Funding decisions are made in one place and succeed or fail in another. I work in between.
I am a grantmaker, researcher, and advisor to funders and the teams they fund, mostly on research, knowledge, and technology programs across the African continent and the Global Majority. I help turn funding strategies into programs, funds, and networks that work on the ground. Over the past fifteen years, I have awarded nearly $2 million in grants, raised more than $5.6 million, and built multi-country networks and convenings.
Selected work
I helped found the research arm of iHub in Nairobi, co-led a 26-country open science network, ran a community-advised fund at Code for Science & Society, and served as founding lead of a global climate and health network. See Selected Work
Why this works
I bring a philosophy of work grounded in decolonial scholarship and feminist praxis. For over 15 years I’ve been straddling scholarly and practitioner worlds: in academic spaces, I’m the one asking the “how” questions, while in the non-profit world, I’m asking the “why” questions. The sweet spot is when our theoretical visions move closer to the operational realities. If you are designing a program or deciding what comes next for one, I’d be glad to hear about it.
