Meet Esther Muchemi, M-Pesa's first agent who became a multimillionaire
Billionaires Africa | 09.03.2026 07:44
The morning M-Pesa officially launched on March 6, 2007, Esther Muchemi was already at her shop on Koinange Street. She had tested the system for six months. She knew the product better than almost anyone. What she did not know was that she was standing at the beginning of something that would eventually serve 40 million people and make her one of the wealthiest women in Kenya.
