Keroche CEO Tabitha Karanja named Business Woman of the Year

Keroche BreweriesCEO Tabitha Karanja receives the East Africa's top Business Woman of the year award from Marie Leclercq- CNBC Business Development Manager (E.A) at the Nairobi Kempinski Hotel on 23 September, 2014

Keroche Breweries founder Tabitha Karanja has been voted the Business Woman of the Year in the CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards.

The awards ceremony was held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg last Friday night. Keroche is the first brewery to be owned by a Kenyan.

The process of selecting winners for the CNBC Africa All-Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLAs) by Johnnie Walker Blue Label began two months ago, with regional finals in West, East and Southern Africa. This saw the pioneering and innovative business leaders of Africa in their respective fields battle it out to have five game-changing individuals.

“With the continent hosting eight of the world’s fastest growing economies, Africa is internationally perceived as the next great business frontier which is both exciting and inspiring,” says  Director of Drandhouse Jeff Milliken.

“As such, in the AABLAs, it has been both rewarding and heartening to survey Africa’s corporate landscape and discover so many exceptional men and women who are making their indelible contribution toward the progress of the continent.”