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The man who turned a Sh45,000 loan into multi-generational oil company
Riva Petroleum Dealers Limited Managing Director (Founder) Eng Peter N. Njeru poses for a picture after the interview at Windsor Golf and Country Club on June 24, 2026.
Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group
Engineers, at least real engineers, build things that are meant to outlast them. Roads, bridges, structures, things that carry other people’s weight. Peter Njeru Njagi has spent his entire life building. First, for the government, building roads and infrastructure, which he did for over 20 years.
Then, for himself, laying the foundations of an oil empire from a Sh45,000 sacco loan. And underneath all of it, a third structure - quieter, less visible, but the one he’ll tell you matters most. A faith that has been both the blueprint and the load-bearing wall.