Nation Media Group Lorna Joyce Wanjiku wears many hats. She is an agripreneur, a flight cabin crew leader with over 11 years of experience, and co-founder and CEO of Binti Marvel, a sanitary pads company. “I founded Binti Marvel in May 2021, and we manufacture Binti Pads and panty liners.
We started with four employees – a warehouse manager, three sales people, and myself. I used to be the driver, the accountant, social media manager, and the call centre for customer support," she says. "That helped me understand the business from all aspects.
We now have 25 employees working in various departments and we always include more women because this company is made by women for women.” Born and brought up in Nairobi, Lorna’s dream was to become a flight attendant. “This came after we went on a school trip to the airport.
I saw the cabin crew looking beautiful, neat and organised as they pulled their suitcases, and I made up my mind to be like them when I grow up,” she remembers. The firstborn in a home of two achieved her childhood dream, but she was not prepared for the journey. “My dad was a police officer and my mother was a stay-at-home mum.
I had one young brother. Life was great! We lived in a seven-room house provided by the government. “When I joined Form One in 2006, my brother was admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
One day, as my dad was going to visit him and pay his hospital bill, he was attacked by thugs and killed. Two weeks later, my br.