Ayisi Makatiani
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Ayisi N Makatiani | |
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| Born | September 24, 1966 |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1986 - 1990) |
| Occupation | CEO of Fanisi Capital Ltd |
Ayisi N. Makatiani is the Managing Partner and CEO of Fanisi Capital Ltd,[1] which manages the Fanisi Venture Capital Fund for investing in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda). Makatiani has been featured in The Economist, Fortune (magazine), CNN, NHK, BBC, Financial Times (London). He has been voted as the top East Africa CEO three times in a row by his peers.
Makatiani was educated at Maseno School (Kenya) and thereafter Alliance High School, regarded as one of Kenya's top schools. [2] He received a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a minor in economics with a thesis done at the MIT Sloan School of Management.[3]