Venture Partner

• Aug 2022 - Present

Associate

• Jul 2022 - Present

Co-Founder and Executive Director

• Oct 2020 - Present

1. Co-create product, business model, content, design, branding and marketing for Kizo Africa. 2. Deliver monthly on-line programs to African youth to get them jumpstarted into the Digital Era. 3. Facilitate monthly meetings of the Kizo Club, a social club of African youth who are committed to thriving in the Digital Era. 4. Form strategic partnership 5. Lead an amazing team Our mission is to economically empower Africa's youth by empowering them with the right mindsets, knowledge, skills, resources, and community to be able to get jobs, start businesses, invest and/or rise in the corporate ladder. Our flagship program video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOEExToP6eE&t=3s To learn more visit: https://kizoafrica.org/ Show less

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

• Jul 2019 - Present

Designing innovation programs for entrepreneurs and corporate leaders Building strategic partnerships & relationship management. Managing the budget and personnel. Coaching early stage startups. To learn more visit: https://kizoventures.com/ Designing innovation programs for entrepreneurs and corporate leaders Building strategic partnerships & relationship management. Managing the budget and personnel. Coaching early stage startups. To learn more visit: https://kizoventures.com/

CEO SingularityU East Africa

• Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

As a partner for Singularity university in the region, I was responsible for forming strategic partnerships with local organizations in East Africa and Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Designed and planned all aspects of an eight hundred person technology and innovation summit to be hosted in Nairobi in March of 2020 in partnership with Singularity University HQ in Silicon Valley. Responsibilities included summit content and experience design, sales and fundraising, project management, budget management, approval of vendors, approval of speakers and managing personnel. Show less

Director, Global Innovation Challenges

• Jul 2015 - Sep 2019

Led all program aspects including; innovation challenge design, creating the challenge guidelines and training materials, building partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders in over 30 countries around the world including governments, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations and academia, project and budget management, developing product pricing, approval of marketing materials, selecting and conducting due diligence of early stage startups, coaching and mentoring a portfolio of startups solving global problems including education, financial inclusion and others.Singularity University’s (SU) mission is to educate inspire and empower a generation of leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s grand challenges. To learn more visit: su.org. Show less

Manager, Global Innovation Challenges

• Sep 2013 - Jul 2015

Managed program aspects such as program design, building partnerships, budget management, marketing, coordination with various teams globally, selecting and conducting due diligence of early stage startups, coaching and mentoring a portfolio of startups solving global problems including education, financial inclusion and others.

Program Coordinator

• Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

Provided overall logistical support, on-boarded and hosted visiting speakers, prepared training materials, budget management and planned events such as the signing of the partnership between Singularity University and the UNICEF Innovation Office.

Co-founder & Board Member

• Dec 2011 - Dec 2014

Developed the strategy and actively lead and influenced investment opportunities. Developed the strategy and actively lead and influenced investment opportunities.

Financial Advisor and Teller

• Nov 2007 - Nov 2011

Advised clients on products and services that best fit their current and future needs, prepared accounting and reconciliation statements for personal and corporate clients, processed and recorded transactions for bank customers including cashing checks, accepting deposits and withdrawals, processing loan payments and money transfers. Advised clients on products and services that best fit their current and future needs, prepared accounting and reconciliation statements for personal and corporate clients, processed and recorded transactions for bank customers including cashing checks, accepting deposits and withdrawals, processing loan payments and money transfers.

Environmental Consultant

• Aug 2007 - Oct 2007

Identified and complied an inventory of geo-hazards, geo-sites and geological institutions in Africa. Data on inventories that I had complied was included in the book “Geological Atlas of Africa, With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards, Geosites and Geoscientific Education of Each Country”. Author: Schlüter, Thomas Identified and complied an inventory of geo-hazards, geo-sites and geological institutions in Africa. Data on inventories that I had complied was included in the book “Geological Atlas of Africa, With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards, Geosites and Geoscientific Education of Each Country”. Author: Schlüter, Thomas