Janet Mawiyoo

Biography

Janet Mawiyoo (Ms) is the Executive Director of KCDF (Kenya Community Development Foundation), a foundation that has demonstrated commitment to the promotion of sustainable development of communities for social justice, through local institution building, policy influencing, local resource mobilization, as well as building partnerships and collaborations with other like-minded actors.

Janet has in the last 30 years distinguished herself as an experienced development practitioner, very knowledgeable on the management of effective development programmes, institution building, strategic management, community asset development, partnerships and collaborations etc., just to mention a few. Janet has been at the helm of KCDF for nearly 14 years, making it one of the leading and respected community foundations in Africa. Previously she worked for ActionAid International in both Kenya and Tanzania, rising through the ranks to become Country Director of ActionAid International Tanzania.

Janet is a certified Organization Development consultant, with a Masters in Development Administration and Management (MA-Econ) from the University of Manchester (UK), and a post graduate diploma in Organization Development Consultancy from the Swiss Institute of Applied Psychology, Switzerland. She serves in a couple of non-profit Boards including TrustAfrica and the African Philanthropy Network both of which are pan African philanthropic organizations; she chairs Viwango a CSO certification body in Kenya, and is a board member of AccountableNow, a body that promotes accountability of International NGOs. She is also a Board member of the Open Society Initiative of East Africa, and a Director of the KCDF Investment Holdings.

Janet has received several awards, among them being the Exemplary Women’s Leadership Award in Mauritius in December 2015, and the Outstanding Leadership Award in 2017, when KCDF celebrated 20 years since its inception.