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DANCAN ONYANGO OGENDO

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Boston, MA 7742903814 donyango1@babson.edu        https://www.linkedin.com/in/dancan-onyango-aa397237/

EDUCATION

BABSON COLLEGE, F.W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Wellesley, MA                                                                       August 2018

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MBA Candidate class of 2020

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• Received The Prestigious Diversity Leadership Scholarship- a full tuition scholarship

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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, IN: Certificate in Business & Entrepreneurship.                                                                                    May 2017

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY Cambridge, MA: Executive Education : Innovation for Economic Development.                                               April 2016

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA: Executive Education :Rethinking Financial Inclusion                                                             May 2015

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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, KENYA - Bachelor of Commerce , Human Resources Management                                                              August 2012

EXPERIENCE                

Women's World Banking Capital Partners, New York, USA                                                                                                              05/2019 - 08/2019 Summer Intern -Private Equity Fund

 

WAM is a $100 million private-equity fund designed for a niche investment model called gender-lens investing. The fund’s objective is long-term capital appreciation with a conservative level of risk, and support to financial institutions to serve underserved women

  •  Deal Evaluation: Primary researcher to evaluate investment opportunities using quantitative and qualitative methods

  •  Due Diligence: Generate and present on customized performance analytics using Financial Statements

  •  Analyze investment proposals, based on risk level, asset allocation and cashflow needs and develop teaser for management              

 

RURAL FINANCE EXPANSION PROGRAMME (RUFEP), Lusaka, Zambia                                                                                06/2017 - 08/2018

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External Consultant-Digital Financial Services

 

RUFEP is a US $26.3 Million facility under Government of Zambia and IFAD formed to facilitate access to finance, technical expertise and strategic partnerships for financial inclusion.

 

  • Identify and evaluate potential investment targets I.e banks, microfinance companies and fintechs in Zambia

  •  Interface with Development Finance Institutions to source for opportunities

 

JIWO PARO, Kisumu, Kenya                                                                                                                                                                  09/2016 - Present

Founder

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A social finance Company providing sewing machines or startup capital to apparel entrepreneurs in Kenya.

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  • Lead Business Development initiatives that generated $4000 revenue and raised donor funds of over $15000.

  • Co-led a team of 5 rural development experts and built a brand recognized for excellence in rural finance.  

Supervised execution of over 30 trainings on financial literacy for 1200 entrepreneurs across 3 counties.

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AMARANTE CONSULTING Phnom Penh, Cambodia                                                                                                                       01/2016 - 08/2016

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Consultant Agent Banking Project  

 

  • Collaborated with fellow team experts for Amarante Consulting and while serving as Technical consultant for AMK, a top National Microfinance Bank, on its strategy to review its agent network model.  

Created a full 5-year business model with projections across multiple agent types and transaction types to accomplish a holistic strategy, to guide the operations for the 2000 agents, projected to break even in 2 years.

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MICROSAVE CONSULTING Nairobi, Kenya                                                                                                                                        11/2014 - 12/2015

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Associate Consultant-Digital Financial Services: (Agent Network Accelerator Project)

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  • Analyzed financial services ecosystem and conducted training on Strategic operations for Mobile/Digital Finance including agent banking development to Mobile Network operators, Financial Institutions and third-party operators.  

 

KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK  Western Regional Office, Luanda                                                                                                     11/2014 - 12/2015

 

Agent Banking Team Lead-Western Kenya.

  • Conducted field recruitment of a network of 110 agents supported, regularly trained and monitored liquidity limits.

  • Guided over 5 agent banking staff working in 3 branches managing 80 agents and documented field route plans.

  • Performed training needs assessment of agent bankers and was champion for product knowledge on agent banking

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                                                                                                 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION   

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06/2017                     Mandela Washington Fellow at Young African Leadership Initiative.

05/2016                     Speaker and Panelist at REDCAMIF-VII Central American and Caribbean Microfinance Conference.

08/2015.                    Speaker and Panelist at SF Consulting-Third Africa Money Transfer Conference, Cote D’Ivoire

Languages               English (fluent), Swahili (fluent), Luo (Native) Software: Microsoft Excel, Tableau

                                                                                                                                     

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