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.