Wycliffe Mwanzi, Access to Finance Lead, USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project

Wycliffe provides leadership on the Access to Finance
initiatives for Western Kenya Sanitation Project. He is
the former East Africa Regional Lead for Take-a-Stake
initiative (TAS), a WASH impact investment fund which is
an initiative of WASTE NL. Mr. Mwanzi is an expert in
micro-finance, as well as business development and
financial modelling in the WASH sector. Wycliffe
supported the innovative Sanitation financing for Finish
Mondial program, identifying and providing capacity
building to partner financial institutions as well as WASH
entrepreneurs.
Wycliffe has over 15 years’ experience in banking and
microfinance having worked as the CEO of Daraja
Microfinance Bank, Head of Microbanking at Family Bank
and Sidian Bank among others. While at the banks, he
was tasked with implementation of the WASH
partnership programs.
Wycliffe has a degree in Economics and Mathematics
from the University of Nairobi as well as several
certificates in banking and microfinance.