William Ramogi

William Odhiambo Ramogi is an award-winning economist with 15 years’ experience in enterprise development, financial advisory, banking, financial inclusion, SME financing, insurance and investments. Currently is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Elim Capital Limited, a Nairobi based consulting firm.

William holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing his Masters of Arts degree in Economics at Kenyatta University. He is well versed in entrepreneurship, economic analysis and investments.

He has worked with Barclays Bank of Kenya and British American Asset Managers prior to setting up Elim Capital. As the CEO of Elim, he has trained over two thousand entrepreneurs and business managers and has written over 200 published business articles and papers. Partnering with USAID, Africa Nazarene University and African Inland Missions, he has trained small scale business traders on financial management, marketing, business management, compliance and customer service.

William has been in consulting assignments with the European Union, International Labour Organisation, Aga Khan Foundation, Micro Enterprise Support Programme Trust in Kenya and DAI/USAID in Rwanda.

Professionally, William is the chair of the XBRL pioneering committee, a team of professionals working to launch digital financial reporting in the country using the XBRL technology.

He has been a market watcher for CNBC Africa, commenting on the local and regional economies and the stock market. He has also been a frequent commentator on BBC Africa, CITIZEN TV, K24, KTN, Power FM (SA), TV continental (Nigeria) among others. He has been a resident economic analyst on Bizchat Weekly by KTN News television network since 2021. Further, William has been a columnist with The Standard, commenting on national and regional economic developments. He also maintained columns with Forbes Africa, The Saturday Nation, Business Daily Africa, Nairobi Business Monthly among others. His columns cover finance, investments, entrepreneurship and economic commentary.

Currently, he is a resident economist with KTN News, conducting weekly interviews in the business today show.

In the community, William is a youth mentor who has worked in the expansive Kibera slums for over 14 years. Serving as the youth leader at Christ is the Answer Ministries Woodley, he mentored younger Christians, organized clean up outreaches in the community, led door to door evangelism drives and took up discipleship of a government run orphanage: Joseph Kangethe Children’s Home. He is a member of the CITAM Woodley Missions Team, has been a mentor and speaker with the African Youth Leadership Forum, Andishi Africa and SINAPIS Limited.

William was the chair of the management committee of a football club in Kibera Kibera Talents Football Club, which he led to victory in the FKF Nairobi League, and developed several nationally renowned footballers. Further he has been the chaplain of NPC Woodley Basketball team that won the 2016 NBA league in Nairobi and whose players have been MVPs for over 5 years.

Nov 2009 to Date Elim Capital Limited Nairobi

Chief Executive Officer

• Vision Casting and Performance measurement
• Managing the company’s finances in line with policies
• Coordinating all consulting engagements of the firm
• Sourcing for strategic partnerships to access different market segments
• Lead researcher and consultant
• Human resource recruitment and management
• Public relations management
• Financial planning and budgeting

Current and past Assignments

• Lead Consultant: African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF) Linkages and Synergy with African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – Exploratory Study: European Training Foundation.
• Consultant: Webinar on Refugee Inclusion on Business Development and MSMEs – World University Service of Canada
• Lead Consultant: Youth Mapping of Employment Journey, Schools2030 under Aga Khan Foundation
• Evaluation and Documentation of Juhudi Youth Initiative, Zizi Afrique Foundation
• Coordinating Consultant: Financial Advisory Services to a commercial bank in Rwanda to operationalize SME lending under USAID Nguriza Nshore project commissioned by DAI.
• Lead Consultant: developing Job placement strategies for Vocational Training Centres in Kisumu County, Youth Alive Kenya
• Lead Consultant: Assessment of Public Employment Services and Active Labour market Policies in Kenya (With focus on Integrating Refugee and Host Communities in Garissa and Turkana Counties into the Kenyan labour market) – International Labour Organisation.
• Senior Mentor, Zizi Afrique youth mentorship programme
• Business Advisor, Kenya Investment Mechanism Project; Offering Business Advisory Services to SMEs under the programme including drafting of business plans and resource mobilization documents, Micro Enterprise Support Programme Trust (MESPT) - Kenya
• Maintained and serviced columns with Forbes Africa, Saturday Nation, Business Daily, Nairobi Business Monthly and lately The Standard.
• Consultant, Tsetse fly project by ICIPE (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology) in Kwale: Needs assessment, Training and capacity building.
• Research, training and remodeling of the small-scale tourist businesses in Kilifi County in partnership with Technical University of Mombasa.
• Data verification, ratios generation, analysis and content writing for mystocks website
• Business idea entry judging and assessment, the Kenya Cup Programme by the Youth Banner; a start-up competition which attracted over 4000 participants countrywide.
• Trained over 80 members of staff on Work ethics and financial management: National Industrial Training Authority
• Trained 200 senior managers on performance management, the balanced scorecard, public finance and economic policy by computer society of Kenya
• Trained 80 senior managers on Use of ICT in corporate finance; Computer Society of Kenya
• Consulting and content development for Upstart Africa TV Programme; a national business startup competition that attracted over 2000 participants.
• Partnered with Olympic Vocational Training Centre to train over 200 students on life skills and entrepreneurship development in Kibera slums
• Partnered with Carolina for Kibera to conduct training to over 400 entrepreneurs in Toi Market and Kibera.
• Conducted training to over 200 young entrepreneurs on the Kenya Youth Empowerment and Employment Initiative (KYEEI) incubator program established by African Nazarene University, Strategic Applications International and the Morning Star Institute with sponsorship from USAID.

June 2008 to Nov 2009 British American Asset Managers Nairobi

Financial Planning Manager

• Handle all enquiries in the financial advisory section of the business.
• Drove sales worth 12.5 million shillings in a year
• Offered financial advisory services on investment opportunities with a return profile of 25% per annum.
• Train and guide and supervise new advisors attached to me in their roles.
• Ensure efficient and excellent customer service is offered to our clients.

Sep 2006 to Aug 2007 Barclays Bank of Kenya Nairobi

Customer Advisor

• Generated sales worth over 25m for the bank
• Oriented new colleagues on bank procedures
• Maintained a sales book of over 2000 clients
• Ensured customer satisfaction and company image building

a) Oct 2002 – Dec 2006 University of Nairobi Nairobi

• B.A (Economics) 

b) June 2003 – June 2004 Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS), offered at Visions Institute of Professionals, Nairobi

• Diploma in Computer Science (with knowledge in Ms Office suite) 

c) June 2004 – Dec 2005 Goethe Institute Nairobi

• Zertifikat Deustch (Certificate in German)

d) 1997 – 2000 H.H The Aga Khan High School Mombasa

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE B+.