Investment Analyst

• Nov 2021 - Present

Venture Capital Fellow

• May 2021 - Nov 2021

Enza Capital is a private venture fund backing Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Sub-Saharan Africa. Enza looks for bright talent and ambitious teams who are building solutions that can lead to positive social or environmental outcomes for Africa and its growing populations.

Expert

• Dec 2020 - Dec 2021

Pariti aims to make the world a more equitable place by evolving and growing underserved markets. It helps businesses in underserved markets overcome the hurdles of accessing capital, hiring talent, and expanding beyond their borders by connecting them with handpicked experts on their platform that will not only advise but do the work to achieve their goals. Pariti aims to make the world a more equitable place by evolving and growing underserved markets. It helps businesses in underserved markets overcome the hurdles of accessing capital, hiring talent, and expanding beyond their borders by connecting them with handpicked experts on their platform that will not only advise but do the work to achieve their goals.

Venture Capital Fellow

• Oct 2020 - Aug 2021

Included VC is a global venture capital fellowship that gives fellows education and insider access to Europe's top VCs and their portfolio companies. Fellows receive training and exposure to the world of venture capital, with 1-1 mentoring, expert masterclasses, case study learning, deal-flow deep dives and investment committee simulations, along with 2 Summits. Included VC is backed by some of Europe's top VC firms, including Notion Capital, Seedcamp, Creandum, Daphni, M12, Mouro Capital, K-Fund, HSBC, Mangroove Capital, Enern, and Wilson Sonsini Show less

Venture Development Analyst

• Feb 2021 - May 2021

MZZ mobilizes global talent to help fast-growing startups through consulting and venture support in developing countries helping bridge the human capital gap for socially innovative, early-stage startups in developing countries. Volunteer part-time role where my team and I work with early-stage startups across product strategy, market sizing, workforce strategy, and financials in a bid to drive market expansion and make them investor-ready. MZZ mobilizes global talent to help fast-growing startups through consulting and venture support in developing countries helping bridge the human capital gap for socially innovative, early-stage startups in developing countries. Volunteer part-time role where my team and I work with early-stage startups across product strategy, market sizing, workforce strategy, and financials in a bid to drive market expansion and make them investor-ready.

Analyst

• Sep 2019 - Jan 2021

Brave is a HR tech company, specializing in headhunting and exec search along with providing a workforce planning tool for managers to bet on the right mix of people to complete a project and hit targets. It enables optimization of predicted performance by adjusting budget, timeline, and skills. Talent acquisition for tech startups across Africa, fulfilled by Analysis of client organizations’ culture and business needs and building pipelines of suitable candidates with junior to C-level positions across Engineering, Product, and Operations. Working with a venture capital firm to build a talent community of c-level staff- CFO, COO, CTO - to be tapped for their portfolio companies in Africa. Executive coaching and consulting to startups - across Africa - as part of the ALA Anzisha program helping them build robust and effective teams by aligning their hiring strategy with their business and growth strategy. Show less

Host & Producer

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

Co-founded a collective that produces several podcasts (Tech for Granted & Moringa School Podcasts) exploring the startup and technology ecosystem in Africa by discussing a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: the future of work, recruitment in the technology space, entrepreneurship, and the challenges and experiences of starting a business, startup funding and raising investment, and emerging trends in financial services. Co-founded a collective that produces several podcasts (Tech for Granted & Moringa School Podcasts) exploring the startup and technology ecosystem in Africa by discussing a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: the future of work, recruitment in the technology space, entrepreneurship, and the challenges and experiences of starting a business, startup funding and raising investment, and emerging trends in financial services.

Co Founder

• Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

An e-commerce platform serving as an online gift registry that aggregated products from multiple retailers and vendors and availed them to parties seeking to create wedding and baby shower registries. Led the product development process, built partnerships, and maintaining relationships with multiple retail partners across different product categories along with setting up and implementing logistics and kitting operations. I also developed financial projections and statements along with metrics to track, analyze, and measure progress. Show less

Intern - Planning and Strategy

• Nov 2014 - Mar 2015

Government Agency responsible for planning, developing, and maintaining water and sanitation services across the Rift Valley region in Kenya. The role involved: Created an organization-wide risk register and work plan, developing a comprehensive project monitoring and information system, research and analysis contributing to the formulation of the organization’s five years, 2015 -2020, strategic plan Government Agency responsible for planning, developing, and maintaining water and sanitation services across the Rift Valley region in Kenya. The role involved: Created an organization-wide risk register and work plan, developing a comprehensive project monitoring and information system, research and analysis contributing to the formulation of the organization’s five years, 2015 -2020, strategic plan