Event Overview
An exclusive live talk show and mastermind session connecting high-net-worth African and American professionals with Kenyan business leaders and SME owners. This dynamic 2-hour experience brought together visionaries, investors, and entrepreneurs to forge strategic partnerships and unlock cross-border opportunities.
CONNECTING PEOPLE OF PURPOSE ACROSS BORDERS!
Theme: High Touch, High Tech: How Cross-Border Businesses Can Grow Faster Together
Date: January 24, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EAT
Venue: Four Points by Sheraton, Hurlingham, Nairobi
Presented by: CoreAxis Strategy Ltd, Geechie Adventures, and The Global Foundation for Education and Economic Mobility, Inc.
Target Audience
- Corporate Female Executives & Upper Management leading innovation in their industries
- Male Executives & Upper Management from related sectors seeking partnership opportunities
- Early and Growth-Stage Founders ready to scale their ventures
- Women-Led SME Companies pursuing international expansion
The East African Entrepreneurship Tour
The Conference was a featured highlight of a 14-day East African Entrepreneurship Tour, organized by The Global Foundation for Education and Economic Mobility, Inc. The tour delegation brought seven prominent African American business leaders to Nairobi, immersing them in the local innovation landscape.
This 12-day immersive program facilitated intentional matchmaking between US delegates and Kenya’s premier business leaders. Leveraging GFEEM’s experience across 20 prior cohorts, the tour provided a trusted platform for American leaders to form substantive, long-term partnerships with mature enterprises and philanthropic organizations deeply rooted in the East African ecosystem.
Conference Purpose: Cultivating Cross-Border Investment Channels
CoreAxis Strategy Ltd and Geechie Adventures, a Social Impact Technology LLC company, identified a strategic opportunity to leverage their established position in Kenyan project management to attract high-net-worth interest from the African American diaspora.
Utilizing its proven ecosystem in real estate development and manufacturing, CoreAxis developed a dual-track engagement model for East African Entrepreneurship Tour participants:
- High-Level Workshop & Conference — A curated showcase enabling Kenyan partners and industry leaders to pitch their products and services directly to a captive audience of global investors engaged in impact tourism.
- Strategic Partnership with GFEEM — Collaborated with Quinetha Frasier, CEO of GFEEM, to provide education and market access to the Kenyan business landscape as an integral component of the East African Entrepreneurship Tour.
Video Gallery
Speakers
CONNECTING PEOPLE OF PURPOSE ACROSS BORDERS!
Dr. Tiffany Rogers Bussey
Founding Executive Director, Morehouse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (MIEC)
Marilyn Jackson
President & CEO, UnderGrid Networks | Founder, The Blockchain Alliance
Charles Kollo
Head of Innovation, BBIF | Author | Fintech Strategist
Dr. Chris Brooks
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Clarendon Capital Ventures | Advisor | Author
Dr. Fadhel Kaboub
President, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity | Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University
Rev. Nelson B. Rivers, III
Vice President, Religious Affairs & External Relations, NAACP | Pastor, Charity Missionary Baptist Church
Dr. Kyle Rose, Sr.
Inventor | Applied Physics Professor | Founder & CEO, KROSE TEK
Dr. Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Joan Robinson-Berry
Retired Vice President & Chief Engineer, Boeing Global Services | Aerospace Trailblazer
Mac McNeil
Founder & CEO, BERTHA Inc. | Executive Leader | U.S. Army Veteran
Dominique Milton
President & Chief Engagement Officer, Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council (CVMSDC)
