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Suzie Wokabi is the Founder of SuzieBeauty, Kenya’s first beauty brand and an African trailblazer in creating a bespoke product for the African woman, by an African woman.
The brand revolutionized the local beauty industry and 15 years later, has newly launched her second beauty brand, SB Dada, a disruptor in beautytech in Africa.
Telling her uncondensed story has been much awaited, and gives you great insight into her life and her journey in African beauty entrepreneurship. The ups, downs, ins and outs are told in her light-hearted voice and in a “never-take-yourself-too-seriously” attitude to boot.
Passion drives her and she navigates life with persistence, patience, positivity and prayer. None of this is for the faint-hearted, but with loads of hard work, audacity, and living her life like a dog with a bone.
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