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Complaints that nurtured successful business idea

Ms Yvonne Nduku Kyalo showing one of her lands that she deals with. [PHOTO BY NANJINIA WAMUSWA/STANDARD ]

Kenya: Yvonne Nduku Kyalo’s dream was to get good grades and study medicine or engineering. However, she failed to make the mark and ended up in an area she had never envisioned; business.

Her big break came when she was working for a clearing and forwarding firm in Mombasa in 2009 and met many people complaining about lack of professional dry cleaning services in the town.

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