Cracking Kenya’s peanut business one machine at a time

Banseok Industry CEO Fredrick Kimani (left) and Banseok Industry Director Kamau Karanja stand next to a groundnut peeling machine in Kikuyu, Kiambu County on February 12, 2025.

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

When Kamau Karanja and his co-founding partner, Fredrick Kimani, came together three years ago, they barely knew that their business idea would turn into a successful enterprise.

Each has a background in agriculture, and for a long time, they had been thinking about working with groundnut farmers.

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