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David Karangu could possibly be the only Kenyan immigrant to the United States that owns his own luxury plane. A toy purchased with the spoils from years of hard work and focus in the US car industry. The very straight forward and focused Karangu often talks about his ambition early on during his early years [...]
Judith Aidoo – Private Investor and Media and Entertainment Entrepreneur
Judith Aidoo is a private investor (Caswell Capital Partners, LLC) and media and entertainment entrepreneur (Caswell Communications, Inc.) with holdings in radio broadcasting; television syndication; publishing; and feature film and theater production. Judith began her career as an investment banker in 1987 with Goldman, Sachs & Co., where she specialized in structured finance. Upon leaving Goldman [...]
Magatte Wade, born in Senegal, educated in France, launched her entrepreneurial career in the San Francisco Bay area. She is fluent and conducts business, in Wolof, French, and English.Magatte is currently launching her second company, The Tiossano Tribe, producing skin-care products and fashion accessories for the cultural creative demographic. She founded Adina World Beverages, a [...]
Femi Akinide has worked in a variety of high-level positions at well- known telecommunications and software firms in the world, including Gateway Communications, AT&T (Consultant), T-Mobile, and Microsoft. Throughout his telecommunications career, he has been a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for T—Mobile’s mobile data platforms and wireless portal. He switched careers after receiving his MBA [...]
Mandla Sibanda is a respected investment banker with experience putting together deals that span the entire continent of Africa. He is currently a Senior partner of PML Investments and is responsible for the identification, analysis, structuring and negotiation of investment opportunities for the company. PML Investments is an African-based private equity investor focused on growth [...]
Kase Lawal – Oil Baron/Presidential Advisor
Kase Lawal was Born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria in 1954. The son of a Nigerian politician, he was sent to the United States to attend college where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Texas Southern University in 1976, and his MBA from Prairie View A&M University, Texas in 1978. After [...]
Gilda Odera – Kenya’s BPO CZAR
Gilda Odera is a Pioneer in Kenya’s burgeoning outsourcing Industry. She founded the second call center in the country offering services to international clients. An Upper Second Class Graduate of the University of Nairobi in 1989, Gilda started her working career as a marketer in a company called Marketing Support Services and worked her way [...]
Ayisi Makatiani is the Managing Partner and CEO of Fanisi Capital Ltd., which manages the Fanisi Venture Capital Fund for investing in East Africa (Kenya,Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda). Makatiani holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Minor in Economics with a thesis done at the Sloan [...]
Strive Masiyiwa is a Zimbabwean businessman, founder, Chairman and CEO of Econet Wireless – a diversified international telecommunications group based in South Africa with operations on three continents. A devout Christian noted for his determination and social conscience, Masiyiwa was called a hero for helping millions of Africans gain access to the modern world through [...]
Patrick Awuah is a director, founder and engineer. A product of Achimota Secondary School, he left Ghana in 1985 to attend Swarthmore College and graduated with an engineering degree in 1990. He later joined the Microsoft Corporation working as an engineer and program manager, where he became a millionaire before he was 30. In 1997, [...]
