Eva Warigia is a Kenyan
businesswoman and
corporate executive. She serves as the
executive director of the ''East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Association'' (EAVCA), based in Nairobi, Kenya. EAVCA is an industry association of
venture capitalists active in the region, whose aim is "to raise awareness and engage on regional policy matters".
Background and education
She was born in Kenya and attended local elementary and secondary schools. She has a bachelor's degree from the
University of Nairobi. As of May 2020, Eva Warigia was pursuing a
Master of Business Administration, from
Strathmore Business School
'Strathmore University Business School (SBS)'' is the Business School of Strathmore University. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, it offers Doctoral, Masters and Undergraduate programmes, as well as executive education programmes. It was started in 2005 t ...
in Nairobi.
Career
Warigia's involvement in the venture capital arena goes back to the early 2010s. In 2017, she was appointed as Co-Executive Director at EAVCA, to serve with
Esther Ndeti
Esther Ndeti, is a Kenyan mechanical engineer, businesswoman and corporate executive, who serves an executive director of the East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EAVCA), based in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, ef ...
. Their joint responsibility is to increase "advocacy, intelligence, networking and training on private equity" in the region.
At EAVCA she overseas collaboration with trade associations, incubators and accelerators to grow local awareness of venture capital and private equity, as alternative sources of capital. EAVCA carries out industry-specific research highlighting opportunities that exist in East Africa. Warigia covers the countries of
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
and
Uganda.
Prior to her employment at EAVCA, Eva worked as a senior consultant at ''Africa Practice (East Africa)'', a Nairobi-based
public relations company.
See also
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Economy of Kenya
The Economy of Kenya is a market-based economy with a few state enterprises, it is also an emerging market and an averagely industrialised nation ahead of its East African peers. Kenya is a middle income nation and plans to be a newly industr ...
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List of companies of Kenya
Kenya is a country in East Africa and a founding member of the East African Community (EAC). Its capital and largest city is Nairobi. The capital, Nairobi, is a regional commercial hub. The economy of Kenya is the largest by GDP in East and Centra ...
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Esther Ndeti
Esther Ndeti, is a Kenyan mechanical engineer, businesswoman and corporate executive, who serves an executive director of the East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EAVCA), based in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, ef ...
References
External links
East Africa sees a marked increase in Private Equity (PE) activityAs at 21 June 2019.
Photo of Eva Wariaga at Eavca.org in 2018
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Kenyan businesswomen
21st-century Kenyan businesspeople
University of Nairobi alumni
Strathmore University alumni
Kenyan business executives