Purity Gakii

Team player with strong analytical, organizational and communication skills. Good interpersonal and leadership skills. Disciplined and obedient to superiors. Work long hours without supervision.

Lead Trainer and Centre Manager - AAYDEN CONSULTING LTD - Mbeu Ward, Tigania East, Meru County

(2026-03 - 2026-05)

Worked as lead trainer and the centre manager for Mbeu Ward, Tigania East during the NYOTA project Social Emotional Skills Development training in Meru County

• Overseeing and managing the training implementation at the centre
• Daily reporting on the training progress
• Attending daily meetings to give training updates

Enterprise Development Officer - EQUITY GROUP FOUNDATION - Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Embu, and Trans Nzoia counties

(2019-06 - 2025-12)

Works as an Enterprise Development Officer conducting training needs assessments and delivering entrepreneurship training to MSMEs

• Conducting training needs assessments and delivering entrepreneurship training to 5000 MSMEs out of the 659602 trained during the entire Young Africa Works Kenya -YAWK- program period
• Participating in the development and update of training materials
• Coaching and mentoring entrepreneurs (coached and Mentored 4300 of the 5000 trained MSMEs) in Meru, Tharaka Nithi and Embu counties
• Facilitation of market linkages and business networks for the MSMEs
• Documentation and dissemination of learnt lessons- documented over 100 exceptional success stories from the MSMEs
• Evaluation of the conducted trainings
• Monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees
• Supporting the Business in Portfolio management, acquiring agents, account opening, marketing storms, cash counting as well as reconciliation and batching of Cheques and funds transfer documents from June 2025 - Oct 2025
• Trained and mentored 150 MSMEs in Trans Nzoia County, Kitale under Risk Sharing Facility program by International Finance Corporation and Equity Group Foundation (Nov - Dec 2025)

Consultant and Trainer - COWA NGO (COMPANIONSHIP OF WORKS ASSOCIATION)

(2017-04 - 2017-11)

Trainer for COWA's Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) program

• Trained 200 women entrepreneurs on Business Model Canvass and Introduction to Entrepreneurship skills

Trainer - AFRICA MANAGEMENT SOLUTION LIMITED (AMSOL) - Meru County

(2014-06 - 2014-06)

• Training on Saccos and cooperatives as well as entrepreneurship skills in Meru County

Sales Intern - BANK OF AFRICA - Nairobi branch

(2014-01 - 2014-03)

Attaché - KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS - Nairobi, head office

(2012-05 - 2012-07)

• Filing documents, retrieving files as well as making phone calls to clients to clarify issues relating to their businesses

Teacher - AVSI KENYA - Mutuati Primary School

(2008-01 - 2009-07)

Worked as a teacher at Mutuati Primary School as an employee of an NGO by the name AVSI KENYA

Bachelor of Economics - Economics - University of Nairobi (2009-10 - 2013-05)

KCSE - Materi Girls Secondary (2004 - 2007)

KCPE - Mutuati Primary (1995 - 2003)