On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Francis Mwangi Chege < francis@safarisoftsolutions.com> wrote:

Dear Members,

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*The League of Young Professionals, Nairobi Chapter* warmly invites you to our June Monthly Talk on Thursday 27th June from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at KICC, Tin Tin Restaurant. Our Guest Speaker will be *Michael Macharia, *Founder and Group CEO, Seven Seas Technologies and He will Talk on: *Opportunities and the Future of ICT in Kenya*. Cost: Members Ksh. 500, Non Members Ksh. 1000

*Speakers Profile*

A qualified Chartered Accountant & true entrepreneur founded Seven Seas Technology Group at the age of 25 and has steered the Group as founder and CEO to what it is today through innovation, vision, commitment and passion.

Under his leadership, the company continues to expand into Ethiopia,Zambia,Zimbabwe, Ghana & Nigeria and projects in Uganda & Rwanda. With additional Joint Ventures & Investments in tech companies in Portugal The company’s customer portfolio includes industry leaders in Telecoms, Banking and Government Institutions. SST Group currently boasts a workforce of over 140+ permanent, highly skilled, multi-cultural employees. His vision and passion attracted prominent Venture Capital partners.The Company has Group turnover exceeding 2 Kshs Billion/$33M. Michael is currently executing on his long held plans to transform the company to a Pan-African systems integrator giant, besides mulling various options of unlocking shareholder value.

Michael, who is passionate about technology and ways that technology can be used to transform Africa in the way we live, work, play & govern, has overseen the company’s expansion to several countries in Africa. Through his organization, Michael has been able to give back to the community through the sponsorship of the Knowledge for Life Initiative, which is a program focused on enabling students understand and get career direction. This initiative then moves to assist the students later to secure jobs and start entrepreneurial careers. K4life mobilizes the SST staff to mentor young students who may not have a supportive environment or family. Today K4Life is evolving to K4LIFE Foundation, focused on being a talent accelerator

He is a member of YPO (Young Presidents Organization, Kenya Chapter) and has attended numerous management development courses all over the world for Entrepreneurship, Human Resource development and Operations Excellence. He is also an alumnus of Strathmore University/IESE Business School – Barcelona, Spain for Advanced Management (2009). Michael is also an art & architecture enthusiast, and has medium-term plans of building an African venture capital that will be involved in technology start-­up companies that will redefine the African technology market through convergence of relevant technology and society. Michael also serves as the Founding Curator for the Kenya Chapter of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Global Shapers Community .

Michael is married to Consolata Macharia and they have a baby son Leo.

Register for the ICT Forum here<http://sivana-ke.appspot.com/faces/events/register?eventId=36>. The Annual Sports Day is 3 weeks to go. It will be at Utalli Sports Ground and latter a dinner at Tin Tin Restaurant. Find details and registration form here<http://sivana-ke.appspot.com/faces/events/register?eventId=69>

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-- Kind Regards,

Francis Mwangi Chege Java Software Developer +254 - 721 663 208

-- Kind Regards, Francis Mwangi Chege Java Software Developer +254 - 721 663 208