Cytonn eHub Season 1

Entrepreneurs’ Profile

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Claire Odongo- Founder, Interiors by Claire

Claire is a lover of art and design. She runs Interiors by Claire an

upcoming interior design enterprise which focuses on residential and

hospitality design. She draws inspiration from everyday life which

allows her to tailor make each project and create a unique story.

What drives her to design is the anticipation of seeing her clients

reaction of having them feeling good about their project and knowing

that not only their spaces are transformed but their lives too.

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James Mukuria- Founder, Zeiya Labs

Zeiya Labs is an I.T company trying to bridge the gap between

Technology and content. Zeiya delivers effective and actionable

content through technology. Content varies from news articles,

educative blog posts to educative applications.

One of Zeiya apps, MathGenius, is an interactive gaming app that

will help primary school pupils to enhance their Math knowledge.

Zeiya also works with freelance writers who help generate

educative content for clients. Within the last 6 months, Zeiya

generated over two million words for our 500+ clients and hopes to

grow the client- base with time

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Emmanuel Chekumbe- Nabaleka Digital Solutions

Emmanuel Chekumbe is a Digital Entrepreneur and founder of

Nabaleka Digital Solutions. He is a Web Developer by passion and

a former Social Worker by profession. Nabaleka , a Digital Agency

based in Nairobi , builds Digital Capacities of SMEs and individuals

who are interested in growing their businesses online. His services

include Web Development Services, Digital Marketing, and Mobile

Development Services.

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Tilas Ochieng Onyango- Founder, Topwatch Solutions Group

Tilas Ochieng Onyango is a social entrepreneur on matters of security and

investigations in Kenya. He is the Founder Topwatch Solutions group Ltd.,

a company that has been existence for one year. It provides the Kenya

real estate population with bespoke facilities management services i.e.

Guards management, CCTV maintenance and installations, electric & razor

wire fencing, intruder alarms, security dogs management, background

checks & tenant screening, cleaning services and general supplies.

Topwatch Solution’s dream is to become a brand, build good reputation

in the field of security, real estate and facilities management and become

a key player in the industry.

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Solomon Mwangi- Founder, Kuku Digital Limited

Solomon is a passionate farmer and founder of Kuku Digital Ltd.

The company produces quality chicken at their farm in Makuyu,

Murang'a County. The company has been in existence since 2015

and has a vision to be a regional leader in producing quality

animal protein.

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Freda Nyambura- Founder, Leyar Tech Limited

Freda Nyambura is passionate about energy management. She is

an entrepreneur and founder of Leyar Tech Limited which is a

company that offers energy management services.

Leyar Tech seeks to provide energy management solutions to the

Kenyan market while working at getting into the Eastern Africa

market. Her dream is to have Leyar Tech become the go to brand

for energy management in the Kenyan market.

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Lucy King’ori- Founder and CEO, Shea By Asal

Lucy Kingóri is the passionate founder and CEO of Shea By Asal.

A company that provides natural hair and skin care solutions

that the entire family can benefit from. Shea By Asal hand crafts

natural hair and body butters using raw materials that are

sourced from Africa. Her dream is to make Shea By Asal an

international brand in the next 3 - 5 years.

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Kristine Gichuhi- Founder, Kristy’s Farms

Kristine Gichuhi is an agribusiness entrepreneur and the founder of

Kristy’s Farms. Kristy’s Farms was established with a focus on the

delivery of fresh farm produce to its customers. One area of focus

for Kristy’s Farms is dairy farming where they provide tested,

pasteurized and safe milk to homes and businesses. They have

secured approval from the Kenya Dairy Board for their first dairy

outlet in Mucatha, opening in September 2016. Kristy’s Farms also

has a crops division which produces green and dried maize for the

local market.

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Isaac Maritim- Co-founder, Mzuri Developers

Isaac Maritim is a tenacious entrepreneur and co-founder of Mzuri

Developers Limited. Mzuri Developers is a technology startup which

has been in existence since September 2015. It is dedicated to

providing cutting edge solutions to business enterprises in the form

of web and mobile application development, web hosting, big data

analytics services and machine learning.

His vision is to grow the company into one of the most successful

startups in the continent with cross-sector experience through

leveraging unique B2B IT solutions to business problems.

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Everlyne Owiti- Founder, Firmstart Playschool

Everlyne Owiti is the founder of FirmStart Playschool in Thika. It has

been in existence since early 2016. FirmStart Playschool is involved in

pre-elementary education for children between the ages of 1.5 to 3

years.

At FirmStart Playschool, we encourage a different approach to learning.

By factoring in the interests of the children, a playful and a very

interactive manner of instruction and integrated curriculum is applied.

Her dream is to take FirmStart Playschool to full kindergarten level for

children up to 6 years of age in the next few years.

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Mary Mawia Peter- Co-founder, Urbanites Insurance Agency

Mary Mawia Peter is a passionate entrepreneur and the co-

founder of Urbanites Insurance Agency. Urbanites Insurance

Agency has been committed to providing the finest professional

insurance services. As an independent agency, Urbanites offers

choices for their customers through aligning ourselves with highly

regarded insurance companies which offer competitive pricing.

Her dream is to make Urbanites Insurance Agency Company the

leading Agency of choice.

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Justus Weru- Founder, Amaris Solutions

Justus Weru is an authentic entrepreneur, founder of Amaris

solutions limited. He is passionate about implementing new and

developing existing ideas into beneficial societal tools to make the

world a better place. Amaris solutions Limited started operations,

as a Technology developing Company. The company was

incorporated in 2015 and has acquired a continuous growth trend

over the year, particularly in the technological world. Justus Weru’s

target is to create an online platform that adds value and

profitability in the society where by individuals through his platform

are able to earn a living. These creative ideas and platforms are

designed to open up Africa globally in sale of soft products and

talents.

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Mala Shah- Co- Founder, Omniarchs Limited

Mala Shah is a passionate and self-driven entrepreneur and one of

the Founders of Omniarchs Limited, which is a consortium of

Group of Companies that has been in existence since September

2015.

Omniarchs act as advisors in finance and wealth management by

working with Private Investment Firms, Financial Institutions,

Fund Managers and Real Estate Developers within Kenya and USA

to provide domestic and international investors with a variety of

diversified, well-structured private investments. Omniarch’s

investment products are designed to provide investors with

security, performance, diversification and non-correlation to

readily available public marketplace or widely available

investments.

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Tonny Sudi- Founder, GetGas Kenya

Tonny Sudi is a young and highly ambitious techno-preneur

in the Oil and Gas industry. He is passionate about the use

of technology to enhance business to customers and

business to business relations. Getgas Kenya is a business

in the Oil and Gas industry. The company was registered in

January 2016 and has been in operations for 8 months

now. The company operates an online platform on

www.getgas.co.ke to serve clients with the Nairobi CBD to

offer booking and later delivery of Liquidified Petroleum Gas

to their homes on B2B and B2C service packages.

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Elizabeth Kahihu- Co-founder and Director, Compass Consult Limited

Elizabeth Kahihu is the passionate Founder and Director of Compass

Consult Limited, a company that specializes in real estate development

and management consultancy. The company is about to complete its

first real estate development, Dira Apartments located within

Kiamumbi Estate, along Kamiti Road. Compass Consult’s passion is to

provide affordable housing solutions targeting clients seeking homes

below the Kshs. 5.5M threshold.

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Morrison Njenga- Co-Founder, Pasha Mzazi

Morrison is an upcoming entrepreneur and one of the

founders of Pasha Mzazi, that seeks to provide communication

solutions for schools, organizations and SMEs. Most of Pasha

Mzazi solutions are based on SMS integrated systems, mobile

applications and also web communication solutions. Pasha

Mzazi has a dream to see its solutions making an impact in

the markets and also seeing them being embraced by

organizations.

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Paul Muhami- Founder, Genuine Properties

Paul Muhami has been passionate about entrepreneurship since

his high school days. He is the founder of Genuine Properties

which deals in buying and selling properties, property

management, estate agency, valuation and investment

consultancy.

His aim to provide decent and affordable housing to our young

and rapidly growing population. By embracing new and innovative

building technology, he believes it is time to demystify home

ownership in Kenya. He has a dream to attract like-minded

investors to partner to achieve this audacious vision.

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Charles Barimen- Founder, Tagitech Printing Services

Charles Barimen is a passionate entrepreneur and founder of

Tagitech printing service which is operating in Narok county.

The business provides printing and photocopying services.

His dream is to have the business follow its vision and most

all achieve its objectives which include growing to the extent

of generating employment opportunities to the surrounding

community.

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Martin Mutua- Founder, Bluecherry Telecom

Martin Mutua is the founder of BlueCherry Telecom, an

independent Kenyan fiber optical services company

servicing businesses around Nairobi and the greater East

Africa region. BlueCherry Telecom Limited's mission is to

provide fast, broadband Internet access at a reasonable

price. The most important thing to remember is that every

customer must be satisfied with our services.

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Moses Lemayian Ole Kerento- Founder, Esipil Group

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At 22, Lemayian is the founder of Esipil Group. He founded

the business to tap into the opportunity of renewable energy

and vast field of Agribusiness.

Esipil has a plantation of different crops on irrigation. As a

business model, Esipil uses solar energy to pump water which

goes into irrigating the crops. Being young, Lemayian has a

dream to expand his irrigation in Narok County and beyond.

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