Gerald Chirinda

Gerald 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; and Youth Combating NTDs, a global community of young people who are fighting to end Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Gerald serves 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, an alumnus of the Global Shapers Community, and a member of the Advisory Board for the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust.

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