Hair brand lessons: Cause disruption or don’t go into business at all

Michelle Ntalami, Marini Naturals founder

NAIROBI, KENYA: This country is full of entrepreneurs who give life to Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o’s quote, “your dreams are valid”. One of these business people is Marini Naturals founder, Michelle Ntalami.

Michelle, 33, started her range of products for natural hair in November 2015, and in less than two years of operation has gone from trying to break even to having distributors in France and Rwanda.