Roots Investment Company Limited (RICL) was established in June 2004. It is composed of childhood and early school friends who are intent on pooling efforts with a view to better their livelihoods through joint investment in a cooperative manner. The choice of the name ‘Roots’ was settled on as it was found to be appropriate in denoting a circle of friends with the same and deep-rooted backgrounds spanning many years.

A brainchild of a few friends from the same geographical area and age group, the group of friends engaged in purely social activities and continued toying with the idea of forming an investment company, which they eventually did one evening in June 2004. In its formative three (3) years, RICL operated for several years selective investments in the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) and later moved into limited investments in real estate development.