How I built Kenya’s first phone USB cable firm

Employees sort USB cables and chargers at the Totosci Holdings factory in Kiangwaci Centre, Kirinyaga County. PHOTO | KEVIN ROTICH | NMG

What do you do when your smartphone’s USB charging cable breaks down? Probably head to the nearest shop and buy a replacement.

Not Anthony Muthungu. When all his six USB cable chargers broke down despite being brand new, he saw a business opportunity and ran away with it. Today his name is in history books as the founder of Kenya’s first USB cable manufacturing company.

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