Vincent Otieno Odhiambo | Kenya
Vincent Otieno Odhiambo is the Regional Director for Ashoka in East Africa, based in Nairobi Kenya. He is a seasoned, visionary and transformative leader with an impressive track record in different sectors including social and humanitarian services, public and private sectors, and the social impact sector. His leadership journey has taken him through various levels of leadership, from local community initiatives to national, regional, continental, and global engagements. Vincent’s expertise lies in driving organizational development, building transformative, cross-sectoral collaborations, social entrepreneurship and social impact.
Vincent is the Board Chairman of Lightup Impact, an NGO building a movement of over 100 young grassroots leaders across East Africa advocating for equality in health, gender, and other opportunities. He is also the Board Treasurer of Konexio Africa and until recently, he was one of the strategic advisors to INASP (International Network for Advancing Science and Policy). He has served as the Board Chair for Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environment Internationale-Kenya Chapter. He is the founder of a youth-focusing organization whose focus was to champion youth participation in development and governance. He is also a founding director of a consultancy which worked with private sector leaders to create and champion development models that combine positive social impact with market-facing enterprises. He regularly shares his opinions and thoughts on a wide range of issues in both local and international media platforms.
Vincent is a firm believer in ecosystemic, transformative partnerships and collaborative impact for social entrepreneurship as a critical path towards finding sustainable systems change solutions to drive social transformation and a firm believer of an everyone a changemaker world.