Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

Fredrick Kiio is Associate Director of Agribusiness at the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), where he leads program managers across several fragile African countries to support commercial agribusinesses in scaling. He has approximately 18 years of experience in the telecommunications sector, including work on Safaricom's AgriTech business, enterprise business solutions, and business models for M-PESA and data services. Over the past five years he has focused on AgriTech innovation and agribusiness value chain development, with competencies in business strategy, business development, and performance management.

Husna Omar is Head of People & Culture at AECF and holds the SHRM-SCP certification. She has over 10 years of human resources experience across the private sector and donor-funded development organizations, reaching managerial level with exposure to board-level reporting. Her areas of focus include talent management, diversity, equity and inclusion, compensation and benefits, succession management, and executive coaching.

Susan Situma is Director of Programs at the AECF, where she oversees programs across more than 13 African countries. Her work focuses on SME development, private sector and development finance, gender-inclusive economic growth, and climate and agribusiness investments, with over 28 years of experience in the field. She has developed partnerships with governments, development finance institutions, foundations, corporates, and development agencies.

Joined Zouk in 2007 as a Partner and founded the Infrastructure team, bringing over 25 years' experience in the energy sector. Led investments across solar, waste, EV charging and wind. Previously CEO of Killingholme Power and VP of Corporate M&A at TXU Europe. A Chartered Accountant with a BSc in Chemical and Process Engineering.