Rosalyn Mugoh: I used to be a hawker at the Nairobi Bus Station

Rosalyn Mugoh talks about the lessons she has learnt on her way to the top (Photo: Courtesy)

"I do it just because I understand where they are coming from - many hours in the sun, just trying to get a sale done. I have nothing but utmost respect for them," she says.

The reason she understands what they go through so well is that she has been there, hawking items for sale herself. She used to be stationed at the city clock at Bus Station in Nairobi, selling for a bus company that operated back in the day.

She was doing this as a degree holder because jobs were hard to come by, and she needed money to pursue her Masters degree. So she worked many odd jobs, sometimes working two jobs at a go to see that come to fruition, which also included selling real estate without understanding it, and another one for a company that would sell advertising space on garbage trucks.