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Following graduation, she was hired by an advertising company, where she claims the pay was sufficient to cover her needs. My neighbor taught me how to farm. However, the quality of the vegetables wasn't very good. Some of my early clients only purchased the goods to support my efforts rather than because I was providing them with high-quality goods.

At age 16, Mercy Kyallo made the decision to start her own business.

She had no idea, though, that she was in for a wild adventure. She was still in high school, inexperienced, and young, but she wasn't going to allow fear of the unknown stop her. On the farm owned by her family in Ongata Rongai, Mercy wished to produce broccoli.

"A neighbor taught me how to farm. The vegetables, however, weren't of the highest caliber. Even so, I was able to earn at least Sh12,000. This wasn't terrible for a student. The seed of entrepreneurship was thus planted in me, said Mercy, now 25 years old.

She brought this business mindset with her to Daystar University and began selling women's apparel there.

Following graduation, she landed a job in an advertising agency, where she claims the pay was sufficient to cover her requirements, but business continued to beckon to her.

She found a trader in Nairobi's Kariokor Market to create leather shoes that she began to sell because she had always wanted to deal in leather since she was a small girl.

People turned away, however, because she had not yet mastered the knack of manufacturing high-quality goods.

"Some of my first customers bought the products just to reward my efforts, not because I was giving them quality," claims Mercy.

This changed, though, when she connected with a mentor who guided her through the process of scaling up her fledgling company by helping her comprehend how production operates and how to discover a market.

Mercy left her job to focus only on leather goods after she thought she had the swing of things.

She visited tanneries in Thika, Sagana, and Athi River frequently to learn about the various kinds of leather, pricing, and labor market dynamics. She also researched the sector.