Women Creating Wealth Summit

Vincent Kaitano

Managing Director, Empowered Concepts Limited

Empowered Concepts Limited specialises in provision of business development services with special focus on women and youth entrepreneurship. The emphasis is on facilitating investments by acting as brokers between capital seekers and investors. In addition, we provide hands-on hand holding facility through our Business Accelerator Program to SMEs to migrate them into sustainable enterprises that are able to pay back the loans while, at the same time, becoming more profitable thereby ensuring their growth in terms of turnover and profitability. It offers services such as: Business and Financial Modelling, Business and Feasibility Studies, Financial Projections, Capital Raising, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets Advisory, and Project Finance Advisory

Managing Director, Global Concepts

Global Concepts is a consulting firm that focuses on conducting value chain and market systems assessments and value chain development. The core of our focus has been in developing inclusive business models (IBM) which aims at integrating people at the base of the economic pyramid into value chains through private sector led value chain development and upgrading. Moreover, we use value chain analysis and development to find out where the bottlenecks are in each value chain, profitability of various actors in the chain, and how producers and MSMEs can upgrade within the chain.

Chief Executive Officer, NorthSha’ar Technical College

Our focus is innovation and, as such, emphasis is training and equipping our students in relevant and modern technological advancements that are providing solutions and making life better and easier. . NorthSha’ar Technical College plays a significant role in equipping young people with more than just technical skills and competencies. We impart entrepreneurial skills, provide practical on-the-job experience, and create a platform for innovative thinking. Courses offered include: Robotics and Drone Technologies, ICT – Internet of Things, ICT – Programming, Waste management, Renewable Energy, Innovation and entrepreneurship is cross-cutting.

Skills – Consulting, qualitative and quantitative data management, Project management, business development, coaching and mentorship, Agribusiness