Mbugua Njihia

Kenya

Mbugua is a child of Africa but a citizen of the world, he believes in the nascent creative capital that is to be found on the continent; and is honored to be part of the process of seeing Africa become a net producer of value. He strives to build services using technology that has real-world benefits for his beloved continent and beyond. As an Africa based entrepreneur in the pursuit of opportunities without regard to resources currently controlled, his business interests traverse mobility, insurance, advertising, media, and data capital. He sits on a number of advisory boards and mentor networks actively engaged in identifying businesses that have the potential to scale and connecting them to resources and opportunity. To tip the scales on trade imbalance, he reckons we should deal with our visa and currency movement bottlenecks first, the rest will swiftly follow. Africa Rising!