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Mike is an entrepreneur with a passion for business in Africa. He moved to Zambia in February 2009, where he discovered a start-up business called Mobile Transactions with a vision of a "Cashless Africa". He introduced Mobile Transactions to the Grassroots Business Fund (GBF), and facilitated a $200,000 investment deal before joining the business full time as Sales Manager. In 2010 he was promoted to General Manager and later CEO as the business experienced triple digit revenue and quadruple digit transaction growth.
Mike has over 5 years experience working with businesses and social enterprises in Zambia, Ghana, and The Gambia. He also holds an MBA with Distinction from Oxford University, where he was a Skoll Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship, along with an MSc in Management Development from the London School of Economics. He grew up in Calgary, Canada, and completed his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia.
