Mark Kaigwa

Mark Kaigwa (33), is an entrepreneur, author and professional speaker. He is the Founder and CEO of Nendo, a research and marketing consultancy focused on delivering insights that drive income and impact for clients such as Safaricom, Population Services International, NCBA Bank, Enterprise Ireland, among others. Kaigwa and his team at Nendo have done work spanning 20 countries in Africa including Francophone and Lusophone Africa.

Mark is passionate about causes to do with media literacy and misinformation and is the Founder and Team Leader at StopReflectVerify.com a false news and misinformation quiz focused on COVID-19.

Mark Kaigwa has been recognised for his work including among Forbes Africa’s inaugural 30 under 30 Best Young Entrepreneurs in Africa in 2013, the Business Daily’s Top 40 under 40 men of 2019 and Yahoo! Finance’s Top 20 Marketing Influencers of 2019.

Education

• Fellowship The Johns Hopkins University (2013 — 2013)
• Fast Forward - Leadership Unusual (2015 — 2015)
• Nomadic Marketing Graduate School of Business - University of Cape Town (2010 — 2010)
• The Institute for Global Youth Studies
• Strathmore University (2005 — 2007)
• A.I.T.I/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lab @ Strathmore University