Ory Okolloh

Ory is currently a Partner at Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures, a pan-African focused venture capital firm that backs exceptional founders in and from Africa. Previously, Ory was the Managing Director, Omidyar Network and Luminate Group in Africa, both impact investing arms of The Omidyar Group. She serves on the Board of Directors of several organisations including the Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company, Safaricom PLC, the East African Breweries Limited, Deloitte Africa, the Adecco Group Foundation, and is the Chair of the Stanbic Bank Kenya Foundation. In the past, Ory was Google’s Policy and Government Relations manager for Africa. Ory was also at the forefront of developing technology innovation as a founding member of Ushahidi. She was the organization’s Executive Director from inception until December 2010. Ory is the co-founder of Mzalendo, a website that tracks the performance of Kenyan MPs and Asphalt & Ink, a strategic advisory firm. In 2011 Ory was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and one of Africa's most Powerful Women by Forbes Magazine. In 2014 she was named Time 100's most influential people in the world.