Carole Mandi

Carole Mandi is a Kenyan publisher, entrepreneur, newspaper columnist and media personality.

Career She is the publisher and owner of Carole Mandi Media which owns True Love, Drum and Home Living Magazines. True Love and Drum Magazines were previously published by South Africa's Media24 but Mandi successfully bid for the magazine franchises and took over the business in 2010. She is also a weekly lifestyle contributor for the Saturday and Sunday Nation.

For two years Mandi hosted Sebuleni, a weekly local lifestyle talk show on NTV before she transitioned to publishing business.

Background and education Mandi developed interest in writing at an early age and while in high school, she was already writing letters to the editor. The trained teacher (literature and linguistics) continued writing for magazines at the university.

CMML’s brand True Love is a monthly lifestyle magazine which targets women aged between 25 and 35 and retails in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda.

Family Mandi was born to a Tanzanian mother (now deceased) and a Luhya father known as Dick Aguda who is a former sports editor for Daily Nation. She is married.