Agnes Limo, widely known as Mama Fibre, has spent her entire career in the telecommunications sector. So when she walked away from a lucrative role at Safaricom to start her own firm, it was less a leap into the unknown and more the culmination of years of industry insight.
She joined Safaricom in 2006 as a Transmission and Planning Lead, rising through the ranks to become Senior Manager of Home Solutions. But in 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when work, education and social life abruptly shifted online, Ms Limo made a decisive move.
