The entrepreneurs who made headlines in 2018

Branch Restaurant CEO Joab Okeya (right) with chef Isaac Mulinge at the Branch outlet Kenya Cinema on January 5, 2017. DIANA NGILA | NMG 

The year 2018 bore mixed fortunes for businesses in Kenya, with some closing down due to tough operating environment occasioned by a myriad of reasons including increased power prices and punitive tax regimes.

But all was not doom as some enterprising Kenyans took the road less travelled by building businesses; which opened-up opportunities for them to mint profit. The inventive Kenyans built enterprises that provide solutions or satisfy needs to most pressing issues facing Kenyans.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.