Gloria Kaguo

Co-founder•Kweza
Tanzania
Founder

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Expertise

Strategy
Product Development
Research
Management
Entrepreneurship
Fintech
Retail Technology
Product Management
Marketing
Project Management
Operations Management
Primary Sector
E-Commerce
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Biography

Gloria Kaguo is a serial entrepreneur passionate about education, fintech, retail, and health. She is skilled in strategy, product development, research, and management. In 2019, Kaguo co-founded Kweza Technologies, a retail-tech platform that enables informal retailers (Spaza shops) in South Africa to source inventory at competitive prices through collective buying with direct delivery. She worked as Product and Marketing Lead at Kweza from 2019-2022. From 2016-2018, she served as Operations Manager for Apps and Girls and as a Counselor for Girl Up (United Nations Foundation) in 2017. In 2018, she was one of 52 Africans awarded a full scholarship to study Software Entrepreneurship at MEST Africa. Currently, she works as a Project Manager at ENGG Consulting Engineers and is a Fintech Product Manager Fellow at Venture for Africa.

Education

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Certificate in Software Entrepreneurship (Business and Communications)

MEST Africa

2018-2019

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Bachelor's degree in Food Science and Technology

Sokoine University of Agriculture

2016-2018

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Bachelor's degree in Food Processing Engineering

St. Joseph College of Engineering and Technology

2014-2016

Languages

EnglishSwahili

Awards

  • 🏆One of 52 Africans awarded a one-year full scholarship to study Software Entrepreneurship at MEST Africa (2018)