Leila Chirayath
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Leila Chirayath
I currently work as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners, LLC, a New York-based firm focusing on general business strategy. I graduated from Harvard University in 2005 with a B.A. in African Development Studies, and have presided over Harvard’s International Development Group, co-founded a multi-year initiative to study transitional justice in Rwanda, and worked for the World Bank and Ashoka: Innovators for the Public.
I’m starting a non-profit venture called Market for Change, which bridges consumers in developed economies in need of low-cost ICT services with reputable African providers. Our mission is to empowering small and medium-sized African ICT companies with access to global markets for services, harnessing the power of technology for development. Our platform is an online marketplace in which consumers themselves rate businesses and provide feedback; in addition to the website, we provide an additional level of quality screening to ensure that customers receive top-notch service.
