Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire 2022 speaker

Founder/CEO

8B Education Investments

Biography

Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire is the founder and CEO of 8B Education Investments, a fintech enabling African brilliance to have a global impact. 8B is the first education financing marketplace for African students going to study abroad. 8B connects African students with information on global colleges and universities, the financing options they need to enroll, and the career support they need to succeed, thereby thereby providing colleges and employers access to the world’s fastest-growing talent pool. The mission of 8B is enabling African brilliance to have a global impact. Prior to leading 8B, Lydiah’s career spanned nearly two decades as a diplomat including working at the Executive Office of the UN Secretary General, the UN Secretariat, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization.

Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire currently serves on the Board of Directors of WorldQuant University, is an advisor to the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program at Schimdt Futures, and has been on the Council of the Global Citizen Impact Funds. Previously, she served on the founding Board of Directors of Keep a Child Alive, on the UWC Atlantic College Advisory Council, and was a mentor of the Oxford Women in Business network.

Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire holds a D.Phil in Politics from the University of Oxford (New College). She also holds an MSc in African Studies from Oxford (St. Cross College), and an MPA and a BA from Cornell University. She has run the New York and Paris marathons, and sometimes helps her husband’s efforts to share with the world the secrets of wines from the Finger Lakes region of New York.