Business

Tabitha Karanja is the Founder and CEO of Keroche Breweries, the first and largest brewery in Kenya owned by a non-multinational company.

Keroche breweries’ accounts for more than 20 per cent of beer consumption in the country.

Priscilla Muhiu, is the General Manager Kenya, for the Spanish delivery firm Glovo. She was appointed in September 2020.

She previously worked as Head of Marketing at both Sendy and OLX.

Jimnah Mbaru is the owner of the Dyer & Blair Investment Bank which was established in Kenya in 1954. 

The company specialises in Corporate Finance and Advisory and currently handles the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) for MTN Uganda.

Lizzie has made a name for herself, especially in the education sector, and is one of the few women who have built a multibillion empire stretching to real estate and hospitality.

With a Ksh10 million capital investment, Lizzie began the Nairobi Institute of Business Studies (NIBS) with only 25 students and two teachers. The business struggled for eight months but slowly began to pick up.

She is the head of Bata Shoe Kenya PLC — the country’s largest footwear company.  Thotho’s role is overseeing 3,000 employees and about 150 stores in the country. 

She is Bata Kenya’s first female CEO since it began its operations in 1939.

Oketch is the CEO of Anywair group and the Founder of Ongoza. 

Anywair is Africa’s pro-poor asset leasing firm that enables small-scale entrepreneurs and households to enjoy capital goods without the constraints of accessibility and affordability. 

Peter Muthoka is the founder and CEO of Acceler Global Logistics, one of Kenya's largest freight and logistics companies. 

They plan, implement, and operate complex supply chain solutions on a national, regional, and global scale on behalf of several large international companies in Kenya. 

Catherine Adeya serves as the Director of Research at the World Wide Web Foundation. 

Most recently, she led the development of the East Africa Centre for Internet Governance and Policy (CIGAP) at the renowned Strathmore University in Nairobi.

Patricia Okelo is the co-founder of Kayana Create and has previously ran two successful small businesses, Willart Productions and Conferencing In A Box for over 19 years.

Lopokoiyit is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), M-PESA Africa and the acting Chief Financial Services Officer at Safaricom.

A distinguished financial services and change management expert, he previously worked in Vodacom as the M-commerce director where he oversaw the delivery of several transformative products and services.