Mr. Stanley Kamau the Alumni Relations Manager (left) and Mr. Oscar Kimani, the MC of the evening at the event.

Strathmore Alumni Entrepreneurs Network (SAEN) was launched on Friday, December 2^nd at the Sarova Panafric Hotel. Not even the impossible traffic on a raining Friday evening in Nairobi could stop the alumni who turned up in impressive numbers.

Alumnus Oscar Kimani who is known as the “Entrepreneurship evangelist”, and founder of UniqueAfrica was the MC of the evening. Others in attendance included young alumni who have just set up their new businesses such as Solana Creation, an initiative of Njeri Kanyara and Viona Wamuyu. Solana Creation is an events organizing company.

The guest speakers were Harry Karanja, founder of Genius Executives an enterprise set on making business simple; Benson Maina, the CEO of Rupu Kenya which is among the largest modern day advertising platforms in Kenya and Nick Munyao of Genius Executives.

It was very humbling and motivating to hear how they started their businesses. They expressed passion which was very inspiring considering the day-to-day challenges of running a business. The evening culminated with the cutting of a cake to mark the launch.

The launch of the network is in line with the University’s vision which is to become a leading out-come driven entrepreneurial research university translating its excellence into a major contribution to culture, economic well-being, and quality of life.