Next Generation Investor Summit 2023

The Next Generation Investor Summit for 2023 was “fantastic”, “mind-blowing”, “eye-opening”, at least that is what was said by those who attended.

The event was a huge success. It was held at The Social House Nairobi who started us off with a delightful breakfast that was simply nothing short of a work of art. Their culinary expertise and attention to detail was truly remarkable. The lunch also was simply a symphony of taste and elegance.

@socialhousenairobi thank you for the refined culinary masterpiece that left us in awe. 

Anyway, back to the summit…The first speaker to get on stage was Pauline Kiraithe. Here’s a brief (if that is even possible) bio of Pauline.

Pauline is a global multi-award-winning HR Consultant/Executive Leadership Life and Career Coach with over 28 years of multi-sectoral HR leadership experience. She has vast multisector experience having worked in the NGO, Telecommunications, Retail, Media, Education, and Professional Consulting Sectors. She is in her 7th year as an entrepreneur, executing purpose through her organization, Talentgurus@254, where she is using her vast HR experience to assist companies and individuals unleash their true people potential. 

Some of the awards won include: 2023 Pacesetters Awards, Eastern Africa Chapter –Talent Discovery and Development Award, 2022/23 Leading Career Coaching Consultancy of the Year – Kenya, Corporate Wire Global Awards, UK.

The session by Pauline covered “Working on Mastery”. The key message was, “Be so good that no employer can think of letting you go.” Mastery opens doors and leads to a lasting and fulfilling career. Romp up on your upskilling as you develop yourself in the new careers in the 4IR. She took people through the different stages of journey to mastery with the ultimate goal being the best version of yourself. 

The next speaker to take the stage was Christopher Nyalwal, the founder of Craft Your Future and the brainchild behind the summit.

Christopher is the lead coach for Craft Your Future.

He has over 14 years of experience in financial management in various organizations for both local and International NGOs. He has a strong passion for personal finance and has been providing financial coaching services based on his experiences and approaches that have proven to work overtime. He believes that it’s about time that certain myths and beliefs about money were broken and the subject of money become a household topic. He has a financial background having studied Bachelor of Commerce from Strathmore University, A certified accountant ACCA and holds a Master’s of Science in Finance and Investment from London School of Business and Finance.

For Christopher’s session, he covered the need to audit your personal finances to find out where your money goes. The quote that he challenged people with was, “What you spent your money on says a lot about what’s important to you.” He highlighted some of the things to look out for when picking investments. The key message though was that each person needed to have multiple passive and active income streams to enable then to thrive during tough economic times.”

The third speaker to get on stage was Mnyindo Tairo, the Founder/CEO of Le’Risque Africa and a family wealth advisor.

Mnyindo Tairo-Mngola is a family wealth advisor and personal risk specialist for successful entrepreneurs and professionals. Her desire is to help African families rise especially in the area of protecting and preserving wealth. She has a background in financial mathematics, wealth management and digital insurance.

She is a mum of two and is passionate about family, legacy planning, working with widows and orphans and travelling. She is also the founder of Le’Risque Africa whose mission is to ensure intergenerational continuity of wealth and protection of African legacies by making sure that no family’s quality of life suffers due to a risk that can be mitigated. 

Mnyindo had the audience moved to the verge of tears with her life story of how she became a widow within a short time in her marriage with a baby on the way and not to mention that her husband was the only bread winner. Her story of how she overcame the odds was truly inspiring to get where she is today. She is a firm believer in taking wealth protection measures to minimize personal risk as that is what got her through her early stages of rebuilding. Wealth protection is the foundation in the wealth generation pyramid. She also discussed how the use of trusts enable the passing on of generational wealth while ensuring checks and balances are in place.

The final and last speaker to get on stage was Joram Mwinamo, the CEO, Founder and brainchild behind SNDBX International.

Joram is the CEO of SNDBX International, (pronounced Sandbox), an innovative one stop shop for supporting SMEs and the only one of its kind globally.

He brings over 20 years’ experience to this role gained from running Wylde International which he co-founded, grew and eventually exited but remains as a board member. Joram has honed his skills as a leading strategy and entrepreneurship consultant across Africa, with experience in carrying out organization change programs from the design stage to implementation.

Joram is passionate about Africa and seeing its people achieve the greatness that is inherent in them while enabling them to have global influence in business, education and life. He has top skills in organization structuring, strategy development, coaching, workshop facilitation, leadership training and Entrepreneurship.

Joram captivated the audience with his philosophies. He believes strongly that Kenyan entrepreneurs really shortchange themselves by not thinking of expanding into global markets. He talked about the need of an entrepreneur to plan with the worst scenarios in mind so as to take care of all possible risks. He further challenged the audience to with his analysis of a wise versus a foolish entrepreneur. 

The event concluded with a Q and A session with the speakers of the day. This was an event for the books. The guests left satisfied having received full value for their money and looking forward to the following years’ Next Generation Investor Summit 2024.

Highlights of the Event