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Ruth Kamau: I export tonnes of chilli a week to Germany

Chilli farm. (Photo: Jenipher Wachie/Standard)

When Ruth Kamau made her maiden tour of the outskirts of Ngoliba town, one of the agricultural nerve centres of Kiambu County, her brilliant idea as she planned to venture into agribusiness was to plant onions.

She had never farmed anything before, her experience was in real estate.

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