Kenya women are rising to the occasion and are being empowered as time pass by.
Women are now holding high and mighty positions and it's only a matter of time when we have our first woman president.
Here are top 10 richest woman in Africa.
1.Mama Ngina Kenyatta.
Mama Ngina Kenyatta has been described as a shrewd business woman with vast interest in almost all major sectors in the economy.
Mama Ngina Kenyatta .
currently has a wide range of investments and stakes under her name. she is the major shareholder in one of the largest privately-owned banks in Kenya: The Commercial Bank of Africa.
She also owns Brookside dairies, an East African leading dairy company. With a market share in East Africa and the middle east. Media max; a media company hosting K24 TV, people daily Newspaper and a group of radios is also part of her portfolio.
2.Anne Waigiru
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waigiru is one of the richest women in the country.
She has vast interest in various businesses and has been a public servant for a long time before rising to the position of Governor.
3.Margaret Saitoti
Former Security Minister George Saitoti lived until 2012 when he was killed in a tragic plane crash in Ngong.
Until his death, Saitoti was among the richest men in Kenya and by extension East and Central Africa. Saitoti’s death meant that all his assets were to be transferred to his wife, Margaret Saitoti and his adopted child Zachary Saitoti.
In 2012, the Mathematics Professor and the longest-serving vice president in the history of Kenya was estimated to be worth a good amount of money.
She is a businesswoman who deals with agriculture, horticulture, real estates, hospitality, and pastoralism.
4.Tabitha Karanja
She is founder and CEO of Keroche Breweries. She is one of Kenya’s leading entrepreneurs, a remarkable trailblazer and an example of a woman made good against all the odds. Tabitha chose to venture where none before her had dared.
The entrepreneur took Sh 1 billion from their hardware in Naivasha and pumped it into her wines and spirits business. When she started the company in 1997, the liquor industry was heavily dominated by East African Breweries Limited. It took her 5 good years to penetrate the industry.
The business is now worth billions of shillings.
5.Njeri Rionge
Today, Njeri Rionge is one of the women pioneer investors in the IT sector in Africa, having co-founded Wananchi Online, East Africa’s first mass-market internet service provider which has grown to become the region’s leading internet company.
Her company is worth billions of shillings.
6.Margaret Kamar.
She is wife of former billionaire late Nicholas biwott.
Kamar wealth Ranges from vast investment in real estate and agriculture.
She has also invested heavily in agriculture.
She is currently women rep of uasingishu county.
7.Margaret Bryson
She is the wife former Kenyan Attorney General Charles Njonjo, who is popularly referred to as “The Duke of Kabeteshire”. Charles Njonjo was Kenya‘s first post-independence Attorney General from 1963 – 1979 and the Minister for Constitutional Affairs( 1980-1983). He is the son of ex-Senior Chief Josiah Njonjo.
She has extensive landholding across the country. she also owns interests in high profile financial institutions, including banks and insurance companies.
8.The Late Josephine Watiri Michuki
Josephine Watiri Michuki was the wife of former powerful minister,John Michuki. Although she passed away shortly after the death of her husband, Mrs. Michuki had become one of the wealthiest women in Kenya. Sources indicate that the elderly lady had inherited a considerable wealth
Women are now holding high and mighty positions and it's only a matter of time when we have our first woman president.
Here are top 10 richest woman in Africa.
1.Mama Ngina Kenyatta.
Mama Ngina Kenyatta has been described as a shrewd business woman with vast interest in almost all major sectors in the economy.
Mama Ngina Kenyatta .
currently has a wide range of investments and stakes under her name. she is the major shareholder in one of the largest privately-owned banks in Kenya: The Commercial Bank of Africa.
She also owns Brookside dairies, an East African leading dairy company. With a market share in East Africa and the middle east. Media max; a media company hosting K24 TV, people daily Newspaper and a group of radios is also part of her portfolio.
2.Anne Waigiru
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waigiru is one of the richest women in the country.
She has vast interest in various businesses and has been a public servant for a long time before rising to the position of Governor.
3.Margaret Saitoti
Former Security Minister George Saitoti lived until 2012 when he was killed in a tragic plane crash in Ngong.
Until his death, Saitoti was among the richest men in Kenya and by extension East and Central Africa. Saitoti’s death meant that all his assets were to be transferred to his wife, Margaret Saitoti and his adopted child Zachary Saitoti.
In 2012, the Mathematics Professor and the longest-serving vice president in the history of Kenya was estimated to be worth a good amount of money.
She is a businesswoman who deals with agriculture, horticulture, real estates, hospitality, and pastoralism.
4.Tabitha Karanja
She is founder and CEO of Keroche Breweries. She is one of Kenya’s leading entrepreneurs, a remarkable trailblazer and an example of a woman made good against all the odds. Tabitha chose to venture where none before her had dared.
The entrepreneur took Sh 1 billion from their hardware in Naivasha and pumped it into her wines and spirits business. When she started the company in 1997, the liquor industry was heavily dominated by East African Breweries Limited. It took her 5 good years to penetrate the industry.
The business is now worth billions of shillings.
5.Njeri Rionge
Today, Njeri Rionge is one of the women pioneer investors in the IT sector in Africa, having co-founded Wananchi Online, East Africa’s first mass-market internet service provider which has grown to become the region’s leading internet company.
Her company is worth billions of shillings.
6.Margaret Kamar.
She is wife of former billionaire late Nicholas biwott.
Kamar wealth Ranges from vast investment in real estate and agriculture.
She has also invested heavily in agriculture.
She is currently women rep of uasingishu county.
7.Margaret Bryson
She is the wife former Kenyan Attorney General Charles Njonjo, who is popularly referred to as “The Duke of Kabeteshire”. Charles Njonjo was Kenya‘s first post-independence Attorney General from 1963 – 1979 and the Minister for Constitutional Affairs( 1980-1983). He is the son of ex-Senior Chief Josiah Njonjo.
She has extensive landholding across the country. she also owns interests in high profile financial institutions, including banks and insurance companies.
8.The Late Josephine Watiri Michuki
Josephine Watiri Michuki was the wife of former powerful minister,John Michuki. Although she passed away shortly after the death of her husband, Mrs. Michuki had become one of the wealthiest women in Kenya. Sources indicate that the elderly lady had inherited a considerable wealth
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