Mwambu Wanendeya

CEO and Founder
Carico

Mwambu founded CARICO in 2016 to try to sustainably improve the future of coffee farmers. 50 years earlier, his father helped set up one of the first coffee cooperatives on Mount Elgon.
He studied Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College and following a year at the BBC World Service, he worked as an independent journalist. He then worked in communications and public relations in the telecommunications and banking industries in Africa.