Craig Heintzman

Biography

Craig is the Founder and CEO of Arifu, a Nairobi-based tech company with a chatbot helping people learn skills from the organizations they trust over any mobile phone.

Prior to Arifu, Craig conducted livelihood research working with microentrepreneurs in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania. He also held business development roles with the World Wide Web Foundation and MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) on projects designed to foster a more open and inclusive Web responsive to the needs of underserved communities globally.

Craig received his B.Comm and B.A. Philosophy at Queen’s University, not far from his hometown of Toronto.