Stacey Ondimu – Kenyan Business Woman

As the manager of a team at Rupu Kenya, Stacey Ondimu is already making things happen at the e-commerce startup. The company is a website that offers deals to people, under the Swiss Company the Ringier Group, which has a presence in both Nigeria and Ghana.

Ondimu has a degree in computer science, software development, and 3-dimensional animation under her belt. She was inspired by her father to get into the world of IT at a young age. Eventually she entered the University of Nairobi to pursue a career in the technology industry.

For many years, Ondimu tried to find her place in the industry, as she didn’t find coding or development that interesting. It wasn’t until she started designing and development at Rupu that her journey began. In 2016, Stacey Ondimu was named one of the most influential Kenyans by Africa’s reputable and leading media and PR firm, Avance Media together with Jagari Designs.

The feminine name Stacey is a variant of Stacy, that has many different meanings. First, it could be a diminutive of Anastasia that is the female version of Anastasius, which is the Latinized form of the Greek name Anastasios that means “resurrection”. Second, it could be taken from the surname Stace, which is a medieval version of Eustace. The masculine name Eustace is the English version of Eustathius or Eustachius. The name Eustachius might be from the Greek name Eustachys that means “fruitful” in Greek. While Eustathius is the Latinized version of the Greek Eustathious that means “well-built or stable”.