( CNN ) -- Most success-hungry entrepreneurs would tell you there 's not enough hours in the day -- try saying that to Buken Makokha . Hailing from the impoverished slum of Gatina on the western outskirts of Nairobi , the 23-year-old 's daily tasks include running a delivery service company , owning a barbershop and selling energy efficient stoves -- all the while putting himself through university . Makokha 's typical day starts when everyone else is still deep in their sleep . By 3am , he 's already up , studying and preparing his school assignments for later in the evening ; by 7am , he enters the green doors of `` Clean Touch , '' the barbershop he set up three years ago at the heart of his local community . By 8am , he leaves the shop to an employee to start running his SkyHighSwiss courier service -- jumping on his motorbike , Makokha spends most of his day making personal deliveries all across the bustling Kenyan capital , whilst checking every now and then his Facebook page for any orders for his latest business venture : selling EcoZoom clean burning cook stoves . By 4.30pm , Makokha parks his motorbike , only to head to the Maasai Mara University where he is a first-year student of community development . Lectures last from 5.30pm to 8.30pm and by 10pm he 's usually at bed -- only to wake up at 3am again the next day to do it all over again . Exhausting , no ? `` It 's a matter of determination and being focused , '' explains the enterprising businessman . `` It 's only the passion that I have to work in the community , '' he adds , when asked how he juggles time to manage it all . Risk-taker . Growing up in Gatina , Makokha became a multitasking entrepreneur out of necessity to pull himself out of poverty . One of the biggest challenges , he says , was feeling alone . `` We youth in the slums are not supported , '' says Makokha . `` So you have to struggle with everything , '' he continues . `` You do n't have a mentor , you have no place to run for help -- that is what is making me work every day very hard . '' Read more from inspiring African entrepreneurs . Makokha says he always wanted `` to become an entrepreneur and a risk-taker . '' Determined to make it , he started `` Clean Touch '' to earn money by shaving his clients and allowing them to charge their phones . Then , about a year ago he got a driver 's license and launched SkyHighSwiss . `` The courier is different than the barbershop , '' says Makokha , who employs one staff member for each business . `` Because the barber I target the people I live around with and the courier I target people outside because they are busy , '' he adds . `` It 's people from the whole town , people who are much more richer , they do n't have time to do shopping or run for errands -- I took advantage of their busyness to make my business , so I deliver parcels , I deliver food , I deliver drinks . '' ' I want to inspire ' Thanks to his hard work and determination , Makokha can now afford to pay for his own living space and also attend university . But the self-made entrepreneur wants to better the lives of people in his community too . On weekends , he spends most of his time with children in Gatina , putting his community development skills into practice by mentoring young people and helping them put on theater performances . `` After my studies I want to start a project to help people where I am living , '' says the spirited entrepreneur . `` To identify their needs , to realize their potential and help them achieve their goals , '' he continues . `` My biggest dream in this world is to have a social business enterprise to help fight the poverty level -- I want to inspire young people like me . '' READ THIS : Luxury shoes put sparkle in your step . READ THIS : Tips to make you rich .
Buken Makokha became an entrepreneur out of necessity to pull himself out of poverty . He was a member of the National Assembly and served as Minister for Agriculture in the government led by Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta. Hailing from Gatina slum , he wants to better the lives of people in his community .