About
Lewam Kefela is a Principal at Partech Africa, where he works with founders developing solutions across African industries.
Experience
- PartechPrincipal - Africacurrent2022 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
- The Africa PlaybookFoundercurrent2020 — present
- Village CapitalInvestment Director2020 — 2022
- VilCap InvestmentsInvestment Associate2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- The Carlyle GroupAnalyst2014 — 2017
- WorkivaFinance & Ops (Pre-IPO)2012 — 2013Ames, Iowa
Skills & more
Languages English · Swahili · Tigrinya
From Lewam's professional profile.
Colleagues at Partech Ventures
Alexandra Eychenne
Compliance & Risk Officer at Partech Ventures
Alexandre Durrive
Chief Technology Officer at Partech Ventures
Alexis Lancien
Senior Associate at Partech Ventures
Alison Imbert
Partner at Partech Ventures
Andrew Whiting
Partner at Partech Ventures
Ariadne Lemieux-Cumberlege
Senior Associate at Partech Ventures
Arnaud De Keulenaer
Senior Legal Counsel at Partech Ventures
Arnaud Minvielle
General Partner at Partech Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lewam Kefela?
- Lewam Kefela is a Principal at Partech Africa, where he works with founders developing solutions across African industries.
- Where does Lewam Kefela work?
- Lewam Kefela is Principal at Partech Ventures.
- What check size does Lewam Kefela write?
- Lewam Kefela typically writes checks of $200K – $50M.
- Where did Lewam Kefela go to school?
- Lewam Kefela studied at William & Mary (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Double major: Finance and Development Economics); Tsinghua University (Study abroad language immersion and cultural studies, Mandarin).
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