Lamu Based Handbag Entrepreneur Gets Featured On CNN

Kenyans have been touted as the most entrepreneurial people in East and Central Africa. They turn all their ideas into money making ventures. This is not different for Ali Omar, a resident of Lamu (an Island in Kenyan coast).

Omar owns a handbag company that turns old fishing materials and off-shore by products into fashionable handbag designs.

“Our bags range from big bags called the Latina bag, small bags for going to the beach and a double zip bag that turns into an apron for cooking in the kitchen to name a few,” says Omar, CEO and founder Ali Lamu.

In the hopes of attracting a bigger clientele, the company have put their products online. Omar will share his entrepreneurial success on CNN African Start Up on Wednesday. The coastal entrepreneur intends to reach out to the world through his product.

To watch this interview tune in to CNN on DStv Channel 401

‘African Start Up’ airs each Wednesday in ‘Global Exchange’ at 19:00 on CNN International