Business: Meet Megha Superstores ( Hardware shop) Established: 2003 Citizen: Kenyan Call him a farmer who turned millionaire or someone whose perseverance paid off, Hasmukhbhai Patel represents that group of Indians who came to Nairobi because their hometown had nothing to offer. In this case, famine for this farmer did push him to literally look […]
Business: Owner, Corner Shop (Fruits and Vegetable shop) Established: In 1920 Citizen: Kenyan Sometime in the 1920s, Sandeep Wadhwa’s grandfather set forth from Rawalpindi and landed in Mombasa with his wife to start his business here. His first investment was a cart that would lug all the vegetables and fruits to be eventually sold to
Business: Owner, Fun N Shop, Ashoka Restaurant Established: 2005 Citizen: Indian Future plans: To start an NGO for helping the girl child in India She came to Nairobi as a homemaker in 1993, with her Banker husband. Little did she know her entrepreneurial skills would
Rashmin’s Profession: Architect, owns Design Bureau ( 1981) Business: Started Ruchira (1983), first garden restaurant in Kenya Positions held: Co-chair and founder Trustee – Ufungamano Joint Forum of Religious Organisation Past Chairman – Hindu Council of Kenya (HCK) Trustee & Past Chairman– Maharashtra Mandal Shama’s Business: Runs Gat Safaris, a travel agency (since 1996) along with husband Rashmin Chitnis Citizen: Kenyans In the year
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Profession: Dentist (practicing for the past four decades) Business: Co- owns Haandi, an Indian restaurant with 3 branches in Kenya. established in 1991 Citizen: Kenyan His maternal grandfather came to work in a sawmill in 1898 upon the invitation of an Englishman and soon set his business here. “This is home,” says Dr Parvin Singh
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Business: The Bhagwanji confectionaries, Nairobi Branch Established: 1895, Mombasa Citizen: Kenyan A trip to Mombasa is deemed incomplete without having eaten Bhagwanji’s kachoris. Bloggers to travellers have extensively shared their delight of trying this Indian savory in an African country. Their story dates back to nearly 100 years, when 17-year-old Bhagwanji left his hometown Jodia,
