Welcome to After Hours, our bi-weekly leadership series. Here, we learn from the career and business journeys of leaders.

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00:00 Introduction
4:16 Macharia's First Job
6:09 Moving from Engineering to Sales
10:28 Winning a Huge Contract with Kenya Police
15:16 Moving into BD and Tips on Giving Bad News to Clients
18:57 Transitioning to Camusat
23:03 Recovering & Improving After Failure
25:15 Moving back to Operations & Project Management & becoming CTO at Camusat
26:43 Biggest Challenge and Best Moments as CTO
32:35 The Motivation Behind These Career Moves
33:53 The Impact of Mentoring on His Career & Tips on Maintaining Mentor Relationships
35:27 Most Humbling Leadership Experience
37:30 Leadership Challenges & Tips on Managing a Team
41:32 Stop Self-Rejecting; Why 100% Job Fit is Unrealistic
51:01 From Technical Expertise to General Management
55:20 The One Thing Macharia Looks For When Hiring Leaders
58:19 Tips for Introverts to Succeed in the Workplace
01:03:27 Mentoring Women-Owned Businesses & Initiatives to Increase Participation in Women's Tech
01:15:58 Q&A: Inspiration vs Motivation and Why Inspiration is More Important
01:22:14 Q&A: How to Build a Brand in the Workplace
01:24:21 Q&A: Succeeding in a Technical Organization as a Non-technical Leader
01:27:00 Closing Remarks

In this episode, we spoke to Macharia Kinga, Country Managing Director at Camusat, a leading global provider of Telecoms, ICT & Energy infrastructure solutions to companies like Safaricom, Wananchi Group & more.

Under his leadership, the company has received multiple awards including ‘Best Contractor’ by Safaricom and others. He’s also navigated the company through multiple changes including industry shifts and more. He’s not even 40 yet!

From a career in engineering to business development and now, corporate leadership of 400 people at Camusat, Macharia’s story is about stretching yourself and seeking ‘uncomfortable’ growth opportunities. Macharia is passionate about catalyzing growth of small businesses and was recently invited to speak on an inspiring initiative at UN Women and Safaricom.

In this talk, Macharia will share how he built his career. We'll talk about his work, overcoming imposter syndrome, finding opportunities in challenges and so much more. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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