Adelle Onyango is a renowned media personality, who shot up to prominence following a stellar career stint as a radio presenter.
Despite being on top of her game, Adelle quit radio in 2019 to start her own media company, Legally Clueless Africa that birthed her podcast.
In 2019, Legally Clueless secured its status as the most popular Kenyan podcast, boasting an impressive 388,000 streams.
Few Kenyan journalists embody the concept of being self-made as effectively as Lynn Ngugi.
Lynn distinguishes herself through her accomplishments, remarkable growth, and the adept construction of a media brand centred around her name.
Her self-titled show on YouTube serves as a testament to her success, focusing on human interest and societal issues.
The platform has morphed into one of the most popular channels, boasting a loyal fanbase that continues to expand daily.
Kariuki Ngari is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard Chartered Bank Kenya, a position he has held for the past four years.
Ngari is a decorated career banker with over three decades of experience across Retail, Corporate, Treasury and Risk management.
Throughout his career, he has held various senior leadership roles across the industry at both local and international level.
Ndugu Nyoro is an advocate for education for all and the founder of Affecto Foundation, a non-profit organization that focuses on nurturing responsible young adults.
Being the brains behind Affecto's Watoto Wasome mentorship program, he had dedicated himself to promoting the right to education for children from underprivileged backgrounds.
Due to his works, Nyoro was honoured with the ABE International Award for advocating affordable and accessible education in Kenya in 2023.
It is said that leadership is a skill and Tom Gitogo, the Group Managing Director and the CEO of Britam Holdings Plc, has it in abundance.
Gitogo sits at the helm of a modern financial services company with operations in 7 African countries including Uganda, South Sudan, Mozambique, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Malawi.
He is an accomplished professional with skills ranging from General Management, Finance Operations and Talent Management, as well as Commercial and Business Strategy.
Anthony Githinji is the founder of Semiconductors Technologies Limited (STL) which is steering Kenya into the technological world.
Located in Nyeri, STL deals in nanotechnology products designed to power modern devices ranging from mobile phones to refrigerators.
Githinji is a visionary and has earned admiration after he partnered with Dedan Kimathi University to train students in STEM with the sole objective of scouting and growing the right workforce for his company.
Nzambi Matee is the embodiment of creative and resilient individuals.
The 31-year entrepreneur is a mechanical engineer by profession, environmentalist, and a hardware designer.
Matee, a sustainability enthusiast, has earned admiration for building an enterprise, Gjenge Makers Limited, which turns plastic waste into bricks.
Through her business, she has not only managed to clean the environment but also created jobs as well.
Caleb Karuga is the textbook definition of resilience, epitomising the saying that whatever happens, life has to move on.
The journalist-turned-entrepreneur ventured into agribusiness in 2013 after he unexpectedly lost his TV job.
As a journalist, Karuga was earning less than Ksh100,000 per month but two years after venturing into poultry farming, he was making close to Ksh1 million.
Nelly Cheboi is the current Chief Executive Officer of TechLit Africa - a company that uses recycled computers to create technology-based laboratories in schools.
The program, according to Cheboi, seeks to provide children from humble backgrounds with digital skills needed to unlock opportunities for budding talents.
Born and bred in Mogotio, Baringo County, Cheboi's family grew up in poverty as her mother struggled to provide for her family.
Teresa Wanjiku is the founder and CEO of Clean Start Africa which helps women and children, especially those released from prison, to reintegrate into society.
The founding of her organisation was inspired by the 8 months she spent in prison for wrongful conviction.
Wanjiku has in previous interviews narrated that she was arrested and taken to prison together with her three-month-old baby for a crime she did not commit.
She would later be released in late November 2011.