba
Founder, SaggaSouth Jeans
Clothing company that makes Kenyan made customised products such as caps, men clothing and kids wear.
Peggie Ruwa
Founder, Rika Africa
An affordable brand that focusses on African made apparel, accessories, beaded shoes and interior deco.
Robert Nguma
Founder, Athel Technology
Producing an eco-friendly, clean, reliable and efficient cooking solutions using the green energy solar.
Quinta Rimba
Founder, Alexiaxis
Nurturing, empowering and supporting girl child education in Magarini,Kilifi county through agri-business.
Said Shariff
Founder, Cobra Event Sec
Tackling youth unemployment by training them and recruiting them into part-time security job opportunities.
Amina Khalid
Founder, Minat Bakery
Making cakes for birthdays, weddings and official events and equipping other women with the art of baking skills.
Lavender Odeny
Founder, MashLav
Producing, processing and selling Mushrooms meant to fight malnutrition and food insecurity in Kenya.
Gerald Kyalo
Founder, Motarah Furnitures
Reducing environmental, social and economic impacts by producing eco-friendly furniture products.
Miswaleh Zingizi
Founder, Kaya Nuts
Providing economic opportunity for marginalised women in Kwale county through value addition of cashew nuts.
Mary Nyaruai
Founder, Nyungu Africa
Producing eco-friendly sanitary pads from underutilised agricultural waste to eradicate period poverty and stigma.