Ask The Experts – Gulf Annisaa

Founder and CEO Passion Profit

Frida Owinga

Frida Owinga is the founder and CEO PassionProfit, an School of Entrepreneurship that specializes in equipping aspiring and existing entrepreneurs with skills and tools to create, manage and grow successful world class enterprises. She specializes in the following fields: Entrepreneurial training and coaching. Leadership and Management Training, Executive Coaching, Aligning people and processes for optimum results, Peak Performance Coaching, Operational Excellence, Team Dynamics, Instructional Design & Development. PassionProfit’s programs are designed to help aspiring and existing entrepreneurs to develop skills and acquire tools to create, manage and grow successful world class organizations.

Managing Partner

Christine Oseko

Christine Oseko Ouma, Oseko Ouma Advocates’ Managing Partner, graduated with honours from the University of Leicester, in the UK, Christine proceeded to Boston University, Boston MA for a Master of Laws in International Business Law and Intellectual Property Law. She has consulted for FIDA, the Ford Foundation, and Transparency International and has lectured at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. Christine has a solid understanding of intricate and complex legal issues in her chosen areas of practice. In addition to running Oseko Ouma Advocates, a role she took on in September, 2015, Christine currently lectures at the Catholic University.

Marketing, management & customer service

Fatma Maawy

Fatma works with both individuals & corporations and helps people & businesses to grow in areas like goal setting, customer service, and marketing and performance enhancement. She brings a lot of practical experience in the fields of Leadership, Management and Marketing in general (Sales, Customer Service and Value Chain Management).

Women empowerment and leadership

Prof. Sauda M Swaleh

Currently the Associate professor and Deputy Director, Centre for Transformative and Inclusive Leadership (ACTIL), Prof. Sauda brings onboard a wealth of experience that places her as a favorite in tackling a host of women related issues. She has trained many government institutions across Africa on Women empowerment, their role in developmental leadership, entrepreneurship amongst a host of other key topics. She is also an expert business planner.

Financial Advisory

Waceke Nduati Omanga

Waceke Nduati Omanga is the founder and director of Centonomy Ltd where she is also the Lead Trainer. She is driven by her passion for teaching people how to create wealth and manage money to achieve financial freedom. Waceke has over 10 years’ experience in the investment industry internationally as well as locally. She holds Masters Degrees in Banking & Finance, Professional Accounting.

Business growth and management

Prof. Wangari Mwai

With a solid background and training in Leadership and business development coupled with Leadership management, Wangari Mwai is definitely your go to lady in matters entrepreneurship. She is also an expert in the whole spectrum of gender issues and stands out as a unique management trainer.

Managing a business & access to finance

Salima Kiriago

Salima Kiriago is a management, entrepreneurship and enterprise development trainer, mentor and coach. She has over 18years’ experience in microfinance, banking and development work, providing high level policy, advisory and technical facilitation and training support to various organizations including Governments departments, corporate and NGOs.

Starting & managing a business

George Kipngetich Kosimbei

Dr. Kosimbei is an active consultant and researcher who also lectures at Kenyatta University. He is the Director of Chandaria Business Innovation and Incubation Centre that offers an array of services to incubates. The services include: Assistance with business basics; Networking activities; Marketing assistance; High-speed Internet access; Help with accounting/financial management; Access to bank loans; loan funds and guarantee programs; Help with presentation/ pitching skills.

Food and Cooking

Chef Ali

Cooking is an art – Getting the ingredients right, the mixture, the crockery, just the right amount of heat….sometimes, a tip from an expert makes all the difference. Ali Said Mandhry, popularly known as Chef Ali l’artiste is a celebrity chef, actor, media personality, culinary instructor, food stylist, visual and sugar artiste, hotelier, role model, vocalist and an International Hall of Fame. He is known as the very first TV celebrity chef in Kenya who appeared in International TV cookery shows in the Middle East and culinary conventions in America at a very young age putting Kenya on the map. He was born in Mombasa.

Female health

Dr Rukiya Abdulwahab M. Ali

Consultant Resident Obstetrician/Gynaecologist. Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery /Laparoscopy (MBBS, MMed Obs/Gyn, F.MAS) Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa.

Health

Dr Salwa Shahbal -.

Dr Salwa Shahbal, MBChB, MSc, is a medical doctor specialising in diabetes care and is the founder of the Diabetes Management Centre. She is passionate about diabetes management and more so prevention. She holds a bachelors degree in medicine from the University of Nairobi, a Masters in Science degree in International Management, where she sub specialized in health service management. She later on enrolled with Cardiff University for her masters in Diabetes degree. She has vast experience in medicine, having worked both in the public and private sectors.