Our Team

Ezana Raswork is a Senior Executive with over 20 years of General Management, Voice Search, Directory, Mobile, Marketing and Emerging ... Read more

Ezana Raswork is a Senior Executive with over 20 years of General Management, Voice Search, Directory, Mobile, Marketing and Emerging market expertise.
Prior to founding Africa 118, Ezana was a Senior Vice President at Canwest Publishing, Canada's largest publisher. He had General Management responsibility for the Eastern Canadian business unit which generated $300M in sales and had over 1000 employees. Before joining Canwest, Ezana was the Vice President of Business Development at Yellow Pages Group, Canada's dominant Yellow Pages company.
There he led the Company's entry in new vertical segments and into Enhanced Directory Services in partnership with a major Telecommunications operator. Ezana has an extensive marketing background that he gained from senior marketing roles at Microcell Telecommunications (Canadian GSM mobile operator) and over his 11 years at Procter and Gamble.

Yusto joined Africa 118 in a full time role as Data Manager in May 2012.
Yusto was recruited following an extensive search for the optimal ... Read more

Yusto joined Africa 118 in a full time role as Data Manager in May 2012.
Yusto was recruited following an extensive search for the optimal candidate combining IT expertise in Database Development, Software and Content Development, Project Management and Systems Analysis. His deep technical expertise (PHP, Java, XML, My SQL) acquired over the past 7 years working across a variety of IT projects in Kenya (Ecryp, Toyota, USAID) has helped to ensure Africa 118 strong leadership for the local data team to ensure the accuracy of the database as well as support the evolution of the service. Yusto has also developed proprietary database tools and software applications which ensure Africa 118's core data assets are structured for optimal performance as well as to enable expansion geographically as well as onto multiple platforms.

Catherine Maingi is the Finance Manager for Africa118. Catherine began working with Africa118 in March of 2016 and established the company'... Read more

Catherine Maingi is the Finance Manager for Africa118. Catherine began working with Africa118 in March of 2016 and established the company's finance processes. She is responsible for administering the finance organizational strategies which include managing the accounting information and reporting, analyzing financial performance and also providing recommendations that support the financial strategic direction of the business.
Catherine is a qualified finance professional with a keen interest in business strategy and entrepreneurship. She has prior experience as an accountant at Events Promotions Ltd and at Vitafoam Products Ltd in Kenya. Catherine has a degree in Business Management, majoring in Finance and Banking. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Business Administration.

Einstein joined Africa 118 in a full time role as Business Manager – Product in June 2013. Prior to joining Africa 118, Einstein was the ... Read more

Einstein joined Africa 118 in a full time role as Business Manager – Product in June 2013. Prior to joining Africa 118, Einstein was the Data and Customer Service Manager at Mocality.com – a leading online local search portal in Kenya and Nigeria owned by Naspers (South Africa). Einstein was responsible for setting up and handling an innovative crowd-sourcing data collection program. He recruited a team of agents to effectively collect data from small businesses in Kenya and upload them onto the Mocality.com website in exchange for a fee. He was also responsible for developing the data management platform and tools supporting this program. Einstein's extensive background with online and social media platforms has been key to drive Africa 118's expansion onto new online and mobile platforms.
Einstein has a BSc. (Honors) in Computer Science from Manchester University in the UK.

Fred is an accomplished market and social research specialist with an impeccable track record in business development having physically ... Read more

Fred is an accomplished market and social research specialist with an impeccable track record in business development having physically worked in 31 countries in Africa and indirectly in about 40 African countries for both development agencies and for-profit clients. Prowess that has been vital in driving Africa 118's market & business intelligence, and business development across Africa. He is also the director for Research & Strategy in Explore Consulting & Research. He previously served as Research and business development executive for Ipsos Synovate for the Sub Saharan region. Currently he is the head of Business Development and Market Intelligence for Africa 118.
His main roles include: P&L, Commercialization and Business Development, Business and Market Intelligence and Information Data management.

Richard joined Africa 118 in March 2015 as a junior sales staff. As a pioneer member of the sales team Richard has contributed immensely ... Read more

Richard joined Africa 118 in March 2015 as a junior sales staff. As a pioneer member of the sales team Richard has contributed immensely in the establishment and growth of the sales department. Prior to Joining Africa 118, Richard served at Essar Telecom in-charge of corporate clients and Directcore Technologies responsible for business development.
As a country Manager, he is in-charge of overseeing business growth and business operations in the country. Richard has passions for sales and customer interactions, a pillar that is continually helping us to continue being a strong partner in the region.

Pitkins Amos joined Africa 118 in November 2015 as a sales executive. He has since grown to lead the Kenya team achieve steadily growing ... Read more

Pitkins Amos joined Africa 118 in November 2015 as a sales executive. He has since grown to lead the Kenya team achieve steadily growing business. Prior to joining Africa 118, Amos worked at Vivacom Telecom Ltd, Kenya Credit Traders and CARE Kenya in varying sales business development and field roles, all which provided him with valuable skills towards approaching the ever-growing business needs by providing tailor made solutions which works best in business enterprises. He is passionate about maintaining good relationships with clients, exploring specific needs and anticipating new opportunities. Amos possesses a Bachelors degree in Business Information Technology

Susan Anderson, the Global Projects Manager for Africa118 since March 2014, has established the company's project management plan ... Read more

Susan Anderson, the Global Projects Manager for Africa118 since March 2014, has established the company's project management plan and process. In this role, Susan ensures team alignment on priorities and progress towards strategic objectives.
Prior to Africa118, Susan co-founded and managed a business-to-business marketing company and installed a cloud based contact center platform. After earning a B.A. in Mathematics, Susan joined AT&T as a data analyst where she defined functional process flows for their billing system. Susan moved to a business analyst position at AT&T where she ensured the implementation of product management's consumer offerings across internal and external vendors.

Beza joined Africa 118 in September 2016, where she is the Sales Country Lead in charge of the Ethiopian team. At the position, she has ... Read more

Beza joined Africa 118 in September 2016, where she is the Sales Country Lead in charge of the Ethiopian team. At the position, she has been able to help develop and grow the sales team performance substantially. Before joining the Africa 118 team, she worked for HelloCash as an agent in charge of monitoring and networking. In this position, she was able to help grow the customer numbers and make an impact in a short period.She has also worked at Kaymu.com Ethiopia, an e-commerce company where she worked to enable growth of content and sales on the platform in different roles.Additionally, she has been involved with other startups such as Belcash, as a business developer of their mobile money solution for the local Ethiopian consumer, and Ethiopian Wolf Conservation, a non-profit company supported by Oxford University, as the project support.She is an engineer by profession, having a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Railway engineering.