Beacon Home Country Mentors
Each current Beacon Scholar at University is paired with a Beacon Home Country Mentor to guide their leadership development and keep them connected to their home country.
The following are currently Beacon Home Country Mentors:
Kaki Gichuru
Director for Marketing, Communications and Citizenship at NIC Group, one of Kenya’s leading Banks.
Nguvu Kamando
Digital Director at Vodacom Tanzania PLC, futurist leader and digital expert.
Professor Andrew M. Kahonge
Associate Professor at the University of Nairobi (UoN), Chairman of the Department of Computing and Informatics.
Dr Utheri Kanayo
Academic researcher, co-founded the first Afrocentric school in East Africa, Children In Freedom School.
Dr Evelyne Kihiu
PhD in Development Economics, Researcher with the International Potato Center (CIP).
Cindy Lithimbi-Ondego
International development consultant and entrepreneur.
Andrew Mahiga
Commercial Specialist for the U.S. Commercial Service at the United States Embassy in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Dr Esther Maina
Biochemist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi.
Angela Mandi
Stanbic Bank Kenya’s Head of Corporate and Investment Banking – Credit.
Dr George Mgomella
Epidemiologist with CDC (Center for Disease Control & Prevention).
David Mpanga
Minister for Special Duties in the Buganda Government, a First Nation Institution headed by the Kabaka of Buganda.
Mumo Musuva
Managing Director of PLANNING Systems Services Ltd.
Dr Winifred Mutuku
Head of Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science Kenyatta University.
Caroline Simba
UK trained lawyer with over 15 years’ experience and specializing in policy and regulation in telecommunications.
Darryl Ole Ursin
Actuarial Specialist at Old Mutual Group working from the Nairobi office. Beacon Scholar from 2016 – 2019.
Dr Benjamin W. Wachira
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Founding Director of the Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation.
Kariuki Waigwa
Commercial pilot (Captain), flight instructor and flight examiner with Kenya Airways