Category: Kenya

About Michael Kaniu

Michael Kaniu is a Business Executive with over 28 years of experience in Africa and the USA who can work effectively at all levels in organisations. He is currently an affordable housing developer and board member of the Kenya Property Developers Association (KPDA). He is also a Sector Board Member at Kenya Private Secor Alliance (KEPSA) fostering public policy advocacy in Land and Housing.

Before forming his own real estate company, Natureville Homes 14 years ago, Michael held Director-level roles in business execution at Big Tech Software Companies like SAP, Microsoft, and Sybase where he was the managing director. He has also worked in Engineering Companies; Gath Management (Kenya) and McKinstry Engineering (USA) in Building Mechanical Design and Real Estate Technology (Protecth) under Properbly Ventures.

Michael holds an MBA (TQM) from Leicester University (UK), and an Applied Science degree from ITT Technical Institute (USA). In addition, he holds a post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). 

About George Mugweru

George Mugweru is a Financial Inclusion Expert, leading advisory services on housing finance across the HOPE International global network on areas around product design, pilot testing and non-financial housing services. George supports the growth of the housing portfolio among HOPE MFI network and partners.

George Mugweru previously worked as a Housing Finance Systems Manager at Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter (TCIS). He led Housing Finance Systems domain and is responsible for supporting design, coordination, implementation and sharing lessons and emerging best practices in the region. George previously was a Housing Microfinance Lead in for the “Building Assets, Unlocking Access” project, in Kenya and Uganda implemented by TCIS. He as conducted numerous consulting assignments and technical assistance projects at MicroSave as Senior Analyst. George has over 15 years’ experience in financial inclusion and has working experience in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.