Njeri Rionge is passionate about growing businesses and igniting potential, and believes in Africa as the next economic frontier. With over 26 years of leadership and change-management experience, she has worked throughout her career within companies and also as an external management consultant, scaling businesses for corporate and start up initiatives both in Kenya and internationally. She uses her entrepreneurial skill set to ignite passion to deliver organizational development and deliver bottom line results, and has a track record that demonstrates effective leadership in high-growth start-ups and corporate turnaround scenarios. Today, she splits her time between strategy consulting, speaking engagements, and investment work, either personally or through one of her portfolio businesses. Over 16 years ago, she co-founded East Africa’s first mass market oriented ISP, Wananchi Online which made Internet connectivity affordable for the average household for the first time. With her business partner, she grew the business from a typical start-up to become the largest ISP in East Africa, with a network of five regional offices, and a recognized brand in a particularly challenging regulatory and economic environment.
