Naomi Kioi

INVESTMENT DIRECTOR

Based in Nairobi, Kenya

Naomi Kioi serves as an Investment Director with Dovetail Impact Foundation where she supports an international portfolio of partner organizations. Prior to joining Dovetail, Naomi worked at the World Bank designing results-based financing subsidies and sustainable partnerships to unlock public and private finance to address the affordability gap in Africa. Prior to this, Naomi worked at Sun King as General Manager, where she developed scalable impact in people’s lives through route-to-market strategies and strategic partnerships in a profitable consumer financing business in off-grid, solar energy.

She has traveled across Africa and Asia, understanding the buying behavior and consumer psychology of last-mile demographics to inform business models, product design, and distribution across Africa and Asia.

She holds an MBA from IE Business School in Spain and a Bachelor of International Business Administration from the United States International University in Africa. Come to Naomi for conversations about fitness, books, and travel.