By Alumni Relations Department

Dr. Robert Lukhanda Shibutse is a finance and strategy expert with experience in banking, insurance, cooperative and microfinance sectors and academia.

Dr. Shibutse graduated from USIU-Africa in 2019 with a Doctor of Business Administration degree (DBA) in Finance. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics major) from The University of Nairobi and a graduate degree in business administration (MBA) from Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, Arusha, Tanzania. In addition, Dr. Shibutse holds CPA-K and CS-K qualification. In the co-operative sector, Dr. Shibutse holds the African Development Educator (ADE) 2016 and Madison USA De 2016 qualifications and was recognized as an International Credit Union Development Educator (ICUDE) at the Word Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) conference in Austria 2017.

Dr. Shibutse has worked in the Banking, Insurance, Cooperative and Microfinance sectors. He is currently engaged in financial and strategic consulting at a personal level. He is a co-founder of Terigi Africa, an African investment company supporting the development of the financial sector in Africa. Dr. Shibutse is the current CEO of Real People Kenya Limited and serves as a non-Executive Director at White Ribbon Alliance (an NGO dealing with reproductive, maternal and newborn health) and advisory board member at Belva Digital, the leading tech- marketing agency in Kenya.

Dr. Shibutse believes youth empowerment and proper governance are critical for our future.