Sieka Gatabaki

Sieka is an Agri-Finance Fellow and a business strategy leader with passion for helping institutions and individuals benefit from new technologies for deepening access to financial services. He is currently Deputy Programme Director at the Mercy Corps AgriFin.

He works in strategy and product usage and development, channel development and go-to-market execution, providing digital financial and information services to small holder farmers in Sub Saharan Africa. Previously, Sieka served as Airtel Money Director at Airtel Kenya and Technical Advisor with IFC, supporting digital financial inclusion in Uganda. He has consulted for various organizations, including Vital Wave, Ernest & Young, and Grameen Foundation and serves on the board of Standard and Mutual, a corporate finance advisory firm. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and is completing an MA in Sociology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Nairobi.