Angela Ndambuki (born in 1980), is a Kenyan lawyer and corporate executive. She was appointed as the Regional Director of the

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(IFPI) for

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, effective 1 July 2020. She is responsible for 46 countries, based in

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, Kenya's capital and largest city. Before that, from September 2017 until June 2020, she served as the

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(CEO) of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She previously served as the CEO of the ''Performers Rights Society of Kenya'' (PRISK). She is also an accomplished

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and

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, and was a member of the all-girl group called Tatuu. The group later separated for them to work on their individual projects.

Background and education

Angela was born in

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, Kenya circa 1980, and attended local schools for her primary and secondary education. She obtained

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(LLB) degree from the

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. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Dip.Law), awarded by the

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. She is a member of the Kenya Bar. Her

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(LLM) degree specializing in

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, was obtained from the

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, in

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Career

In 1998, Angela Ndambuki met Debbie Asila for the first time. The following year, she met Angela Mwandanda. They all had a passion to perform. The three became friends and started performing plays together, including at the ''French Cultural Centre'' and at the

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, Kenya's

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. After passing the bar examinations, she and others founded the Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK). In an interview with

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newspaper in October 2015, Angela says that she worked for two years without a salary while cobbling the society together. She rose to the position of General Manager by January 2009, serving in that capacity until October 2012. In November 2012, she was promoted to the position of CEO at PRISK, working in that capacity until September 2017.

Family

Angela Ndambuki is married to Roy, and together are the parents of two daughters. The older daughter was born circa 2007 and the younger one was born circa 2013.

Other considerations

In October 2017, she was named among "Top 40 Women Under 40 In Kenya 2017", by the

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newspaper, based in

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and published by the

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