Top Women CEOs In Kenyan Leading Companies

Around 50 years ago, the idea of female entrepreneurs managing a company would have seemed ambitious at best. With discrimination and gender inequality being factors working against them, women entrepreneurs started their rise to fame.

As we continue celebrating International Women’s Month, it is evident that women play a key role in society and now more than ever in the business space.

This list of female entrepreneurs across our spaces who have gone beyond to break all odds and set up empires in the business world through leading, innovating, and creating organisations that are carving a niche in their areas of expertise is endless.

Here is a collection of top women CEOs in leading companies in Kenya and beyond.

1. Nasim Devji

Nasim Mohamed Devji is a Kenyan businesswoman, accountant, and corporate executive, who serves as the managing director and chief executive officer of Diamond Trust Bank Group, a

Diamond Trust Bank Group first hired her as the regional financial controller in 1996. Five years later, she was promoted to group managing director and group chief executive officer.

Appointed in 2001, Ms Devji is the longest-serving female CEO of a publicly listed company in Kenya.

2. Rebecca Miano

Rebecca Miano is a Kenyan lawyer and corporate executive. Since November 2017, She has served as the first female Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KenGgen, the largest producer of electricity in the East African region.

She was confirmed on 1 November 2017, having served in an acting capacity since 25 August 2015.

3. Tabitha Karanja

Tabitha Mukami Muigai Karanja is a Kenyan businesswoman, entrepreneur, and industrialist. She is the founder and current Chief Executive Officer of Keroche Breweries, Kenya’s second-largest brewery.

She is one of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, a remarkable trailblazer, and an exemplary woman who’s made good against all the odds.

4. Brenda Mbathi