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James Waititu, founder and CEO of Mambo Microsystems and Mambo Wallet Kenya.

Seated in his little hostel at Kenyatta University, James Waititu racked his brains on how to go about setting up his business around the one thing he was passionate about. He was a second-year biotechnology student but he was ready to drop the biology aspect and dive into pure technology.

Today, 17 years later, he is living his dream. He is a tech entrepreneur, an award-winning creator and developer of Web and Internet of Things (IoT). James is also the founder and CEO of Mambo Microsystems and Mambo Wallet Kenya. He shares the ups and downs of starting and running a business fuelled by passion and not much else. 

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