World-Class Team 

Innovative, passionate, and deeply committed to our vision, our team of outstanding individuals leads our mission of alleviating poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa sustainably. Each member of our staff – 90% of whom are African – lives out our core values of impact-led, innovative, respectful, and smart action.

KickStart’s Team

Peter Juma

President & Chief Operating Officer

Nairobi, Kenya

Martin Fisher

CEO & Co-Founder

San Francisco, CA, USA

Ian Muketha

Finance Director

Nairobi, Kenya

Pascal Maitha

East Africa Regional Manager

Nairobi, Kenya

Washington Dozva

Southern Africa Regional Manager

Lukasa, Zambia

Festus Ademola

West Africa Regional Manager

Lagos, Nigeria

Kerry Rodgers

Chief of Staff

San Francisco, CA, USA

Angela Omondi

Human Resources Officer

Nairobi, Kenya

Nancy Muindi

Head of Marketing

Nairobi, Kenya

Sarah Marston

Director of Communications & Social Media

Washington, DC, USA

Hichem Mihoub

Head of Partnerships

Boston, USA

Katherine Georges

Senior Manager, Grants and Institutional Partnerships

New York, NY, USA

Denivas Onyancha

Head of Training and Field Innovations

Nairobi, Kenya

Mercy Ngene

Global Supply Chain Manager

Nairobi, Kenya

Mwaluko Mpangwa

Impacts Evaluation and Monitoring Manager

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Michael Mills

Business Development Manager

San Francisco, CA, USA

Timothy Wabukoti

Country Manager, Uganda

Kampala, Uganda

Olusola Ojo

Country Manager, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

Silvanos Zengueia

Country Manager, Mozambique

Maputo, Mozambique

Brou Etienne Tchiebley

Country Manager, Senegal

Dakar, Senegal

Muchona Moonze

Country Manager, Zambia

Lusaka, Zambia

John Mushi

Tanzania Partnership and Sales Officer

Mbeya, Tanzania

John Ahebwa

Uganda Partnership and Sales Officer

Kampala, Uganda

Stewart Nyanzi

Uganda Partnership and Sales Officer

Uganda

Paul Munyala

Partnerships and Development Officer

Nyanza, Western, and North & Central Rift Regions, Kenya

Bethwel Amuhonda

Kenya Partnerships and Sales Officer

Nairobi, Kenya

Alexandre Criston Zulu

Mozambique Partnership and Sales Officer

Central Mozambique

Kennedy Thiong’o

Project Lead, Rent to Try & Buy Project

Nairobi, Kenya

Edward Boomera

Uganda Partnership and Sales Officer

Uganda

Derrick Ssemyalo

Uganda Partnership and Sales Officer

Eastern Uganda

Faustin Migisha

Rwanda Partnerships and Development Officer

Kigali, Rwanda

Memory Mtambo

Partnerships and Development Officer

Eastern Province, Zambia

Simon Gatonye

IT Manager

Nairobi, Kenya

Cynthia Musonye

Solar Engineer
Product Intelligence and Design

Nairobi, Kenya

Elijah Onjolo

Senior Agropreneurship Trainer

Kisumu, Kenya

Albert Lukhale

Design Engineer
Product Intelligence and Development (PID)

Nairobi, Kenya

Salome Kinyanjui

Accountant

Nairobi, Kenya

Boniface Wambua

ERP Project Manager

Nairobi, Kenya

Christina Lokoya

Accountant and Administrative Assistant

Tanzania

Abubakar Shikanda

Product Technician
Product Intelligence and Development (PID)

Nairobi, Kenya

Titus Wafula

Pump Tester
Product Intelligence and Development (PID)

Nairobi, Kenya

Peter Wambua

Pump Tester

Nairobi, Kenya

Brian Masse

Designer Engineer, Product Intelligence and Development (PID)

Nairobi, Kenya

Board of Directors

Sander Pruijs

Chairman of the Board

Senior Financial Banking Executive

The Hague, Netherlands

Dr. Charles Owubah

CEO, Action Against Hunger

New York, NY, USA

Jane Okun Bomba

President, Saddle Ridge Consulting

Denver, CO, USA

Njee Muturi

Partner – Katiku & Muturi Advocates

Nairobi, Kenya

David Young

Senior Partner & Managing Director – Social Impact,

The Boston Consulting Group

Boston, MA, USA

Stephen van Helden

Partner, Novo Holdings

San Francisco, CA, USA

Bob Meaney 

Retired, Previously at Valmont Industries

Riverside, CT, USA

Tembwe Mutungu 

Entrepreneurial Executive & Co-Founder, FirstWave Group 

Johannesburg, South Africa

Martin Fisher

CEO & Co-Founder

San Francisco, CA, USA