Bilha Ndirangu
Bilha Ndirangu serves as an Expert Advisor to the African Tech Futures Lab’s Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Project. She is an entrepreneur and climate technology leader focused on advancing carbon removal and green industrial development in Africa.
She currently serves as CEO of Great Carbon Valley, a systems integrator developing Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) projects in East Africa. She is also the founder of the Carbon Removal Alliance of Kenya and co-founder of Jacob’s Ladder Africa, a nonprofit supporting green workforce development for African youth.
Previously, Bilha served as CEO of the African Leadership Academy and as CEO of Africa’s Talking, a communications and payments technology company that she expanded into 20 African markets. Earlier in her career, she launched Dalberg’s Nairobi office and advised clients across energy, agriculture, and education.
She serves on several boards, including Climate Breakthrough, Global Development Incubator, and beVisioneers (The Mercedes-Benz Fund).
Bilha holds a degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellow.
