Njeri was 19 years old and working as a hairdresser but would have a ‘side hustle’ that saw her buy yoghurt from a premium yoghurt maker and sell it to schools.
Now at the age of 43, as she jogs her memory, she believes that these entrepreneurial adventures set her up for longevity as an entrepreneur today. She started working for a company that sold cleaning detergents, and she would later be crowned the salesperson of the year.
Being engaged in entrepreneurship at an early age and developing her understanding of the industry set Njerion the course to being dubbed “a serial entrepreneur” and a leading pioneer in the ICT sector.
She founded Wananchi online -that has since been transformed into Wananchi Group Holdings –one of East Africa’s leading providers of pay-tv, broadband internet and VoIP services. ‘Always do what you love’ is a phrase that has become synonymous with success. However, how far can love take you? For Njeri, it got her to where she is now and beyond what she ever thought her life would be. As a mother, a spiritual being, a warrior passionate about her continent, she is now, in her words, in her third act.
Her legacy, she believes, is slowly building and something grand is about to take place.
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