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that provides services to survivors of gender violence (c) Global Development Incubator, an international social enterprise aiming to drive the adoption of technology for development and (d) Care Pay Limited, a health payments company. She also serves as a board of governor at Mpesa Foundation
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also in Somalia. She spent a total of five years in Somalia, leading programmes in areas including "Education, Safe Motherhood, Environmental Conservation, Governance and Landmines Demining".
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In 2010, she was appointed Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact at Safaricom. Sanda leads the Corporate Responsibility Department that coordinates the integration of the
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Before her appointment to head the UN Global Compact, Ojiambo sat on the board of directors for these companies: (a) Kenya Investment Authority, a
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Ojiambo was born in Kenya and she attended local schools for her primary and secondary education. She holds a
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Secretary-General Appoints Sanda Ojiambo of Kenya Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
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She then relocated to the Africa Regional Office of
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Kenya
McGill University
Bachelor of Arts
Economics and International Development
University of Minnesota
Master of Arts
Public Policy
Administrator
United Nations Global Compact
United Nations Global Compact
Lise Kingo
Bachelor of Arts
Economics and International Development
McGill University
Master of Arts
Public Policy
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
CARE International
Somalia
United Nations Development Programme
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Nairobi
Safaricom Plc
public-private partnership
Sustainable Development Goals
parastatal
NGO
Ogutu Okudo
Edwin Macharia

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