The IT guru following his father’s footsteps into coffee farming

Daniel Njiru, a coffee farmer, pictured at one of his coffee farms in Kirinyaga County on August 1, 2026.

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When Daniel Njiru's salary doubled, he did not change his lifestyle. Instead, he started looking for a way to turn the extra income into an asset that could keep growing.

In 2022, a neighbour offered him a bare half-acre for Sh70,000 under a 10-year lease. Njiru paid from his savings, planted 470 coffee seedlings and began building the coffee farm he had wanted to pursue for years.

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