Mukesh Desai: Meet Kenya’s billionaire who sings on Facebook Live

Prafulchandra and Brothers Limited Director, Mukesh Desai, during an interview at the company's stores in Parklands, Nairobi on May 16, 2025.

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If you asked Mukesh Desai what the face of God looks like, he would tell you, “It is the smile on the faces of the children we help.”

Mukesh, a director and chief finance officer of Prafulchandra & Brothers Ltd, a 45-year-old Kenyan company that deals in lighting, is a philanthropist. This is the dominating gene in his family’s DNA, handed down from his paterfamilias.

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