Confrey Alianji

Co - Founder

Confrey is an Innovation Expert and Venture Builder with over 10 years of professional experience in the region. He has experience as a Human Centered Design Facilitator, Business and Strategy Designer, and serves the innovation needs of diverse impact groups, African entrepreneurs, and corporations.

He is currently employed by WWF International as Africa Regions Innovations Lead, he  also coordinatInternational’s Startup and Ventures Workstream-Greening Finance Solutions. He is an Expert Reviewer for World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Climate Justice Challenge. Serves as the Innovation Council Member for CCSI an initiative of Baylor University and Compassion International.

He co-founded the start-up UTAFITI, has worked as a design thinking consultant for Bluesky Innovations, and participated in the Unleash Innovation Lab in Denmark to work on groundbreaking solutions for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals where his project, Afterain, won second place in Health. Among others, he has worked with WWF, PSI, AKF, WUSC, Safaricom, Compassion International, and the Ministry of Agriculture, GOK. He holds a Psychology degree as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Innovation Management.