Tech-savvy lawyer and activist Ory Okolloh Mwangi combines her skills and passion to increase government transparency and accountability.
She is known as the “Kenyan pundit” for good reason: not only does she have strong opinions about government transparency, the role of entrepreneurship and African storytelling – she has also always been committed to helping others share their voices.
Dr. Adeya serves as the Director of Research at the World Wide Web Foundation.
She has over 20 years of experience working in technology and development with rich experience across academia, civil society, government, and the private sector.
Dr James Mwangi is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Equity Bank, the largest bank (by customer base) in East Africa with more than seven million customers across Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Mwangi also serves as Chairman of the Equity Group Foundation, which is the CSR arm of the Equity Group.
Dr. Gideon Maina Muriuki, MBS, is the Group Managing Director & CEO, Executive Director, Member of the Board of Management of The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited.
Mulinge is the Chief Customer Officer at Safaricom PLC. She leads Safaricom's customer focus through leadership of the Consumer Business, Sales Operations, Customer Care Service, Brand Marketing & Experience, Digital and Market Development.
Rita Kavashe is the Managing Director, Isuzu East Africa.
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Moi University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Nairobi. Kavashe is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School.
Jane W. Karuku was appointed the Kenya Breweries Limited Managing Director in September 2013. Before KBL, she was the President of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
Karuku holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Food Science and Technology from the University of Nairobi and an MBA in Marketing from the National University of California.
Peter Ndegwa is the Safaricom CEO, a position he has occupied since April 1, 2020, following the demise of Bob Collymore in 2019.
Ndegwa was previously the Europe Continental Managing Director at Diageo, a role he held since July 2018.
Dr. Narendra Raval is the founder and chairman of Devki Group, a regional manufacturing conglomerate with steel, cement and roofing sheet factories.
In March 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed Raval as the Chancellor of Egerton University.
Mugo Kibati is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the country's third-largest telecommunication company, Telkom Kenya.
He is also the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) chairman, a power project that was declared the biggest in Africa by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and occupies 40,000 acres (162km2) of land.