called Pamoja Capital Partners. In March 2010, we opened Pamoja Capital in Kenya headed by my former KU classmate Jeff Gangla, a consummate professional who previously held the position of Managing Director (MD) of First Africa Capital in Nigeria and has structured some of the biggest African deals such as MTN Nigeria and Anglo Gold Ashanti. Our aim is to be a Pan African Organisation. Next up is Pamoja Capital Angola and in the coming years we are planning entry into West Africa. We feel that this is our moment on this continent evidenced by the fact that I am presently involved in a large telecoms project commissioned by NEPAD and set to cover 23 countries.
One of my goals is to build a solid asset by 2015 such that when I venture into politics it is not for monetary rewards. I intend to become president of Kenya one day. People tell me that politics is dirty and not for ‘good’ people. This is only because our country is notorious for recycling leaders. I think however that Kenyans are increasingly becoming more self aware. Current politicians have taught us to play to our weaknesses like our individual tribal background, rather than playing to our strengths like how innovative we are and the respect that we command internationally. Look at innovations such as M-Pesa which is internationally renowned and has now been adopted in Afghanistan,
South Africa and Tanzania and is set to be rolled out into more markets globally. It is time for generational change which I believe will be driven by the Diaspora as we have had an opportunity to witness and learn from systems that work.
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