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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Susan_Mboya > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Susan_Mboya.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Mboya > Source revision: 1350743779 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Dr | name = Susan Mboya | image = Susan Mboya headshot January 2014.jpg | caption = Susan Mboya in 2014 | birth_name = Susan Mboya | birth_date = 1965 | birth_place = [Kenya](/source/Kenya) | education = {{ubl|[BPharm](/source/Bachelor_of_Pharmacy)|[MSc](/source/Master_of_Science)|[PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy)}} | alma_mater = {{ubl|[Kenya High School](/source/Kenya_High_School)|[University of Connecticut](/source/University_of_Connecticut)|[Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences](/source/Massachusetts_College_of_Pharmacy_and_Health_Sciences)}} | occupation = Principal and International Advisor | organization = Zawadi Africa Education Fund | spouse = {{marriage|[Evans Kidero](/source/Evans_Kidero)|2011}} | children = 3 | parents = {{ubl|[Tom Mboya](/source/Tom_Mboya)|[Pamela Mboya](/source/Pamela_Mboya)}} }} {{short description|Kenyan businesswoman (born 1965)}} thumb|Susan Mboya official portrait August 2016 '''Susan Mboya''' is a corporate executive, entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the principal and international advisor for Navigators Global, a [Washington, DC](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)–based consulting firm. Mboya is the founder/owner of a number of businesses in the hospitality and entertainment sector. ==Career== Mboya has been a corporate executive for over 25 years and has held a number of senior executive positions at global multinational firms, including being the Global Director for [Oral B](/source/Oral-B) Oral Care at Procter and Gamble for five years and being the General Manager of [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola) [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) from 2008 to 2011. She is the immediate former president of the [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola) Africa Foundation and the group director of the Eurasia Africa Group (EAG) for women’s economic empowerment at [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola){{cite news|title=Dr. Susan Mboya-Kidero appointed President of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/646383-dr-susan-mboya-kidero-appointed-president-of-the-coca-cola-africa-foundation.html|accessdate=25 April 2014|newspaper=New Vision}} and is the daughter of the late [Tom Mboya](/source/Tom_Mboya), a Kenyan nationalist leader and one of the founding fathers of the [Republic of Kenya](/source/Republic_of_Kenya) and the late [Pamela Mboya](/source/Pamela_Mboya), a renowned diplomat who was Kenya’s representative to [UN Habitat](/source/United_Nations_Human_Settlements_Programme). [Tom Mboya](/source/Tom_Mboya) was a well-known trade unionist, educationist, Pan-Africanist, author, and Cabinet Minister in Kenya's first post-independence government. She is also the former First Lady of [Nairobi County](/source/Nairobi_County), Kenya's largest county and the capital city and economic center of Kenya. Mboya holds a number of board positions, including the chair of [Liberty Group](/source/Liberty_Holdings_Limited), a publicly traded company in the [Nairobi Stock Exchange](/source/Nairobi_Securities_Exchange). Mboya is the founder of the Zawadi Africa Educational Fund, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides scholarships and leadership development training to academically gifted, marginalized African girls to enable them to attend top colleges and universities around the world with the objective of creating a pipeline of African female leaders. The Zawadi Africa program is based on the Africa Student Airlifts program launched by her father and President [John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy) in 1959 that enabled several participants, including [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama) Sr, father of President [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama), and Professor [Wangari Mathaai](/source/Wangari_Mathaai) to study in the U.S.{{cite news|title=Airlift to America|url=http://www.airlifttoamerica.org}}{{cite news|title=Friends Salute Mboyas American Airlifts 50 Years Ago|url=http://newafricanmagazine.com/friends-salute-mboya-s-american-airlifts-50-years-ago/}} Mboya has been a senior executive on the global stage for over 25 years, holding a series of positions in general management. She started as a brand manager at Procter and Gamble in [Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati), and became an associate director and then a director working in the paper division and in the oral care division. Mboya moved to [the Coca-Cola Company](/source/the_Coca-Cola_Company) as the General Manager for the [Southern Africa](/source/Southern_Africa) region in 2008 and then became the President of the [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola) Africa Foundation, where she successfully forged public-private partnerships to help resource, fund, and provide technical expertise for the foundation's initiatives, raising over $120 million in funding towards the 5by20 initiative and working with international partners including [USAID](/source/USAID), "GETF," [DFID](/source/DFID), [TechnoServe](/source/TechnoServe), MercyCorps, and the [International Finance Corporation](/source/International_Finance_Corporation) and empowering over 700,000 women.{{cite web |title=Meredith College 2014 Commencement speaker information |url=http://www.meredith.edu/commencement/speaker-information |website=Meredith College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427121039/http://www.meredith.edu/commencement/speaker-information |archive-date=2014-04-27}} ==Zawadi Africa== Mboya is the founder and president of the Zawadi Africa Educational Fund, a non-profit organization modeled on her father's student airlifts of the 1960s, which took over 800 [East African](/source/East_African_Community) students to American universities and colleges.{{cite news|title=Friends salute Mboya's American airlifts 50 years ago|url=http://newafricanmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1193:friends-salute-mboya%E2%80%99s-american-airlifts-50-years-ago&Itemid=674|accessdate=25 April 2014}} ==Nairobi County First Lady== In her role as the first First Lady of [Nairobi County](/source/Nairobi_County), Mboya initiated and championed programs supporting children's education and welfare, women and girls' empowerment, women's health, and the environment. {{cite news|title=The Truly Inspiring side of Evans Kideros Wife|url=https://mpasho.co.ke/truly-inspiring-side-evans-kideros-wife-never-knew/}}{{cite news|title=Dr Susan Mboya flags off Race for Survival|url=http://www.nairobi.go.ke/home/news/dr-susan-kidero-flaggs-off-race-for-survival/}}{{cite news|title=Dr Susan Mboya takes Beyond Zero Campsign to Kibra|url= http://www.nairobi.go.ke/home/news/dr-susan-kidero-takes-beyond-zero-campaign-to-kibra/}}{{cite news|title=Governors Wives visit Huruma tragedy Families|url=http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/05/10/governors-wives-visit-huruma-families_c1347394}}{{cite news|title=Mrs Susan Mboya Kideros Beyond the Classroom Program at Dagoretti Training School|url=http://www.nairobi.go.ke/home/whats-happening/mrs-susan-mboya-kideros-beyond-the-classroom-program-at-dagoretti-training-school/}} ==Achievements and awards== Mboya was inducted into the [American Advertising Federation](/source/American_Advertising_Federation) (AAF) Hall of Achievement in 2003 and was awarded African American Marketer of the Year by Ebony magazine in 2004. In June 2009, Mboya was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities by [Lakeland University](/source/Lakeland_University) and was the commencement speaker at [Meredith College](/source/Meredith_College) in 2016 in recognition of her humanitarian activities with the Zawadi Africa Education Fund.{{cite news|title=Dr Susan Mboya-Kidero Lakeland College Commencement Address|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?285672-1/lakeland-college-commencement-address}}{{cite web|title=Susan Mboya to Deliver 2014 Commencement Address|url=http://www.meredith.edu/news/detail/susan-mboya-zawadi-africa-founder-and-coca-cola-executive-to-deliver-2014-c}} In 2016, the [University of Massachusetts](/source/University_of_Massachusetts) (UMASS) in Boston awarded Mboya an honorary doctorate for her work with the Zawadi Africa Education Fund and with women’s economic empowerment and philanthropy in Africa.{{cite news|title= Kideros wife Susan-Mboya Gets Honorary Degree |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000204509/kidero-s-wife-susan-mboya-gets-honorary-degree}}{{cite news|title=Susan Mboya gets Honorary Degree|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/nairobi/Susan-Mboya-Kidero/1954174-3241538-11byr1j/index.html}}{{cite news|title=Two Days of UMASS Boston Commencement Celebrations Begin With Grad Ceremony|url=https://www.umb.edu/news/detail/two_days_of_umass_boston_commencement_celebrations_begin_with_grad_ceremony}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://zawadiafrica.org/wp/?page_id=16 Zawadi Africa Educational Fund] *[https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-mboya-6a714199/ LinkedIn profile] {{Wikiquote}}{{Commons}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mboya, Susan}} Category:Living people Category:Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:University of Connecticut alumni Category:American women business executives Category:African-American business executives Category:African-American businesswomen Category:21st-century African-American businesspeople Category:21st-century African-American women --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Susan Mboya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Mboya) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Mboya?action=history)). 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