Nairobi, July 1 -- There is a dangerous assumption many entrepreneurs quietly carry: that politics, governance and civic leadership belong to other people. Politicians, activists, civil servants and policy experts.

Meanwhile, founders focus on building companies, surviving cash flow cycles, managing teams, chasing growth, and navigating regulation. Civic life feels distant from the pressures of entrepreneurship, something to observe from the sidelines rather than participate in directly.

But this separation is largely an illusion. Because whether founders choose to engage or not, governance eventually enters the boardroom anyway. It arrives through taxation, licensing, infrastructure, healthcare systems, education quality, digital regul...