Gerald Chirinda

Gerald Chirinda is the Founder and CEO of Future Africa Group which houses Future Africa Forum— a platform for thought leadership that partners with organizations to build a better Africa, and Future Africa Consulting— an Africa-focused and based management consulting firm.

He has co-founded Educate, an education access and improvement company that partners with schools to provide financial access through the issuing of loans within the education ecosystem.

He serves on the Board of Alliance for Women and Girls, an organization that empowers and amplifies the efforts of leaders and organisations in Africa, committed to achieving gender equality and empowerment. He also serves on the Board of the Independent Panel on Social Progress, an organization whose vision is a world in which every human being can flourish in justice, security and peace.

Gerald has served on the Now Generation Network sub-committee of the Ibrahim Index Advisory Council for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation which works to assess the effectiveness of the Ibrahim Index for African Governance (IIAG). He has also held several leadership roles, including being a BMW Foundation Responsible Leader, a Young Leader at the French-African Foundation, and a founding member of the Advisory Board for the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust.

Gerald Chirinda holds a MSc in Innovation, Leadership, and Management from the University of York.