Famous Kenyan Business Women

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Esther Passaris

(Kenyan Politician, Entrepreneur, and Women’s Rights Activist)

Birthdate: October 20, 1964

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Mombasa, Kenya

Kenyan politician Esther Passaris has not just been a marketing and PR professional but has also been a Ms. Kenya runner-up. An active women’s rights campaigner, she is also an entrepreneur and owns Adopt a Light. An ODM party member, she also represents the Nairobi City County as its county woman representative.

Ida Odinga

(Kenyan Businesswoman, Educator, Activist and Wife of the Former Prime Minister of Kenya)

Birthdate: August 24, 1950

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Migori, Kenya

Ida Odinga is a Kenyan businesswoman, educator, and activist. Ida is the wife of Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya. In 2003, Ida Odinga became one of the first women to lead a major Kenyan company when she was appointed as the managing director of a liquified gas cylinder manufacturing company called East African Spectre.

Tabitha Karanja

(Businesswoman)

Birthdate: August 29, 1964

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Kenya

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Sylvia Mulinge

(Businesswoman, Corporate Executive)

Birthdate: 1977 AD

Birthplace: Kenya

Wahu

(Singer)

Birthdate: March 22, 1980

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Nairobi, Kenya

Jemimah Gecaga

(Kenyan Politician and Businesswoman)

Birthdate: 1920 AD

Birthplace: Kenya

Died: 1979 AD

Jemimah Gecaga was a Kenyan politician and businesswoman. She is credited with founding Maendeleo Ya Wanawake, a women's non-governmental organization that deals with issues concerning gender equity and women's rights in Kenya. Jemimah Gecaga also served as the president of the Young Women's Christian Association in Kenya.

Nana Gecaga

(Corporate Executive)

Birthdate: 1978

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Kenya

Juliana Rotich

(Kenyan IT Professional & Co-founder a Collective Tech Space Called 'iHub')

Birthdate: 1977 AD

Birthplace: Kenya

Juliana Rotich is a Kenyan IT professional best known for developing web tools for crowdsourcing crisis information. She is credited with co-founding a collective tech space known as iHub. In 2011, Juliana Rotich was mentioned in The Guardian newspaper in its World’s Top 100 Women list.