Kenya

Eric Kweyu is a Software Engineer working with Equity Bank Group. He is the head of Channel Systems and responsible for all alternative delivery channels such as ATMs, mobile, and point of sales that serve over eight million people across five East African countries. He is a certified Oracle professional with key skills in data… read more »

Tabitha Shikuku has over 10 years of experience within the private sector. Currently, Tabitha is an Assistant Manager in Resource Development and External Affairs for the Aga Khan Academy, a development institution based in Mombasa. She focuses on managing and developing a network of sustainable volunteers and individual fundraisers, strategic planning and tactical execution, and… read more »

Kevin Shikuku has three years of experience in communicable and noncommunicable disease control and environmental sanitation. Shikuku holds a Diploma in Public Health Sciences from Kenya Medical Training College from Kenya. Currently, he works as a marketing officer for Mats Massive Marketing Company where he focuses on marketing strategies, tendering process, designing activities in the… read more »

Shamsa Hassan has two years’ experience working and volunteering in Wajir county, Kenya. She is a member of the Wajir county land management board, where she is tasked with the management and administration of public land, including alternative dispute resolution of land-related conflicts between individuals, as well as inter-clan land/resource-based conflicts. Shamsa Hassan Sheikh has… read more »

Caroline Senteu has over eight years of experience in the health sector focusing on community public health and socio-policy in Kenya. Currently, Caroline is a Project Coordinator at Shokut Naretoi, an organization that advocates for community training on maternal, neonatal, child and sexual reproductive health through SDG 3 & 5 in the Kuku/Rombo wards of… read more »

Suzanne Semenye is the co-founder and current Director of The Grass Company, an Insights and Consumer Collaboration Agency that works and pays a network of over 200 young people nationwide called Grasses to share relevant insights on brands. She has worked with various local and global clients to provide market insights, brand strategies, ideas, concepts… read more »

Jackson Saya Ndonga is a Kenyan researcher, speaker, and author with 10 years’ experience in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. Saya holds a BSc in Zoology, MSc in Medical Parasitology, and PGD in Sustainable Entrepreneurship. He has blended his science and entrepreneurship experience to develop a novel eight-step innovation and personal development framework called,… read more »

Kamakei Sangiriaki has seven years’ experience working for underprivileged rural populations – especially women, youth, and persons with disabilities – in Narok County in Kenya. He is the director for the Neighbors Peace Initiative, where he provides leadership on the facilitation of access to justice for minority groups, conflict resolution, and peace-building. He was the… read more »

Catherine Asego has three years’ experience in community development, civic education, and policy engagement. She is currently the campaigns officer at Elimu Yetu Coalition, Kenya’s national coalition of CSOs working towards the Education for All goals. An ardent crusader for the education cause, Catherine designs and implements projects championing the right to free and quality… read more »

Ahmed Sabdow has over four years’ experience in the banking and financial services sector. He is a banker and an economist who likes using the concepts of micro-credit, micro-finance, and public-private partnerships to create social sustainability for the poor people of Kenya He currently works at the Kenya Commercial Bank which has a large governance… read more »

Jeremy Riro has over four years of experience in strategy consulting and investment advising. Currently, Jeremy is the managing partner at Fie-Consult, where he supports small and medium enterprises to develop innovative and sustainable business growth strategies, streamlining their operations, managing their cash-flows, providing financial modeling and analysis, and raising capital. Jeremy is also a… read more »

Lucy Radoli has more than two years’ experience in public service, development of public policy, and legislation. She is a legislative drafter in the Senate, Parliament of Kenya. Her work includes drafting bills for introduction in the Senate and rendering legal advice to the Speaker, Clerk and Committees of the Senate. Lucy is a highly… read more »

Collins Plimo Nakedi has four years’ experience in community development and is co-founder and director of Hifadhi Africa Organization (HAO), a Kenyan NGO that promotes access to education, health care, water, and youth mentorship among pastoral communities and slums. Neither his siblings nor parents went to school, but determination saw Collins through a journey to… read more »

Leah Nyambeki is a practicing advocate at International Justice Mission in Kenya, where she currently leads the Legal department. Leah focuses her litigation skills on representing victims of child sexual violence and victims of the abuse of power by the police. She also serves on Kenya‘s Victim Protection Board as a board member. Leah is… read more »

Victor Odhiambo Owuor has two years of internship experience in environmental management, specifically focusing on forest management and conservation and on industrial safety and environment. Currently, Victor is an Assistant Secretary at Busara Ni Sisi, a slum-based youth organization where he focuses on developing, documenting, and reporting the group’s activities and mobilizing slum youth to… read more »