Wario Chege

1.0 Personal Details

Name: Peter Wario Chege
Date of birth: 1966.
Nationality: Kenyan
Language: English, Swahili, Gikuyu
Marital Status: Married and father of two children
Email: wariochege@yahoo.com
Address: P.O Box 7576, 00100 GPO, Nairobi. Kenya
Telephone 254 020 3871206
Mobile: 0721427676
Physical location: Setpro Consult
Kilimani Complex 3rd, Floor, suit No. 14.
(Opposite Yaya center, next to Kobil petrol station)

Profession: Social Economist
(Microfinance, Business Development,
and Agribusiness)

Countries of work experience: South Africa, Uganda, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya.

2.0 Overview of experience

In the past twelve years, Mr. Wario has been involved in Microfinance and Business Development Services (BDS). He has specialized in the operation aspects of microfinance where he is an expert in strategic design, project implementation and capacity building. He has developed exposure and experience to particularly develop, evaluate, monitor, carry out study and advice on any innovation or intervention in Microfinance.

In Business Development, Mr. Wario has focused his capacity in entrepreneurship development, enterprise development, agribusiness development, business opportunity interventions, market linkages, information, finance and management solutions.

Mr. Wario is the Managing Consultant of Setpro Consult. He has worked for Bond East Africa Ltd as a Business Development Manager and Faulu Kenya Ltd as a Development Finance Officer.

Among the remarkable organizations Mr. Wario has worked for as a consultant includes: World Vision Kenya (WVK), K-REP Advisory services (Africa) Ltd, Association of Microfinance Institutions (AMFI), International Network of Alternative Finance Institutions (INAFI), Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), TechnoServe Kenya, UNDP/Trickle Up Kenya, ADRA Somalia, UNA-Somalia, Informal Sector Development Association Programme (ISDAP), Pride Africa, Small and Micro Enterprise Programme (SMEP), Kenya Association of Microfinance Professionals (KAMP), KADET Ltd, ACDI/VOCA Kenya Maize Development Program (KMDP), Hanns Saidel Stiftung (HSS), PLAN Kenya, Welfare Advisory Committee (WAC), War Child canada among others.

Mr. Wario is an associate consultant of K-REP Advisory Services (Africa) Ltd, Acacia Consultant Ltd and INAFI.
3.0 Academic qualifications

A Bachelor of Arts (BA) graduate and pursuing a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). Mr. Wario has numerous post university trainings and workshops that have put him in scholarly authority in the broader area of BDS, micro finance and development interventions.

3.1 University Education

 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology and Geography: Kenyatta University- Kenya, 1993

4,0 Working experience

 Managing Consultant: Setpro Consult, 2000 to date

Setpro Consult is an independent development consultant firm based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Mr. Wario’s responsibilities include consultancy services, marketing and client relations.

 Development Finance Officer: Faulu Kenya Ltd, 1997-2000

Faulu Kenya Ltd is a leading Microfinance Institution in Kenya.
Mr.Wario was responsible for Coordinating Operations of 10 sub areas each under Loans Officer, client training, market research (Area Market Analysis), micro credit appraisal, portfolio build up & management of client groups, business counseling and consultant services to micro entrepreneurs.

 Business Development Manager: Bond East Africa Ltd, 1995-1996

Bond East Africa Ltd is an agent of Bond Knitting Systems of United Kingdom (UK).
Mr. Wario was in charge of the marketing and sales, training department and clients’ knitting business promotion.

5.0 Relevant consultant work

a) Training

• In November 2003 as an associate of Krep Advisory Services (KAS) provided training to 100 retrenched middle level managers of Kenya Breweries Ltd on owning and managing your business, Nairobi Kenya

• In year 2002 and 2003 in collaboration with Technoserve Kenya run monthly training sessions on Business Opportunity Seminars targeting those planning to start or expand their businesses. Nairobi, Kenya

• In year 2004 offered a 6 month training cource on entrepreneurship to members of International Christian Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

• In November 2005 in partnership with Acacia facilitated a capacity building workshop in community mobilization skills, project planning, management and and reporting writing skills to Youth Leaders of CBOs sponsored by War Child Cananda, Yei-Sudan

 In January 2005 facilitated the Board members and management staff of Welfare Advisory Committee in a participatory evaluation and a three year strategic planning Nairobi –Kenya

 In August 2004 provided a training on Entrepreneurship and Business management to Veterinarian and para-veterinarian working with CAPE: Huddu, Southern Somalia,

 From September to December 2004 was engaged to offer business management training to leaders of Producers Marketing Groups in districts of Bomet, Embu and Makueni by Technoserve Kenya

 In Feebruary and march 2003 provided Business Management Training to stockiest of solar panels under the project “Power Economic Development-PED” sponsored by ADRA,Bossasso, Puntland Somalia

 In March 2002 as associate of Krep Advisory Services jointly provided training in Delinquency management under UNDP Microstart program to. BIMAS, Women Concern Kenya (WCK), Equity Building Society and Women Economic Empowerment Center (WEEC). Nairobi Kenya

b) Part- Time lecturing

• Entrepreneurship Development Diploma course ( Daystar University September December, 2005)

• Microfinance Diploma Course ( Strathmore University, 2005 class)

c) Business manual development

• March 2006, Entrepreneurship and Business Planning Skill for clay stove producers. A training manual covering Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Distribution strategy, Production management, costing and pricing and financial analysis. Funded by Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) under Department of Home Economics (HOMEC) though Agriculture Training Centre (ATC).

• June 2004, Entrepreneurship training manual for businesspeople and start ups: International Christian centre School of Ministries.

• September 2004, Business Survival Skills training Manual: Daystar University department of Entrepreneurship Development.

• August 2005, DrumNet Training Manual and Participants Workbook, (Pride Africa, funded by GTZ)

DrumNet participating farmer groups, transporters and input stockist training on market, information and finance linkages:

• May 2005, Savings and Credit for farming groups training manual
USAID/ACDI VOCA,KMDP.

• February 2005, Farming as a family business (FaaFB) Trainers Guide and Participants Workbook, ( ACDI VOCA funded by USAID)

Agribusiness manual that addresses the issue of gender and household budget as well as analysing farming in terms of inputs, labour and marketing


• March 2003, Farming as a Business training package (ACDI/VOCA and HSS)

Trainer’s Guide, Farmer trainer’s Work Book and Farmer’s Guide that analyzis small scale farming to determine profitability.

• May 2003, Entrepreneurship training Manual for Community Animal Health Workers –CAHW. (VSF-Suisse).