Graduate quit her job to start a porridge business in her mother's kitchen

Kendi Kimathi, owner of Uji Benda.

After a long day at a call centre, Kendi Kimathi, 25, could not imagine returning to that job for another day.

The Nutrition and Dietetics graduate from the Kenya Methodist University says: “I was completely exhausted. I was stuck in a place of monotony. I was demoralised and the fallacy of money at the end of the month was not working for me. I desired that excitement of waking up in the morning to go to work.”