Bleejay Innis 2021 Speaker

Partner & Managing Director

Tri Buchanan Development Corporation

Biography

Bleejay is an emerging Leader and Entrepreneur with a focus on Africa. He was born in Buchanan, Liberia on January 14, 1989 and grew up in the capital city of Monrovia for most of his early childhood before escaping the country with his family in 1996 during the nation’s civil war. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he received a B.A. in International Business. He attained his Masters at Georgetown University in Global Real Estate studies and Development.

Bleejay currently serves as Partner & Managing Director for Tri Buchanan Development, a Liberia based construction firm. He is also the Founder of Ikemba Investment Group, a Washington DC based commercial real estate investment firm focused on raising capital and investing in emerging African markets. Bleejay’s passion for the development of his continent and country led him back to Liberia full-time early 2019 to focus on building his companies from the continent.