Nairobi, Aug. 5 -- At an age when most children would run away from insects, Olivia Naliaka did the opposite. Whenever the rains fell, neighbours in her village would collect termites, a seasonal delicacy in many Western Kenya communities.

Curious but frightened, the young girl accepted a handful from her father. The taste was unforgettable.

"My parents tell me that after tasting them, I spent the rest of the evening running around trying to catch my own termites," says the 30-year-old entrepreneur.

What seemed like an innocent childhood adventure has grown into a multimillion-shilling agribusiness.

Today, Naliaka is the founder and CEO of Protein Hive, a Kiambu-based company producing edible insects for human consumption and animal f...