Susan Wakhungu-Githuku (born 1960) is a Kenyan business executive, writer, and publishing house founder, who in her youth was ranked as Kenya's top women's tennis player.
In 1984, she was the winner of the women's matches at the Kenya Closed Championships and in 1987 won the bronze medal in ladies' doubles at the All-Africa Games, before retiring from tennis.
During this time, she returned to her studies, obtaining a master's degree in research and development planning from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
At the beginning of the 21st century, she began working at The Coca-Cola Company as human resources director for the Africa Division in London.
She has published books on Kenya's development since independence and about notable Kenyan writers, photographers and runners, both men and women.
[5] She lived briefly at Siriba Teacher's Training College in Maseno, while her parents were abroad and then when she was eleven, moved with her family to Nairobi.
[11] Continuing to play tennis after she graduated, she became the reigning women's champion of the 1983 Robbialac Classic Tournament.
[11] Wakhungu-Githuku took the bronze medal in ladies' doubles with Davies Doxzon at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi,[22] but after her marriage, she curtailed her tennis activities.
[23] Wakhungu-Githuku began her career as an economist for the government of Kenya with a plan to work in the public and private sectors to gain enough experience to run a successful business of her own.
[24] She conceived writing a book, Life Journeys: Seeking Destiny, which would tell the stories of successful contemporary Kenyan women,[8][11] such as the actress Lupita Nyong'o, the banker Mary Okelo [fr], the educator Eddah Gachukia, the nurse Wairimu Nyoike, and the scientist Norah Olembo, to counter the stereotypical imaging of Africa as poor and starving.
[4] The second, Life Journeys: Scaling Heights, focused on successful Kenyan men including her uncle, Moody Awori, and then 50 Years since Independence: Where Is Kenya?
One, Nairobi: 5453ft,[30] written with her daughter Natalie, features illustrations by some of Kenya's most noted photographers, including Osborne Macharia, Thandiwe Muriu, and Bobby Pall and the artist Elias Mong'ora, presenting the musings of thirty-five authors about the city.