Kevin Mutiso: I would never trade family time, not even for a handshake with a billionaire

Kevin Mutiso, CEO of Oye and chairman of the Digital Financial Services Association of Kenya during the interview on July 15, 2025.

Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group

Kevin Mutiso remembers the good old days when men could make a living with their hands, when a shilling was a shilling and when everyone dreamed of studying abroad. He was no different, but life, through kismet, stymied his desires, and so he stayed in Kenya.

A few months later, at just 21, he was a father and had to “grow up”—his words.

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