Mulinge began her career in August 2004, at
Unilever, the European consumer products
conglomerate, working as the assistant regional brand manager in the laundry division, based in
Durban,
South Africa. After nine months in South Africa, she was transferred to Kenya, as the brand manager for
Sunlight, a Unilever brand. She worked there for another nine months, from May 2005 until January 2006, based in Nairobi. In February 2006 she was hired by Safaricom Limited as the manager responsible for the company's pre-pay product, working in that capacity until November 2007, when she was promoted to the rank of Head of Retail, in which position she served until August 2009. For 21 months, from August 2009 until April 2011, she worked as the Head of Safaricom Business, responsible for sales. In May 2011, she was promoted to General Manager for Enterprise Business, working in that capacity for the next four years. In May 2015, she was promoted to the position of Director of Consumer Business at Safaricom. At Safaricom, she rose through the ranks to become a member of the senior management team at the company. ==Other considerations==