CEO

Esther Kimani

Esther Kimani is the founder of Farmer-Life-Line Technology company.

She is skilled in seed certification, plant health, food safety, operations management, strategic planning and leadership.

Her firm invented a device that detects crop pests and diseases at an early stage. 

Evans Kiragu

Evans Kiragu is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mekan Games. 

Kiragu’s firm is one of its kind in Eastern and Central Africa. The hyper-casual games studio creates immersive games for mobile phone users.

Samuel Gikandi

Gikandi is an experienced Information Communication and Technology (ICT) expert and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a company called Africa’s Talking.

The objective of Gikandi's company is to unlock the huge potential of mobile communication networks in Africa by simplifying the technologies and processes needed to exploit them.

Jessica Fransisca Colaco

Jessica Fransisca Colaco has been in the information and technology sector for over 15 years. She is a talent strategist, computer scientist and a musician. 

Colaco is an ICT expert and the co-founder of iHub. She was the first woman in music and tech to release a music single (Momentum) on Non-fungible Tokens (NFT) in Kenya.

Paula Kahumbu

Dr Paula Kahumbu is the Chief Executive Officer of Wildlife Direct, an organisation that leads campaigns in wildlife conservation.

She has been leading the Hands Off Our Elephants Campaign with former First Lady Margaret Kenyatta in a campaign aimed at ending poaching.

Francis Amonde

At just 30 years old, Francis Amonde has managed to keep hundreds of learners in school even as the country wages the worst drought in decades.

His idea to start Cup of Uji, an initiative aimed at supplying flour to schools from low income areas, kicked off in 2011 after he noted that some pupils attended school on an empty stomach.

Kagure Wamunyu

Wamunyu is the founder and CEO of Jumba Company. The firm simplifies the purchasing and financing of construction materials.

The Alliance Girls High School alumni has previously worked as the Head of Global Operations Kobo360, Senior Director of Strategy for Bridge International Academies in East Africa and the former Country Manager for Uber in kenya. 

Githinji Gitahi

Since 2015, Dr Githinji Gitahi has been at the helm of Amref Health Africa spearheading its operations across several countries within the country. He serves as its Group Chief Executive Officer.

The organisation, which is the largest African-led international organisation, has been at the forefront of championing for health breakthroughs in Kenya - fighting diseases such as Tuberculosis.

Kennedy Odede

Kennedy Odede is a community worker and founder of the Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) - an organisation based in Kibera slums.

Through his intervention, the organisation- founded in 2004- has been able to help thousands of slum dwellers through food relief, health care and economic initiatives.

Nelly Cheboi

Nelly Cheboi is a community worker and a social entrepreneur, who has changed the lives of thousands of Kenyans.

Cheboi, who hails from a little village in Baringo County, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Technologically Literate (TechLit) Africa - her own firm.