Nairobi, Feb. 25 -- Success at a young age often comes with a hidden cost. For Brian Kiribwa, that tax was a lifestyle that threatened to outpace his professional growth.

"I was making decisions that would have easily destroyed me," says the 33-year-old. He was caught up in the folly of "partying as hard as I worked."

At the time, Kiribwa was running a business in Pennsylvania, United States. Then, just before the Covid-19 pandemic six years ago, he realised high operational costs were stifling the profits.

He made the life-changing decision to shut down his business, Royal Lioness, and relocate to Kenya, arriving in Nairobi just before the declaration of the global Covid-19 emergency.

Soon after settling in, he saw a business opportu...