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ABOUT MEI've spent the last 12 years advising, managing and mentoring start-ups, non-profits, SMEs and Fortune 500 companies in the Americas, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Notable businesses include Visa Europe (now Visa Inc.), KKR and Deloitte. Presently, I'm based in Belgium working for imec.istart, one of the top pre-seed accelerators in the world as the internationalization officer, supporting early stage tech (software & hardware) start-ups and scale-ups to successfully enter into international markets. Prior to Belgium, I worked 5 years in East Africa (Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda) with Brioche, 1000 Hills Distillery and Grameen Foundation's TaroWorks.
In my free-time, I work on creating business opportunities for African & Africa focused start-ups & SMEs via OVO, Seedstars and a consultancy I co-founded, Stepchange Africa. To date, I've worked with high growth, VC backed start-ups, facilitated more than 800,000 EUR in debt financing in the last two years at OVO, led masterclasses on internationalization for leading Africa based accelerators and worked alongside European Trade & Investment Institutions to facilitate business opportunities in East Africa.
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Media & Speaking Engagements
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Over the years, I've made numerous appearances in media outlets across Africa and Europe. I've been on CNBC Africa as well have been interviewed by The East African, RTV, The New Times (Rwanda) and Voice of America as well as have joined several podcasts such as Planbpreneur and The Bankable Idea. More recently, I've joined as a guest lecturer or conference panelist at The African Leadership University, SA Innovation Summit, Loop Accelerator, Global Africa Forum on Communications, The African Entrepreneurship Forum and several others based in Africa & Europe. |
Snap-Shot of Power Lunch Interview on CNBC Africa |
