Mwaniki Mageria is the co-owner of Documentary & Reality TV (D&R TV, which produced The Real Housewives of Nairobi). He is also the host of the popular TV show Foods of Kenya, founder of Balozi Productions, emcee and all-round entrepreneur, among many other titles he holds. 

But did you know that before he achieved his current level of fame and comfort, his career took him through the wringer, seeing him being retrenched from employment twice, losing a multimillion shilling deal once, and plumb the depths of depression. Life has shown him all the dips and rises any one person can handle... and he has survived and is thriving through it all. In the first of this two-part episode, we delve into the beginning of his work life, and how it prepared him for the challenges he was about to face.