His mother's last gift made him a million

He fled the slow-paced life he had known in Nakuru for Nairobi. As Samuel Mwangi had been told, Nairobi held the key to prosperity.

So he looked forward to setting foot in the capital city. When he finally got to Nairobi in 2003, all the fantasies Mwangi, then aged 15, had about the big city melted. He was hit by the hard reality of joblessness and street life.