CEO / FounderTiny Totos Kenya
Emma has 20 years’ experience in social entrepreneurship, innovation and equity.
After a decade working on indigenous rights, conservation and community development in Latin America, Emma ran a global impact investment fund from London. After moving to Nairobi in 2012, she set up an impact advisory to support impact clients including the Kenya Bankers’ Association, UNDP and Palladium.
In 2014, Emma founded Tiny Totos, a Kenyan social enterprise tackling the childcare crisis through a market solution transforming informal childcare standards and outcomes. Tiny Totos has served over 25,000 children, extending reach through Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Tiny Totos’ childcare innovations have won many accolades, including top prize at the UN Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator Award, 2023. Tiny Totos is also a 2023 MIT Solve winner in Financial Inclusion.
Emma has a 1st class BA from Oxford University, a Masters in Resource Management from UBC and an MBA from Said.
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Eastern and Southern Africa