Video published on January 11, 2012
Njeri Rionge discusses how she set about finding a niche for her business ventures and has followed her passion for business. She shares the inspiring story of how she set about becoming one of Kenya's most celebrated serial entrepreneurs. She talks about how she has actualised her entrepreneurial dreams and visions through hard work, planning and focus. This female rule-breaker has bravely succeeded in breaking through the glass ceiling typically associated with the tech industry in Africa. She is a true Lioness of African business!
- Njeri Rionge is one of Africa’s leading entrepreneurs and one of the very few women pioneers in the ICT sector on the African continent.She co-founded internet service provider 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. Last year the company raised US$57.5 million in growth capital from a group of international investors.