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Student turns academic research paper into a successful business venture

Ms. Carol Wanjiku and her business partner Shirish Shah are driving at creating a legacy. The vehicle in which they are driving is Daproim Africa limited and the engine through which it automates is a team of young Kenyans who would have failed to achieve their dream if not for this vehicle.

Interestingly, the journey of molding the company into its current stature started ten years ago from a simple campus idea. Steve Kamanja, then, a university student at United States International University (USIU) pursuing his professional dream through a research paper on business outsourcing, perused huge books aiming at excelling to better his future.

However, living up to Charles F. Kettering’s phrase, “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down,” he thought: “Why not turn this massive academic task into a successful business?’

Armed with his computer, passion and skills, he started sourcing for clients at his sister’s office in 2006, gradually growing the business’ clientele- with its first huge break being an Indian firm that financed its initial services.

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