Compiled By
PATRICK KIMANZI – EDITOR
- Grace Kibatha Mukami 32, has been nominated for the Laikipia Business Awards 2020.
- She is the best Youth nominee in Business, courtesy of Kenya National Chambers of Commerce and Industry(KNCCI)-Laikipia Chapter.
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Her current Start Up is dealing in Natural Value Added Foods which is popular with the working class in NANYUKI town.
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She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology from University of Nairobi.
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She is currently working on her MBA Project (Project Management specialization)
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Her career spanning 4 years working in Youth Development Programs
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She is an experienced expert in Youth Empowerment programs having trained numerous youths on business skills, startup management, financial literacy lifeskills, establishing partnerships among others and mentored them.
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Her first start up business she established in 2015 was a milk bar which failed. However,she gained alot of experience in running a business from there.
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Her current business – Awabatha Power Uji (the current business) is coined from her dad’s name since her dad is very keen on healthy lifestyle.
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Grace loves healthy eating and healthy lifestyle.That’s what motivated her to start a healthy eating outlet
11.Working out is one of Grace hobby.
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Her wish and hope is to see young people embracing self employment especially now job creation is very minimal.
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Her future plans include establishing a youth centre whereby young people can be trained on digital literacy, lifeskills, business trainings, link them up with mentors, e. t. c and mentor them.
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Grace is an ambitious, go-getter.
