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kyu House returned with a special pop-up event for London Climate Action to explore just that.
On June 26, 2024, kyu companies including IDEO, Lexington and Gehl, along with Kite Insights, hosted dynamic and proactive discussions around health-centric environments and greener health systems.
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Later in the week, SYPartners partnered with Elevation Barn to bring together an evening of elevating impact, and ATÖLYE co-hosted a session with Metabolic spotlighting actionable, investable strategies to mobilize the critical funding necessary for a sustainable future.
Wanjira Mathai is a formidable force in climate, development & environmental advocacy. She spearheads transformative initiatives that promote sustainable economic development. With over two decades of strategic leadership, she has inspired environmental and social change across Africa, particularly among the youth.
As Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Africa advisor to the Bezos Earth Fund (BEF), she is shaping NGO and philanthropic work on the continent, directing attention, research, and funding to helping the most climate-vulnerable places and local communities. She has led the iconic Green Belt Movement (GBM) in Kenya as the former Chair- the organization her mother, Wangari Maathai (2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) founded in 1977-, pioneered investment in women entrepreneurs in renewable energy, and is driving a movement to restore 100 million hectares of African land. She has raised the prominence and visibility of global issues such as climate change, youth leadership, sustainable energy and landscape restoration.
Wanjira currently serves as Chair of the Wangari Maathai Foundation (WMF), is a Leadership Council member of the Clean Cooking Alliance. She is a member of the High-Level Group of the Africa-Europe Foundation and the European Climate Foundation Advisory Council. Wanjira is one of a few Six Seconds EQ Practitioners in Kenya and was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential African Women in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2023.
Wanjira Mathai is a formidable force in climate, development & environmental advocacy. She spearheads transformative initiatives that promote sustainable economic development. With over two decades of strategic leadership, she has inspired environmental and social change across Africa, particularly among the youth.
As Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Africa advisor to the Bezos Earth Fund (BEF), she is shaping NGO and philanthropic work on the continent, directing attention, research, and funding to helping the most climate-vulnerable places and local communities. She has led the iconic Green Belt Movement (GBM) in Kenya as the former Chair- the organization her mother, Wangari Maathai (2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) founded in 1977-, pioneered investment in women entrepreneurs in renewable energy, and is driving a movement to restore 100 million hectares of African land. She has raised the prominence and visibility of global issues such as climate change, youth leadership, sustainable energy and landscape restoration.
Wanjira currently serves as Chair of the Wangari Maathai Foundation (WMF), is a Leadership Council member of the Clean Cooking Alliance. She is a member of the High-Level Group of the Africa-Europe Foundation and the European Climate Foundation Advisory Council. Wanjira is one of a few Six Seconds EQ Practitioners in Kenya and was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential African Women in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2023.
Ivan Marovic is Executive Director of ICNC. He was one of the leaders of Otpor, the student resistance movement that played an important role in the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia. After the successful democratic transition in Serbia, Marovic began consulting with various prodemocracy groups worldwide and became one of the leading practitioners in the field of strategic nonviolent conflict. He is the author of The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns (ICNC Press 2018), which is available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan.
Ivan Marovic is Executive Director of ICNC. He was one of the leaders of Otpor, the student resistance movement that played an important role in the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia. After the successful democratic transition in Serbia, Marovic began consulting with various prodemocracy groups worldwide and became one of the leading practitioners in the field of strategic nonviolent conflict. He is the author of The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns (ICNC Press 2018), which is available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan.
Wangui is a Partner at ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna and a member of the Corporate department. Her practice primarily focuses on corporate law, where she advises acquiring firms and targets in commercial transactions, including structuring joint ventures in multiple jurisdictions, asset purchase acquisitions, disposals of businesses, share purchase acquisitions which require due diligence investigations and group restructurings in regulated and unregulated industries. She has also advises on telecommunications and data protection matters.
Prior to working at ALN Kenya and ALN, an alliance of independent top tier African law firms, she worked as an Associate at Clifford Chance in the New York Office.
Wangui also co-authored the 2015 Kenya chapter on mergers and acquisitions for publicly listed companies published by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), touching on national and regional capital markets trends and issues.
She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a Member of the New York State Bar.
Wangui is a Partner at ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna and a member of the Corporate department. Her practice primarily focuses on corporate law, where she advises acquiring firms and targets in commercial transactions, including structuring joint ventures in multiple jurisdictions, asset purchase acquisitions, disposals of businesses, share purchase acquisitions which require due diligence investigations and group restructurings in regulated and unregulated industries. She has also advises on telecommunications and data protection matters.
Prior to working at ALN Kenya and ALN, an alliance of independent top tier African law firms, she worked as an Associate at Clifford Chance in the New York Office.
Wangui also co-authored the 2015 Kenya chapter on mergers and acquisitions for publicly listed companies published by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), touching on national and regional capital markets trends and issues.
She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a Member of the New York State Bar.
CEO, Anjiru
A creative serial entrepreneur, she graduated in Interior Architecture from The Glasgow School of Art- University of Glasgow, before moving back to Kenya to set up a company specializing in Interior Architecture for individuals, hotels, and corporate organizations. After 11 years of running Amber Africa and Dawn of Creation, she realized the need to create the first children’s brand from Africa, Funkidz. She is now CEO of Anjiru, a Kenya based lifestyle brand
CEO, Anjiru
A creative serial entrepreneur, she graduated in Interior Architecture from The Glasgow School of Art- University of Glasgow, before moving back to Kenya to set up a company specializing in Interior Architecture for individuals, hotels, and corporate organizations. After 11 years of running Amber Africa and Dawn of Creation, she realized the need to create the first children’s brand from Africa, Funkidz. She is now CEO of Anjiru, a Kenya based lifestyle brand
