Mwendwa Keli

Mwendwa Keli

Venture Building & Innovation Lead - SPARK at Giz Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

Mentorship Connection

Benefits

One meeting per month

Unlimited chat, email, or text within boundaries.

About

Over a decade of progressive experience spanning private sector development, project management, strategy, resource mobilization and monitoring & evaluation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Passionate about working in projects that bring about positive sustainable impact in communities and in this regard some key achievements have been:
▪ Implementing leadership development programs to over 40 impact investors on how to conceptualise, design and deploy catalytic climate adaptation finance solutions in Africa;
▪ Project managing enterprise development capacity building and technical assistance for over 2,000 MSMEs in SSA, to commercialize and refine their businesses into more bankable models;
▪ Project managing enterprise development and capacity building for over 25,000 small holder farmers in Kenya, to transform their business approach and practices;
▪ Supporting SMEs to secure catalytic investments of over $ 6,530,475 to generate revenues of $124,811,432 and to create over 17,204 employment opportunities.

Spoken languages

English Kamba Swahili

Geographic focus

Mentorship motivation

  • I want to give back to the startup ecosystem and entrepreneurs coming up
  • I want to make new connections for myself and/or the organization I represent
  • I want to scout for new opportunities in engaging as an advisor or for a board seat

Looking for the next bankable innovations from the African continent that are utilizing research