Nairobi, Sept. 13 -- If you want to know how many hours are in a minute, look at what Jacqueline Waihenya does with it. To list all her attributes would be to undersell her, but let's try. She is a chartered arbitrator, certified advanced construction adjudicator, governance expert, International Mediation Institute certified mediator.and so on. Let's just call her multi-disciplinary or, as she prefers, multipotentialite.

"In 2012," she says, "I made a commitment to myself to learn at least one new thing every year."

However, to cut straight to her core, she will tell you that parenting is her lifelong lesson. How to let go of control. How to be a go-getter. How to be yourself. That's the part-mum, part-expert advice she offers her daug...