Isis Nyong’o Madison is a

Kenyan-American Kenyan Americans are an ethnic group of Americans of Kenyans, Kenyan descent and ancestry. As of the 2021 census, there were an estimated 94,623 Kenyan-born persons living in the United States. Most Kenyan Americans are concentrated in Minneapoli ...

media and technology entrepreneur. Currently the principal at strategic advisory firm Asphalt & Ink, she has also previously worked with InMobi, Google and

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Africa. The Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. is also the founder o
Mum's Village
an online platform transforming the mother-child experience in Kenya.

Career

Branded as one of "Africa's Top 20 Youngest Power Women" by Forbes, Madison has served as the managing director of Africa for InMobi. Prior to this, she specialized in mobile and local content partnerships at Google. She was among the team that led MTV Network's commercial foray into Africa. Madison holds degrees from

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and

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

. Madison was named as one of the top 40 women under 40 in Kenya in 2011 by

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as well as shortlisted on the Forbes Top 20 Youngest Power Women in

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, on IT News Africa's Top 10 Women in ICT and Africa's most powerful women in tech, 2013. She serves on the board of the Mango Tree Orphan Trust in Kenya. She was selected as a Young Global Leader by the

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in 2012. She currently serves on the global Advisory Council for CFK Africa, a leading NGO working in Kenyan informal settlements.

Personal life

Her family includes politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o,

Yale Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges ch ...

professor Tavia Nyong'o and

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

winning actress Lupita Nyong'o.

References

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