Njeri Rionge – Kenya
Njeri Rionge is the owner of many chains of leading businesses not only in her home country, Kenya, but in East Africa at large. Since 2011, she has featured on Forbes’ most successful women in Africa list and is arguably one of Africa’s most successful entrepreneurs. At a very young age, Njeri worked as a hairdresser and sold yoghurt from a car truck to schools such as the International School of Kenya. Njeri is best known as leading the IT industry in East Africa after establishing Wananchi Online which is now East Africa’s leading internet company. Aside from her leading company, she has also ventured into other industries setting up top companies such as Business Lounge, which is one of Kenya’s biggest startup incubators and Ignite Lifestyle, a healthcare consultancy.
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