Samuel has over 15 years’ experience designing inclusive market facilitation and financing models for small and medium enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is a PhD finalist in Strategic management, holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture. A seasoned expert in Market Systems Development through developing innovative and competitive value chains and has successfully completed numerous consultancy assignments for different organizations including; WFP, World Vision, NRC, DCA and Mercy Corps.

He currently leads the Mercy Corps AgriFin agriculture and technology portfolio. Prior to this role, he led the Growth Enterprise, Employment and Livelihoods, USAID project in Somalia in developing competitive agriculture value chains. He has also worked with Equity Bank Kenya where he supported to establish an agribusiness docket for financing small scale farmers. Samuel has also worked with other development organizations across East Africa including: Technoserve where he offered business advisory to agribusinesses and Global Communities in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi supporting agribusiness SMEs to expand their trade.