Caroline Kamanja

Caroline Kamanja

Co-founder and CEO @ Daproim Africa

About

Caroline Wanjiku, is a social entrepreneur and philanthropist. As the CEO and co-founder of Daproim Africa Limited, Caroline established that there are very few employment opportunities for the youth and embarked on a mission to change this narrative. The Digital Campus Connect program was started with the intention of training and employing bright underserved University Students. Being a social entrepreneur, she understands the importance of Business being good for the world and was the first Kenyan entrepreneur to enlist her organization to be part of the B Corp movement. Later Daproim Africa was recognized globally as one of the organizations creating ripples as a ChangeMaker . Caroline is bent on successfully guiding her organization to greater heights and as a result has partaken in several initiatives that have proven beyond reasonable doubt her expertise and sheer diligence. She was a participant in the Keroche Foundation Academy Season II where she emerged victorious amongst all her other capable peers. One not to be slowed down , Caroline applied for the Alibaba E-founders, and, Alibaba says they received around 1,000 African applications for the program, and just 29 people got the nod to go to east China’s Zhejiang Province for the seminar. She was among the 29 and her sole mission was to find out more about the trend in the markets, because Chinese E-commerce is really good at technology on using data. She understands that staying teachable is the most important skill in this era and is enlisted in the Stanford Seed Program where she gets to sap knowledge from the experts, with a vision of expanding her youth employability initiative to spread to the whole of Africa. Her most notable achievement by far is being a mom to her adorable daughter. She lives in Nairobi, Kenya.

Country

Kenya

City

Nairobi County

Industry

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Skill

Machine Learning, Big Data, Leadership, Creativity and Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Employee Relations, Business Development, Leadership Development, Coaching, ROIs, Financial Analysis, Forecasting, Program Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Operational Risk Management, Budget, Operational Excellence, Corporate Social Responsibility, Strategic Planning

Experience

Daproim Africa

Co-founder and CEO

Daproim Africa

LinkedIn
2022-8 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Daproim Africa is a Technology company that provides AI, Machine learning, and data optimization solutions.

Digital Village Africa

Co-Founder

Digital Village Africa

LinkedIn
2023-2 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos
B Lab Africa

Member Board Of Directors

B Lab Africa

LinkedIn
2020-9 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

B Lab is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. A leader in economic systems change, our global network creates standards, policies, and tools for business, and we certify companies—known as B Corps—who are leading the way. To date, our community includes over 3,500 B Corps in 70 countries and 150 industries, over 8,000 benefit corporations, and more than 100,000 companies manage their impact with the B Impact Assessment and the SDG Action Manager.

Digital Divide Data (DDD)

Managing Director, Africa

Digital Divide Data (DDD)

LinkedIn
2021-4 - 2022-7 · 1 yr 4 mos

DDD delivers digital content, data, and research services while creating sustainable tech jobs for global youth. Responsibilities: . Executing the organization’s strategic vision including strategic growth initiatives. Managing the flagship Kenya Work-Study Social Impact program. Supervising Operations and Managing the P&L of the office. Establish DDD as an ‘employer of choice’ in the Kenyan market. . Shaping the Work Environment. Defining the performance standards that set the pace and quality of people’s efforts. Defining the business concepts that define what the company is like and how it operates . Defining the company culture, talent development, alignment in mindset, ownership, and attitude. . Business Development. Design and execute a growth plan reinforcing the company’s presence in the country and developing strong commercial relationships that utilize the organization's existing service offerings. This would include partnership outreach, alliances, speaking engagement, social impact-related activities, etc.

StepWise

Global Chief Operating Officer/ MD

StepWise

LinkedIn
2020-4 - 2021-3 · 1 yr

Nairobi, Kenya

Daproim Africa

Chief Executive Officer

Daproim Africa

LinkedIn
2014-12 - 2020-2 · 5 yrs 3 mos

Kenya

Daproim Africa Limited provides high quality and affordable volume data management solutions including digitization, data entry and analysis, research and virtual support to local and international public and private sector organizations including academic institutions and non-governmental organizations. Daproim Africa Limited’s mandate is to relieve organizations of the never ending IT back office work so companies can focus their energies on delivering quality on their core business products or services. Through her company, Caroline impacts the lives of youth (between ages 18-30) from disadvantaged communities giving them social and economic advancement opportunities through training, decent work and earning, coaching and mentorship. Through her leadership, the company was certified as a BCorp Company having met rigorous standards of social performance, accountability and transparency, named among Top 100 CIO companies in East Africa in 2015 for innovative use of IT among others. Caroline’s mandate as the Chief Executive Officer is to oversee the overall smooth operation and performance of the company ensuring clients get value for money and the company grows beyond its strategic plan. Her core work is to build strategic partnerships, drive innovation and market the organization at a strategic level. Through her leadership, the company has successfully attracted Government, Global organizations and funders including Ministry of ICT , KEPSA, World Intellectual Property Organizations (WIPO) and Rockefeller Foundation among others. Her dream is to impact Africa and bring hope to disadvantaged youth in Africa through creating employment and career development within the ICT sector. She believes that her company can change Africa. Her plan for Daproim Africa is to build a company for Africa that affects the lives of 10,000 African youth by 2021 through strategic partnership, aggressive marketing and delivering passionate service.

DAPROIM AFRICA

Chief Operations Officer

DAPROIM AFRICA

2012-1 - 2014-11 · 2 yrs 11 mos

As the COO for Daproim Africa, I oversee the execution of the companys' social and business goals, heads all operations, provide the overall leadership and management for the organization but ultimately responsible for building and growing a profitable business. I also take part in a number of initiatives that unleashes the potential in young people. My roles involve financial analysis, company valuations, organizational leadership, and statistical analysis, as well as the execution of research programmes and strategic analysis. Social entrepreneurship education: Training program design, delivery, and management. Brief on Daproim Afica: Daproim Africa is the acronym for 'Data Processing and Information Management Africa Ltd'. We have a wide variety of services with a diverse client base both locally and abroad. We provide innovative and customized solutions to fit your budget and requirements. Daproim Africa has achieved a steady growth since its commencement in terms of revenues, technology up gradation and clients. We also have demonstrable potential to realize significant growth in our double bottom line: financial viability and social impact. Our services are designed to save your time and money. Whatever size of organization you are, you can take advantage of our outsourcing services to create a competitive leverage for your business. By using the leverage provided by our professional services, you can improve on your work process efficiency, efficacy and the bottom line profitability- using less, to produce more. Our interactions with all our customers, investors and employees are guided by our vision and mission with affirm belief in our core values. Summary of my key roles: 1. Leadership and Coaching 2. Leadership and People 3. Decision Making and Problem Analysis 4. Business Process Design and Improvement 5. Partnership & Project Management 6. Strategy and Innovation 7. Financial Management 8. Marketing and client Relationship

Daproim Africa

Co-Founder

Daproim Africa

2009-1 - 2012-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

I managed carefully and responsibly a growing team of employees from 40 to more that 500 employees, managed performance processes and procedures, managed recruitment process, talent development, managed finance and personnel, in-charge of knowledge development systems- operations manuals, reports, ensured effective implementation and adherence of policies among each and every employee in the organization. I was involved in the planning, coordination, organizing and control of the services. Managing team production, output quality and turn-around-time. oversee service processes to ensured every service line was running smoothly. Managed Daily operations to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

LinkedIn
2018 - 2019 · 1 yr

The Seed Transformation Program is a yearlong, on-the-ground leadership program for established founders and CEOs in emerging economies focused on growing their businesses and increasing the positive impact they have in their communities.

University of Nairobi

University of Nairobi

LinkedIn

Strategic Management

2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

. Business Quantitative Analysis . Financial Management . Strategic Management . Business Quantitative Analysis . Global Strategic Management . Managerial Economics . Information Systems . Leadership and Organizational Behavior . Entrepreneurship . Management of Strategic Change . Tools/Techniques of Strategic Management . Business and Society . Organizational Development and Change

University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

LinkedIn

Accounting and Finance

2010 - 2014 · 4 yrs

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. Aimed at offering business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

Portland State University - School of Business

Portland State University - School of Business

LinkedIn

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Small Business Operations

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

LinkedIn

Accounting and Finance

2006 - 2010 · 4 yrs

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