Nation Media Group business paper has released 2018 list of top 40 women who are aged below 40 years old.
The precious award which was launched in 2007, was also celebrating it’s tenth anniversary together with the business paper Business Daily which was also launched in the same year.
The award recognizes awesome women across Kenya who have show greatness in the field of corporate leadership, professional service to enterprise, sports, and the arts.
This year’s list which was picked from hundreds of nominations, did not only focus on being famous parameters, rather on accounts of excellence.
The 40 award winners majorly are from the areas of entrepreneurs, corporate high-fliers, law, finance and medical professionals, academics and researchers, techies, sportswomen, and philanthropists.
The list also features a unique measure by BD edirots before declaring the winners, they searched for ingenuity, freshness, performance and durability in their fields of excellence.
Here is the full list of women who made it to Business Daily‘s 2015 ranks of Top 40 Under 40, arranged in descending order of age:
- Sapna Chandaria, 39, Commercial Director at Mondeas Ltd
- Muthoni Kanyana, 38, Head of Marketing, Imperial Bank
- Elizabeth Gathai, 38, Director Credit at Equity Bank
- Caroline Mugo, 38, Head of Finance, Bunge East Africa
- Jane Okoth, 38, founder, Rapunzel Hair Affair salon
- Joyce Ng’ang’a, 37, Partner, Coulsom Harney
- Katherine Mung’au, 36, director, Beglin Woods Architects
- Amelia Omollo, 36, Project manager 777 and 767 aircraft, Kenya Airways
- Evelyn Watta, 35, interim Sec-General, International Sports Press Association
- Diana Situma, 35, Partner Walker Kontos Advocates
- Priya Budhabhatti, 35, Co-Founder/Human Resource Director, Craft Silicon Ltd
- Susan Kabue-Gitahi, 35, Owner of Image 360 Designs
- Catherine Karita, 34, Head of NIC Securities
- Rachel Muthoga, 34, Executive Director, Moving the Goalposts Kilifi
- Dr Shikoh Gitau-Nyaga, 34, Techpreneur, African Development Bank
- Monica Kambo, 34, Managing Director, MEC Africa
- Waithera Ng’ang’a, 34, CEO of Marketing Society of Kenya
- Dr Lillian Osamong, 34, Chairman, Kenya Medical Research Institute
- Sapna Shah, 34, Investment director, Novastar Ventures
- Dr Kizzie Shako, 33, Senior Forensic Medical Officer, Kenya Police & University of Nairobi
- Nelly Gatonye, 33, founder, Pearl of Hope
- Catherine Gitonga, 33, CEO at Scars to Scars Foundation
- Rose Ntong’ondu, 33, CEO/Founder of Make-up by Rose
- Rose Kinuthia, 33, Director Product Dev & Strategy (Africa Subs), TransUnion
- Diana Okello, 32, founder, My Dress, My Choice
- Charlene Jadeya, 32, Group Risk Manager, Centum
- Cecilia Mwangi, 31, cofounder Ahadi Kenya Trust
- Janet Mbugua-Ndichu, 31, Senior TV Anchor, Citizen TV
- Rachna Patel, 31, Solar Kiosk
- Sitawa Wafula, 30, Founding Executive Director of My Mind, My Funk
- Judith Mwangi (Avril), 29, Musician
- Linda Kamau, 29, Senior software developer, Ushahidi and Akirachix
- Hilda Moraa, 26, Country Head, Enterprise Liquidity Solutions AFB
- Helen Njoroge, 26, founder, Tenderskenya.com
- Elizabeth Marami, 26, Marine Pilot, Kenya Ports Authority
- Peggy Mativo, 26, founder of PACE Kenya
- Jacqueline Kamau, 24, Aerospace Project Engineer, Denis Ferranti Meters Ltd
- Patricia Andago, 23, founder of pendotalk.co.ke
- Wangechi Mwangi, 22, CEO of Valuraha Group
- June Syowia, 20, social entrepreneur, Mustard Seed Organisation
Source- Business Daily