Draft:Janus Continental Group

Janus Continental Group is a conglomerate umbrella company owned and founded by Humphrey Kariuki. It has offices in Kenya, Mauritius and Dubai. It operates malls, hotels, construction, energy and petroleum companies, and other retail businesses, as well as a conservatory for endangered wildlife. It is one of the largest business conglomerates in Eastern Africa.

The Janus Continental Group legal entity was formed in 2017. Its oldest business was the Green Corner, an African and Kenyan restaurant founded in 1984. This was followed by a second restaurant called Twigs Restaurant & Cactus Bar in 1988.

This was followed by a petroleum business called Dalbit in 2002, a construction business called BSL Infrastructure in 2007, and an energy investment business called GL Africa Energy in 2013. In 2014 Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy was acquired. The Mount Kenya Safari Club and The Hub Karen mall were founded in 2015 and 2016 respectively.