Njeri Rionge

Christine Njeri Rionge (12 January 1966 – 2 October 2023) was a Kenyan technology entrepreneur who was a co-founder of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) Wananchi Online Limited (WOL), one of Kenya’s first internet providers.

Biography Rionge was born on 12 January 1966 in Nairobi, Kenya. Her brother was the Communication Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru.

Rionge's first business was "selling yoghurt from a friend's car trunk to the International School of Kenya and Loretto Convent Musongari High School over their school breaks. I saw a business opportunity and acted on it, determined to turn it into a reality." She also worked as a hairdresser.

Rionge studied Business Administration and Management at the United States International University Africa. She then began working at the local internet provider Inter-Connect. Rionge was CEO for the first seven years, the enterprise became a multi-million dollar firm and had operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi and Mauritius.