NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 25- Mystery surrounds the death of Thogori Chege Karago, the former Linkedin Africa boss, right inside her hotel room in Nairobi.
According to an incident report seen by Shahidi News, her body was found in her room at the Radisson Hotel located along Waiyaki Way on January 21.
Thogori, said to have been diabetic, was aged 33 years.
Police said they were called to the hotel where they found Karago’s body lying motionless in her third-floor room.
“The room had been locked from inside. She was all alone,” a detective privy to the ongoing investigations told Shahidi News.
An ambulance was called to the scene and officials confirmed she was dead at about 5 pm.
Kilimani police boss Muturi Mbogo said the woman did not have any physical injuries at that time.
“There are indications she was diabetic but that is subject to further investigations. For now, we take it to be natural and sudden death,” he said.
The body was moved to the MP Shah mortuary.
The hotel and family did not respond to queries on the issue.
An online memorial- https://www.forevermissed.com › thogori-karago -has been opened to celebrate her life.
“It is a place to celebrate her life by sharing fond memories, photos, music and more.”
According to her website www.thogorikarago.com, she is the founder of SpeakEasy, a content creator accelerator and marketplace focused on amplifying the voices of women and children’s creators.
“She is a highly sought-after start-up angel investor, advisor, senior software engineer and product manager and currently sits on the advisory board of 6 start-ups led by minority founders,” it reads.
She was a former Senior Software Engineer & Product Manager at LinkedIn and the Head of Research and Development for the African continent.
During her tenure at LinkedIn, she was responsible for overseeing growth on the African continent with the vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the African workforce.
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