The Top 40 Under 40 awards often provide a snapshot of the corporate landscape in a country where technology, fintech and support-service businesses are adopting a radically changed business setting.
Many of the young professionals are emerging in the technology space where they are seeking to tap markets that have previously been underserved or ignored.
In the health sector, for example, spurred by unmet needs and rising aspirations, are among those offering most scope for growth.
Here we have a young professional in a start-up using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for medical imaging diagnosis, targeting respiratory diseases.
We also have a nuclear scientist designing reactors under use in Belgium when Kenya's ambition of having a nuclear power plant is alive.
In those early days of this Top 40 Under 40 survey, the awards were dominated by professionals in fields such as marketing, law and human resources.
As has been the tradition of the awards, the selection process kept the spirit of the survey in unearthing unknown gems across industries and resisting the appeal of making an annual parade of the best known.
It took the judges three painstaking sessions to sift through the 938 entries, interrogating at least 236 of them, probing their backgrounds and comparing each with competing candidates ahead of the final list.
At the end of it, a list emerged that contrasts the evolving face of corporate Kenya where the new C-Suite executives are getting older and come with broader industry experience.
So, as we say goodbye to November and welcome the December month of festivities, we hope you all savour the time with family and friends.
Cheers to good food, great company and outstanding men making waves in the country.
