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Cosmas Ochieng, is the Founder of Ecofuels Kenya, an East Africa firm which produces environmentally friendly, green biofuels and organic fertilizers from renewable indigenous sources such as the croton nut. His work has won him praise worldwide. U.S. magazine Forbes named him one of Africa’s top entrepreneurs under 30. In 2012, Eco Fuels Kenya won GrowthHub’s… read more »
Evans Wadongo (born 11 March 1986) is a Kenyan engineer, the Co-Founder of GreenWize Energy Ltd, the Executive Director and Founder of SDFA-Kenya. Wadongo, designed a solar-powered LED lantern called MwangaBora (Swahili for “Good Light”), an invention which is fast replacing smoky kerosene lamps and firelight in rural Kenya. Wadongo has been distributing thousands of… read more »
Lorna Rutto, 28 is the founder of EcoPost, a profitable social enterprise which manufactures aesthetic, durable and environmentally friendly fencing posts using plastic waste, a more environmentally friendly alternative to timber. EcoPost collects this plastic waste (such as polypropylene and polyethylene) and manufactures fencing posts from it. Rutto has earned international acclaim for her efforts… read more »
Sam Gichuru is the founder and CEO of Nailab. Nailab is a business incubator focused on providing the right ingredients to turn business ideas into viable startups located in Nairobi,Kenya.Sam Gichuru is also a Co-founder at Kuhustle- a startup company that sources for projects across the globe and uses skilled African freelancers to deliver the jobs…. read more »
Angelica Njuguna has experience for many years in policy and economic research, teaching and training African researchers for capacity building in Africa. Dr. Angelica Njuguna has written and co-authored several research, technical and policy papers in the area of economics such as growth, productivity, economic diversification, economic convergence, potential output and output gap, economic policies… read more »
Samuel Mburu lectures at the school of Economics, Kenyatta University. He is a holder of MA from University of Dar es Salaam. He also holds bachelor of Economics from Egerton University. Samuel is currently a PhD candidate of Kenyatta University. The title of the thesis is Social Capital Investment and Economic Development in Kenya. Samuel… read more »
Kennedy Nyabuto Ocharo is a Lecturer in the Department of Economic Theory and the Deputy Director Student Affairs Kitui Campus. He teaches in Kitui Campus. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in Economics from Kenyatta University (1998). Kennedy Ocharo also holds a Bachelor of Education (Maths & Economics) Degree from Kenyatta University (1990). Prior… read more »
Bamidele Olalekan Oseni is a seasoned Risk Management Professional on Basel II & III having implemented Enterprise-Wide Risk Management in one of the biggest banks in Nigeria & nine of its subsidiaries, Global Trust Bank in Uganda (now DFCU) and Ecobank South Sudan in East Africa. I have over 18 year’s post-graduation experience in Banking… read more »
Abraham Muthogo Kamau is the Director, Business Origination at Miradi Capital which is based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is charged with the responsibility of originating and structuring viable and profitable business deals for funding by way of debt and/or equity. He has over 23 years of experience in Credit Management and Deal Sourcing and Structuring…. read more »
Dr. Susan Mboya is the President of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and also the Group Director for Women’s Economic Empowerment for Coca-Colas Eurasia, Africa Group (EAG). Susan Mboya leads the women’s economic empowerment programs and partnerships, for the Eurasia and Africa markets, under the 5by20 program, Coca-Colas global commitment to economically empower 5 million women… read more »
Paul is the executive director of Finaltus Ventures Limited, a corporate Finance Firm, registered in Kenya and offering services in the Eastern and Central Africa. The company has handled transactions in multiple industries in more than 6 countries in Africa. He oversees the company’s Strategy as well as the company operations that include offering business… read more »
David Ekabouma joined AGF as the Chief Internal Controller and was subsequently promoted to Deputy, then Head of Business Development. He supports the business development activities, with the main role of developing new and existing products, including and not limited to structured finance. He leads the thinking of the new products/propositions, on-going appraisals of existing… read more »
Edwin Dande is the Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer of Cytonn Investments Management Plc. Edwin has over 15 years of diversified financial services experience spanning investment banking, private equity, investment management, and real estate in global and regional financial services brands such as KPMG, former Lehman Brothers, Bank of America Securities / Merrill Lynch,… read more »
Kevin Kariuki is a power engineer with over 28 year post-qualification experience. He is passionate about the development of privately financed infrastructure and has since November 2002 led the Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), for whom he is the Head of Infrastructure, in the development of privately financed infrastructure worth about US$2 billion. Kevin doubles as… read more »
Jacqueline Mebur has over 6 years’ experience as engineer in deployment, integration, and support of mobile core technologies and IP Networks. Currently, Jacqueline is a Senior Products Officer for Social Innovation at Safaricom Limited,Kenya where she focuses on utilizing technology for development and deployment of innovative products that provide solutions in disaster management, diversity and… read more »