I am a strategist passionate about creating positive change in Africa. 15+ years experience running and growing entrepreneurial ventures in the nonprofit and commercial space, with a track record of shifting opinions and scaling solutions for business and social impact. SPECIALITIES: Developing innovative solutions that impact people's lives. Managing strategy, boards, people, budgets, partnerships, tech & innovation, relationships, products, projects, performance, and change. Co-founder of a quality, low-cost, private early childhood & primary school located in rural Kenya. The school seeks to supplement and enhance efforts in this area that is grossly under-served. Speaker. Mentor. Advisor. Board Member.
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Chief Innovation OfficerAmrefKenya -
Chief Executive OfficerAmref Health Innovations, Amref Health Africa 2020 - PresentAfrica
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Expert Advisory PanelAnalytics For A Better World May 2023 - Present -
Board MemberQhala Jan 2023 - Present -
MentorWomenlift Health May 2022 - PresentEast Africa -
Board MemberD-Tree International Jan 2021 - Present -
Board MemberEqualize Health Nov 2021 - Mar 2023 -
Board MemberWhite Ribbon Alliance - Kenya 2019 - Dec 2021
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Global Director, Digital Health Partnerships & InnovationLiving Goods Jun 2018 - Dec 2019AfricaDevelop and implement Living Goods strategy for digitally empowering every community health worker in the developing world. Leads the Innovation Network - a last mile health innovation testbed. -
Director Technology And InnovationLiving Goods Sep 2015 - Jun 2018AfricaResponsible for the strategy development and implementation of sustainable technologies and innovations that respond to some of the most pressing challenges facing children and women in the developing world, for this award-winning social enterprise. Leading a team across multiple countries to improve data collection and use for improved health planning, access, performance management and financing, while empowering community-based micro-entreprenures to improve the health of their families, friends and communities. -
Regional Ehealth LeadAmref Health Africa Sep 2008 - Aug 2015AfricaLeading Amref Health Africa’s eHealth portfolio and “intrapreneur in residence”. Developing commercially viable innovative solutions that impact people's lives. Grew the Program from a one-country, one-project, US$0.5M annual budget to a regional program, with over 15 projects and an average annual budget of approximately US$5M in the span of 7 years. Led the team that implemented the pioneering eLearning program for nurses in Kenya, which significantly impacted the delivery of sustainable and cost-effective training for health workers in low resource settings. This Program is being replicated in multiple countries across Africa. Led Amref Health Africa’s HELP (now LEAP) mHealth solution from conceptualization, requirements elicitation, partner identification and management, business modelling, fund raising, contracting, solution building, user acceptance testing, rollout, evaluation, and reporting. Based on the successful proof of concept, LEAP has since transitioned to a social enterprise model. -
General ManagerNairobinet Online Mar 2003 - Jul 2008KenyaFull P&L leadership responsibility for this Kes.100M technology firm. Mange vendor relationships, perform risk assessments against planned milestones, merge capital expenditures and coordinate external dependencies. Valued member of the senior executive team, contributing a broad-based perspective to create pragmatic IT strategies and implementation plans designed to maximise returns at the lowest possible costs. Leading development and evaluation of new information technologies for their potential application to business processes. -
Product Development ManagerNairobinet Online Jan 2001 - Mar 2003KenyaResponsible for guiding management towards products and services that meet with NairobiNet’s corporate priorities. Responsible for project management, performance measurement, cost control and schedule analysis, cash flow projections, customer reporting and presentations. Researched, recommended and implemented various pioneering internet-based products and services into the Kenyan market including electronic learning (eLearning), leading to NairobiNet being awarded the “Most Innovative Service Provider” award by the Computer Society of Kenya in 2002. -
WebmasterNairobinet Online Aug 1998 - Dec 2000
C. Shakwei Mbindyo Education Details
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Strathmore Business SchoolMba -
Information Technology -
Magna Cum Laude -
Alliance Girls High School
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C. Shakwei Mbindyo attended Strathmore Business School, Rmit University, United States International University - Africa, Alliance Girls High School.
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