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

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

, Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

, Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

 and Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

). Makatiani has been featured in The Economist

The Economist

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, Fortune (magazine)

Fortune (magazine)

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, CNN

CNN

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, NHK

NHK

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, BBC

BBC

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, 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

World Economic Forum

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Early life

Makatiani was educated at Maseno School

Maseno School

Maseno School is one of the oldest schools in Kenya. It was established in 1906 by the Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society as a school for the children of African chiefs. The first administrator of the school was Rev...

. He received a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 (MIT), a Minor in Economics with a thesis done at the MIT Sloan School of Management

MIT Sloan School of Management

The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....

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Career

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

Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier and largest airline of Kenya. The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. The carrier's head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International...

 and Ogilvy & Mather

Ogilvy & Mather

Ogilvy & Mather is an international advertising, marketing and public relations agency based in Manhattan and owned by the WPP Group. The company operates 497 offices in 125 countries with approximately 16,000 employees.-History:...

 (East Africa). Makatiani has in the past been adviser to the UN Secretary General (Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...

 on ICT) and been on the board of Barclays Bank, Kenya, and on the advisory board of International Chamber of Commerce

International Chamber of Commerce

The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....

 (ICC) E-Magazine, Paris, France; as well as been a former executive director of African Lakes

African Lakes

The African Lakes Corporation plc is a British company which operated businesses in Africa. It is often referred to as just "African Lakes"....

 Corporation PLC – London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

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 listed.

Before Fanisi, Makatiani was the CEO of African Management Services Company (AMSCO) a product of International Finance Corporation

International Finance Corporation

The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....

 (IFC) — the World Bank's private-sector arm—the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the African Development Bank

African Development Bank

The African Development Bank Group is a development bank established in 1964 with the intention of promoting economic and social development in Africa...

. Before AMSCO he co-founded of Africa Online

Africa Online

Africa Online Holding Ltd., sometimes abbreviated to AFOL, is the largest Internet Service Provider in Africa. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, it offers Internet access and operates in ten Africa countries, including Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe...

, the largest Internet Service Provider across Africa with operations in 10 countries spanning the whole continent.

External links

• AFRICA'S NEW CLASS OF POWER PLAYERS- The Christian Science Monitor
  The Christian Science Monitor
  The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday to Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703.The CSM is a newspaper that covers...
  
  
• Ayisi Makatiani - National Economic & Social Council of Kenya (NESC)
• Ayisi Makatiani, champion of small business in Africa - The Economist
  The Economist
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   Aug 3rd 2006
• Ayisi Makatiani Founder, Africa Online - Fortune (magazine)
  Fortune (magazine)
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• Mapping a pan-African market- Red Herring (magazine)
  Red Herring (magazine)
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• Excellence is not an accident- The EastAfrican
  The EastAfrican
  The EastAfrican is a weekly newspaper published in Kenya by the Nation Media Group, which also publishes Kenya's national Daily Nation. The EastAfrican is circulated in Kenya and the other countries of East Africa including Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda...
  
  
• Young Global Hotshots - Off The Fence; Amsterdam, Bristol, Capetown, Singapore
• http://www.amsco.org