Kevin Onyona is a multi-award-winning Kenyan businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who lives in the Washington, DC area. He is the founder and owner of Swahili Village, a popular top-rated hospitality group that he founded more than 20 years ago.
Kevin founded the Swahili Village Group with his wife and has gradually used the organization to create an authentic, seamless, and rewarding connection between African culture and the rest of the world.
“The African culture is very misinterpreted globally and it is time we stood up and displayed the authenticity of our originality in culture, food, arts, ad music,” he said.
Kevin has put the above ideas into action by opening five top-tier African eateries known as Swahili Village restaurants. The first restaurant, located in the state of Maryland, became a gathering place for Africans living away from their motherland, making them feel at home with finely prepared meals and drinks.
Kevin began expanding his hospitality business ten years after establishing the Maryland branch of his restaurant chain and receiving numerous national and international awards, in line with his original mission of taking over the entire United States of America.
The Swahili Village DC, also known as The Consulate, bills itself as the premier African restaurant and social and cultural event space in the United States, fostering U.S.-African engagement.
“We thought it was important to take an opportunity to truly celebrate our place here in DC and remind everyone that we have big plans as we move forward in our mission to bring people together through food, culture, art, and enlightened conversations” he explained.
Today, the Swahili Village Group stands out as a unique combination of world-class fine dining, cultural events, philanthropic initiatives, and an entrepreneurship center that provides value both locally and globally.
Kevin’s five restaurants are located in Beltsville, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Newark, New Jersey, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, and Manhattan, New York.
Kevin’s oldest restaurant is the Swahili Village in Maryland, which serves the cities of Beltsville, College Park, Laurel, Colombia, and Baltimore.