• BIO

    Confrey works as the Innovation strategist at WWF where he is responsible for starting up WWF Kenya Innovation programme “PandaLabs". Confrey is a trained psychologist from Kenyatta University and a fellow of the Amani Institute where he studied social innovation management. He co-founded the start-up UTAFITI, has worked as a design thinking consultant for Bluesky Innovations and participated in the Unleash Innovation Lab in Denmark to work on groundbreaking solutions for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals where his team’s concept, Afterain, won the second place in Health. As part of his work he believes feeling connected to nature, being outside in nature, has a positive impact on people and he is driven to support connect and engage WWF Kenya in global work on innovation through designing and running innovative processes and to build a career on protecting the future of nature and people.

    He has a passion for mentoring the creative talents of young people and has supported Safaricom Blaze BYOB program as the Technology Mentor, Contributor at KamiLimu and Andela's professional development sessions.

  • SKILLS

    People Skills

    Highly Networked: I know a guy who knows a guy

    Innovation Management

    10+ Projects managed

    Human Centered Design Facilitator

    50+ Workshops facilitated

    Entrepreneurship

    10+ Business Prototypes

    Design Led Business Model Innovation

    20+ projects

    Business & Product Design

    20+ business facilitated

    Creative Problem solving

    50+ problems solved

    Storytelling

    20+ Workshops facilitated

    Leadership

    10+ groups/organizations/led

    Public Speaking

    20+ Talks & Event Panelist

    Counselling

    50+ sessions held/facilitated

    Content Development

    50+ projects / Proposals developed

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    Work is love made visible.

    – Kalil Gibran

  • WORK

    "Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.

    Hāfiz Persian Poet

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    Panda Labs

    Innovations Strategist 

    July 2018- Present

    Panda Labs disrupts business as usual. We accelerate transformative environmental solutions through bold collaborations and channel funds for environmental innovation. We do this by building the ‘innovation for impact’ ecosystem and leveraging the power of the WWF network. We use the design thinking methodology to validate projects and solutions in the cheapest, fastest and easiest way. We build influential collaborations, attracting finance as ‘risk capital’, rapid prototyping (with a fail fast mentality) and scaling of successful solutions leveraging WWFs unique assets.

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    Principal 2019-Present

    Alibi is a social impact design company systematically producing new companies and product development helping them grow and succeed. We bring clarity to the cause you care about. We help channel good intentions into effective and constructive programs, projects, or organizations. With a focus on innovation.

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    Design Coordinator ,2020 Partime

    Driven by deep consumer insights, DISC supports women to take more control over their sexual and reproductive health. By doing so, women become active participants in their health systems and critical new partners for health providers. As part of the project DISC (Delivering Innovation in Self-Care), the Design Coordinator supports the team in designing, prototyping & scaling innovative ways to deliver self-injection to consumers in Uganda & Nigeria.

     

    In Nigeria and Uganda, we work in close partnership with women and their providers, increasing informed demand as well as local innovation and capacity for self-care as a cornerstone of sexual and reproductive health care, starting with self-injectable contraceptives.

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    Co-founder Aug 2017-Present

     

    There are more than sixty-five million people around the world who are living as refugees or displaced persons. All of them have experienced trauma and have high levels of PTSD, depression and anxiety.

     

    Borne out of the inaugural Unleash Innovation Lab for the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals in Denmark, August 2017, Afterain is an innovative and scalable tool designed to provide subversive mental health support to the millions of people currently living in refugee and displacement camps around the world.

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    Design Consultant- 2017-2018

    Bluesky Innovations Ltd. provides the tools, skills, and guidance to help individuals and organizations become leading innovators. We enhance your ability to deliver beautifully designed products and services, create delightful customer experiences, develop disruptive business models, stand out from the competition, and cultivate your creative talents.

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    Technology Mentor

    Jan 2017-Dec 2018

    BLAZE is a network for the young by Safaricom. BLAZE enables the youth to get access to the “Be Your Own Boss” mentorship summits.

    Confrey is the Tech Mentor where he facilitates Design Thinking workshops to help budding entrepreneurs in unleashing their full potential to innovate and build products that solve customer problems. He does this as part of Bluesky Innovations

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    Founder and Psychologist  

    Aug 2015 – Dec 2018

    Kenya Counsellors provides remote access to licensed therapists by leveraging new technologies to adapt traditional counseling into the lifestyle and expectations of young professionals in Nairobi. KC maintains an active directory of psychologists, simplifies recommendation of good therapists with profiles on the stage & area on which they focus. Through their campaign program #DateWithAcounsellor we aim to build bridges on removing the stigma around mental health, by encouraging counselors to have sessions “Dates” with young professionals in coffee houses.Talk to a psychologist as if you are on a date.

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    Management Consultant

    2014 - 2015

    Until December, 2015. Confrey worked in the Audit and Management Consulting sphere for KKCO East Africa. An independent accounting and advisory firm of Certified Public Accountants situated in Kenya. The company delivers business solutions to a broad–based clients.

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    CHIROMO LANE MEDICAL CENTRE-CLMC

    Psychologist

    2012-2013

    Confrey worked as a Psychologist at CLMC AND BUSTANI. A reputable purpose-built psychiatric in-patient registered Medical Institutions, recognized by the Ministry of Health and National Hospital Insurance Fund with both general and private wards. As a psychologist, he was part of the program to integrate individual assessments and consultations with group therapy sessions and medication therapy. In the areas mental health consultations, psychotherapy, occupational therapy, work evaluation and psychosocial consultations.

  • EDUCATION

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    Through a new model of higher education Amani Institute develops professionals who create social Impact. field-based program brings together a diverse cohort of 40 individuals to take their professional skills to the next level, build a global network, and understand how to create change, while exploring a city with a thriving innovation culture. Over 11 months, Fellows train at the depth and pace necessary for success – the intensity is equivalent to a 2-year traditional post-graduate or masters degree.

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    During my final year at Kenyatta University. I completed and presented a thesis titled: Effects of Father Absence on the Socialization of the Boy Child.

    The research project carried out in Nairobi received an excellent grade A and gave tremendous experience about fatherhood, and how lack of this parenting affects the boy child.

     

  • Consulting

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    Trainer

    Andela identifies and integrates the top 1% of global tech talent to help accelerate your product roadmap. As a mentor and PD consultant I help offer ongoing, on-the job mentorship, coaching, professional and technical development soft skills to software developers. I use design-thinking methods to coach the developers in designing with the heart.

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    Facilitator

    I have facilitated for six seasons the Market Place program that seeks to empower individuals in the marketplace to be able to engage and contribute to the transformation of their careers, organization's and communities.

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    Kamilimu

    Facilitator

    KamiLimu is a free 6-month mentorship program that seeks to augment classroom learning for Computer Science students at Kenyan universities.

  • AFFILIATIONS

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    In August 2017, I was among the Top talents from all over the world who went to Denmark to create real, implementable and scalable solutions to the Sustainable Development Goals. Read about our solution here

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    Nailab is a startup accelerator that offers a 3 - 6-month entrepreneurship program with the focus on growing innovative technology-driven ideas. I was part of 6 entrepreneurs who were incubated at Nailab.

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    This is a leadership development training program a scholarship through higher education by Compassion that I am a beneficiary.

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    We are the Christian Business Angels (CBA), a group of Dutch business leaders seeking to help bring out the best of young entrepreneurs in under-developed countries.

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    2nd Floor, Cardinal Otunga Annex, Nairobi – Kenya
    Mon-Fri 8am - 8pm
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