Esther Kimani is the founder of Farmer-Life-Line Technology company.
She is skilled in seed certification, plant health, food safety, operations management, strategic planning and leadership.
Her firm invented a device that detects crop pests and diseases at an early stage.
Catherine Muraga currently serves as the managing director of the Microsoft Africa Development Center, Nairobi.
She describes herself as a leader who is passionate about applying technology to impact lives positively.
Catherine assumed the role in 2022 and has been tasked with nurturing local innovations.
Evans Kiragu is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mekan Games.
Kiragu’s firm is one of its kind in Eastern and Central Africa. The hyper-casual games studio creates immersive games for mobile phone users.
Keylie Muthoni Ogola is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of a startup called Eco Bana.
At Eco Bana, Muthoni and her staff seek to stop menstruation period poverty through the provision of quality, comfortable and affordable biodegradable sanitary pads that are manufactured using banana fibers.
Gikandi is an experienced Information Communication and Technology (ICT) expert and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a company called Africa’s Talking.
The objective of Gikandi's company is to unlock the huge potential of mobile communication networks in Africa by simplifying the technologies and processes needed to exploit them.
Jessica Fransisca Colaco has been in the information and technology sector for over 15 years. She is a talent strategist, computer scientist and a musician.
Colaco is an ICT expert and the co-founder of iHub. She was the first woman in music and tech to release a music single (Momentum) on Non-fungible Tokens (NFT) in Kenya.
Judith Adem Owigar has held various positions in the technological field in the last 10 years.
She is the founder of Jua Kali Workforce Limited and co-founder of Akirachix. Akirachix promotes the use of technology by African women.
Owigar founded the Juakali Workforce Limited to address the challenge of unemployment in Kenya.
Wamunyu is the founder and CEO of Jumba Company. The firm simplifies the purchasing and financing of construction materials.
The Alliance Girls High School alumni has previously worked as the Head of Global Operations Kobo360, Senior Director of Strategy for Bridge International Academies in East Africa and the former Country Manager for Uber in kenya.
Rajan Shah is the national chairman of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), a position he assumed in July 2022.
Shah is also a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Capwell Industries Limited, a food and beverage manufacturing company.
Wangechi Kamau is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Classic Steel East Africa Limited, located in Nairobi.
Classic Steel East Africa Limited specialises in the production of steel and fabrication. Wangechi's venture also supplies products such as stainless kitchen equipment, bakery, cold room, hospital kitchen equipment, stainless steel balcony and staircase railings and stainless steel cladding.