Ayisi Makatiani
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| Born |
September 24, 1966 Kenya |
| Residence | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986 - 1990) |
| Occupation | CEO of Fanisi Capital Ltd |
Ayisi Makatiani is the Managing Partner and CEO of Fanisi Capital Ltd, which manages the Fanisi Venture Capital Fund for investing in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda). Makatiani has been featured in The Economist, Fortune (magazine), CNN, NHK, BBC, Financial Times (London) and has been voted several times by his peers as the most respected CEO in East Africa. He was named a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum.
Makatiani was educated at Alliance High School and thereafter Maseno School. He received a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Minor in Economics with a thesis done at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Since 2005, Makatiani has been an adviser to the President of the Republic of Kenya, as a member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). He currently sits on the boards of Kenya Airways and Ogilvy & Mather (East Africa). Makatiani has in the past been adviser to the UN Secretary General (Kofi Annan on ICT) and been on the board of Barclays Bank, Kenya, and on the advisory board of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) E-Magazine, Paris, France; as well as been a former executive director of African Lakes Corporation PLC – listed.
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