Kim Kamarebe
Kim KAMAREBE is the Managing Director of Inua Capital, which manages impact funds that invest patient and flexible risk capital in local Ugandan SMEs, with the explicit intention of building the next generation of Ugandan industry titans and driving sustainable, private sector-led economic development in Uganda.
Kim is a champion for entrepreneurial activity and sustainable economic growth and moved to Uganda in 2009 to help build and catalyse a private equity investment ecosystem in the country. Over the last 15 years, Kim has led the investment activities and portfolios at Damascus Capital, AgDevCo Uganda, TLG Capital (East Africa) and Inua Capital. Prior to private equity investing, Kim built a career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York and in London.
Kim founded and patrons the Driven2Change Foundation, an active philanthropic organization focused on education and entrepreneurship. In addition, she sits on the Boards of Stanbic Bank and aBi Finance and serves as the Chairperson of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Deal Flow Facility, a program of FSDU Uganda funded by the European Union.
Kim has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BSc in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University.