Sam Gichuru

- Founder & CEO, Kidato: "Live online academic and after school classes for kids, ages 4 to 18." - Founder & CEO, Nailab: "Kenya’s leading business incubators, accelerator & seed fund." - Co-founder Kuhustle.com: "YC-F3, Freelance gig work platform for Africa, 50,000+ users" Recognitions: - Nailab, recognized in the 2015 State of the Nation address by H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta President of the Republic of Kenya - Nailab is also Africa’s Jack Ma Foundation partner for the $10 Million Netprenuer Prize Panels and Roles: - Advisor Alibaba E-founder 1 & 3 Program - Vice-Chair for the first Kenyan National innovation Forum - Panelist SeedStars Morocco 2016 - Panelist Economist - Innovation Summit Africa 2018 - Panelist Global Entrepreneurship Summit Nairobi (GES 2015) Startups supported: - Nailab Startups include Kuhustle (YFC 2016), Wezatele (Acquired by AFB), Kejahunt (2015 Vision 2030 ICT award winners), Paykind (500 Startups alumni), Cladlight, Sokotext (2015 Index awards finalists), and Eneza Education (Kenya’s fastest-growing mobile learning company) I'm a strong proponent on the value of Mentorship of young entrepreneurs viewing them as a critical interface between job creation and poverty eradication in emerging markets. A Rotarian, I have a background in Telecommunications, the prior work experience includes Internet Service Providers, Wananchi Online (Now Zuku) Sahannet & Insight technologies.