Speaker Bio
Mutembei Kariuki is a Kenyan Tech entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of
Fastagger a Deep Tech AI start-up focused on infrastructure to enable ML/AI models to run on Edge Devices such as smartphones in low power and low connectivity environments. Fastagger is notably part of the Nvidia Inception programs and the Google AI first accelerator program.
He has previous experience as a Senior Advisor for the German Development Cooperation on Digital Innovation ecosystems in Africa.
Mutembei has been interested in technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership development and worked with organizations in Kenya, Austria, India, and Japan. He has been involved in social entrepreneurship through AIESEC and worked in Brazil, India, and The Philippines to support social enterprises with Potencia Ventures. His passion for Technology then led him to Japan where he was part of the transfer of technology to Kenya by building a partnership between Japanese companies, Kenya, and the Japanese governments.
He also spent this time learning about emerging technologies such as Quantum computing, AI, Blockchain, the Internet of Things, and 3D printing that he believes will radically improve the quality of life for humanity. Mutembei holds degrees in Economics and Information Systems.
He also took part in the excluding MIT Bootcamp on launching AI start-ups in 2019 in Tokyo in collaboration with the University of Tokyo.