For enterprising Kenyan, Beijing proves a strategic springboard

While growing up in a low income suburb northwest of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, Mohammed Kimani never dreamt that he would one day become an accomplished entrepreneur with a large footprint in his native country and China.

While in high school, Kimani did manual work to raise tuition fees and the trend continued when he joined college to study information technology.

The self made businessman who founded Amana Export Company after graduating from a mid-level college in Nairobi is an embodiment of courage and resilience in the face of adversity.