At 36, Joan Wanjiru* has everything she once dreamed of: a six-figure salary, a senior strategy role at a multinational company, and a home she owns in Nairobi. But when it comes to dating, she admits she is still navigating an uncertain terrain. For workplace success, she says, she has had to trade off getting a partner.
“I can close a billion-shilling deal in three days,” she says, “but finding time to date and a man who isn’t threatened by my career and where I am at financially? That’s a whole other challenge.”
