Inside NZ entrepreneur Jake Millar's last days in Africa at Airbnb before ...

A charismatic entrepreneur who rubbed shoulders with some of the world's biggest names in business spent his final days at a lavish Airbnb cottage in Kenya, alone with the curtains drawn.

Jake Millar, 26, ended his own life on November 28, about 13,000km away from his childhood home near Christchurch, New Zealand.

There he had captured the hearts and minds of business leaders and the local community as a teenager after the 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people.

The caretaker who stumbled upon Millar's body at the $112-a-night property told Daily Mail Australia the normally smooth-talking youngster barely made eye-contact when they spoke, appearing 'sad and withdrawn'.

 'He largely kept to himself and often had the blinds and curtains to the house drawn' - caretaker Geoffrey Muteti told Daily Mail Australia.

The Kiwi enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame and acclaim from across the globe until his motivational startup Unfiltered spectacularly collapsed at the beginning of this year.

Facing intense ridicule on social media and hounded by the investors and the press, he left for a 'new horizon' and moved to Africa.

But his desperate attempt to evade the spotlight and find 'enlightenment' in a far-away land did not go to plan with Millar becoming increasingly 'detached' and 'isolated' in Nairobi.

He was staying at Hemingways - a five-Star boutique hotel in the capital where rooms cost about US$500-a night.

Millar then moved to a picturesque Airbnb cottage on the outskirts of the city on November 20 with just 'a suitcase and two small carry bags'.

Caretaker of the one-bedroom cottage in upmarket Karen, Geoffrey Muteti, said through a translator that Millar seemed 'lost in his own small world. Sad, removed and detached'.

'He was staying alone with nobody else for company. No girlfriend, no friends,' he said.

'He largely kept to himself and often had the blinds and curtains to the house drawn. You could barely even notice that the house was occupied.'

Whenever Mr Muteti interacted with Millar he said the Kiwi 'never made eye contact' - a startling observation given the celebrated interviewer conducted hundreds of on-camera chats with business leaders like Richard Branson.

He also never 'never drove' and would get picked up by an Uber right from the gate of the Airbnb 'at uneven times of the day'.

To his horror, the caretaker was doing the rounds of the compound one morning 'to check everything was OK', when he stumbled upon Millar's body.

Investigators who arrived on scene found the house was kept 'clean and tidy' and said there were no signs of disruption.

On the living room table police discovered a half empty bottle of water and an assortment of prescription drugs including sleeping pills.

His Samsung Galaxy Fold 3 phone was also on the table.

It still remains unclear what the entrepreneur, known for his designer clothes, Rolex watches, collection of fine art and love of Gucci loafers, was actually doing in Africa.