Catherine Maingi is the Finance Manager
for Africa118. Catherine began working with Africa118 in March of 2016 and established
the company'...
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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.
Yonas joined Africa 118 in September 2019, where he was the Taskmoby
Lead in charge of building the new tech venture. At the position, he ...
Read moreYonas joined Africa 118 in September 2019, where he was the Taskmoby
Lead in charge of building the new tech venture. At the position, he has been
able to establish and build Taskmoby, which has now a team of 10 full-staff
employees, 30 000 Users, 1400 service providers, 6000+ Jobs Completed, and
unlocked over 2M ETB for its Service Providers. Under Yonas’ leadership,
Taskmoby has managed to come out of the Covid-19 outbreak with 10x revenue and
successfully expanded into two new markets.
Before joining the Africa 118 team, with his educational background
in Master in Innovative Management from ESMT Berlin, he worked as a consultant
for various private, government, and NGOs in commercialization and
monetization, strategy, and innovation. He worked in Norway’s largest e-commerce
finn.no (Schibsted Norway) with developing a new service that seeks to increase
user satisfaction and build a commercialization strategy. Additionally, he has
been working with the McKinsey team in Ethiopia and Kenya with various business
cases and market research in e-commerce and VCs.
Yonas is passionate about using technology to solve user
challenges and problems. He has bachelor’s in business administration from
OsloMet (Norway) and master’s in management from ESMT Berlin (Germany)
In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, being active, and
learning new skills.
Lizah Kinyua is the Head of operations in the Africa 118 contact center with over 10 yrs experience in the contact center industry. Prior ...
Read moreLizah Kinyua is the Head of operations in the Africa 118 contact center with over 10 yrs experience in the contact center industry. Prior to joining Africa 118, Lizah was a consultant in Business Processes in and around Contact Centers with 6 companies in her consultancy portfolio.
Prior to venturing out as a consultant Lizah had worked with CCI Kenya where she started off as a call center executive and rose through the ranks to a Quality Analyst, a Call center supervisor and eventually a Campaign Manager for a set of accounts e.g. Britam insurance, Madison insurance, Chloride exide, Autoxpress, Hewlett-Packard, Chase assurance and D.light Kenya.
Team Lead - Web Development
Stephano Joined Africa 118 in July 2021 leading our Web Development Teams. As a developer he is always seeking new ways to employ ...
Read moreStephano Joined Africa 118 in July 2021 leading our Web Development Teams. As a developer he is always seeking new ways to employ technological expertise to facilitate businesses growth and success. Having worked in the tech space for over 7 years, he has a great understanding of website and web based systems. Adept in providing high-quality technical support by troubleshooting, resolving issues and communicating results to the user. Great problem-solver with a penchant for determining best plan of action and most effective solutions.