Speaker Bio

Abdul is Head of Portfolio for Acumen’s East Africa Portfolio, representing 16 innovative companies across the Education, Agriculture and Off-Grid Energy sectors. Abdul joined Acumen in 2019 to lead a new $10M K-12 Education Fund, which has quickly become one of the largest dedicated education funds in Africa with investments ranging from EdTech to Edutainment to Education Finance. Abdul is a recovering engineer and holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto).