Jesse MOORE
Co-Founder & CEO, M-KOPA
Jesse Moore is CEO and Co-Founder of M-KOPA, the pioneering company that provides connected financing to underbanked customers. Since the commercial launch in 2012, M-KOPA has financed over 3 million customers across Africa with affordable solar home power systems, commerce enabling smartphones, and electric motorcycles. Jesse moved to Nairobi in 2010 and has overseen the company’s growth from startup to over 2,000 employees and 10,000 sales agents. M-KOPA currently has offices in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, and the UK. The company has received numerous awards for innovation, impact and scale, including being named as one of the 50 Smartest Companies in the world by the MIT Technology Review, as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in Africa by the Financial Times, and as one of the Top 50 Companies Changing the World by Fortune. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Jesse holds an MBA from Oxford University (Skoll Scholar) and a BA from the University of North Carolina (Morehead Scholar). He was selected by the World Economic Forum as one of 100 Young Global Leaders in 2017, and by The Business Daily as one of Kenya’s Top 40 under 40 in 2016. He lives in Nairobi, Kenya, with his wife and two young children.