Alex Kimani Email & Phone Number

I am a Project Management Specialist at USAID Kenya & East Africa, where I leverage my 12 years of experience in finance and investment to advance the region's economic growth and integration. I hold a CFA Level I credential, two master's degrees in finance and business administration, a bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science and a Higher Diploma in ICT. My core competencies include designing and implementing activities that enhance the private sector's contributions to the major development challenges in East Africa, such as job creation, export diversification, reliable and affordable power, and access to clean water and sanitation. I have a strong background in corporate banking, investment analysis, and trade facilitation, having worked with Equity Bank Limited, the USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub and IPS (Kenya) Limited. I have facilitated and accelerated finance and investment into SMEs in the priority sectors of agri-business, financial services, ICT, and biotechnology. I am passionate about the development of the emerging markets and the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

Listed skills include Health Workforce, Hub, and East Africa.

• Regional Investment Advisor

  Usaid Kenya & East Africa

  May 2021 - Present - Nairobi, Kenya

  Role contributes to the formulation and implementation of the USAID/KEA Office of Economic Growth Office and Integration (OEGI)’s private sector engagement strategy, with a particular focus on partnership activities with firms and associations in the East African finance and investment sector that advance USAID’s objectives.This includes the design and implementation of activities that enhance the private sector’s contributions to the major development challenges in East Africa, including job creation, export diversification, reliable and affordable power and access to clean water and sanitation among others as USAID is reorienting the way it does business to focus on supporting our partner country’s government and private sector to solve their own development challenges.Specifically, I am responsible for coordinating select programmatic and operational activities including, but not limited to: 1) Partner and Stakeholder Development, Management and Coordination.2) Investment Identification, Screening, and Promotion.3) Project Development and Investment Facilitation.4) Supporting the Development of Key Institutional Stakeholders.