Maurice Otieno is the Executive Director of Baraza Media Lab, a media incubator based out of Nairobi and operating across the African continent. He is an avid community and ecosystem builder who shines at the intersection of community design, innovation, and investments. He is equally motivated to help media, creatives, entrepreneurs, corporates, investors, and youthful audiences achieve their goals around innovation and sustainability. He takes pleasure in innovative ideas and collaborative problem-solving, especially if they lead to policy change.

He has been on the founding teams that have set up instrumental organizations in the growth of the Kenyan and sub-Saharan media, tech, and innovation ecosystems; Mettā Nairobi, Baraza Media Lab, Association of Startups and SME Enablers of Kenya, and the AfCTA creative and government sector working group.

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