Timothy Machasio

Activist, Blogger, Environmentalist, Project manager, Social entrepreneur

EDUCATION African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa September 2012- Present Alliance High School, Kikuyu, Kenya January 2008- August 2012 EXPERIENCE Duka Bora- Johannesburg, South Africa November 2012- Present Marketing Assistant, ALA student- run enterprise • Carried out customer satisfaction surveys • Worked as hostel agent for ‘Mini Duka Bora’ • Suggested and implemented stock diversification at the tuck shop ALAMedia- Johannesburg, South Africa November 2012- Present Editor, ALA student- run global media network • Oversaw the student life blog (alaian.blog.com) migration to a new domain • Edited English pieces for publishing on the student life blog Chama Cha Kiswahili- Johannesburg, South Africa September 2012- Present Founding President, ALA Kiswahili Club • Facilitated weekly meetings with 20+ club members • Offered free Swahili tutoring for interested students A.L.A Wellness Department- Johannesburg, South Africa September 2012- Present Health Assistant • Oversaw two successful ‘Wellness Days’ at the African Leadership Academy G47- Nairobi, Kenya May 2012- Present Delegate, Luhyia tribe • Worked alongside a group of 46 other youth to sensitize Kenyan youth on the importance of cross- tribal coexistence through public campaigns and street matches A.H.S Red Cross Society- Kikuyu, Kenya October 2011- September 2012 Co- Founder/ Inaugural Secretary, Alliance High School Red Cross Society • Successfully oversaw the first aid training of 30+ club members Metropolitan Hotel- Eldoret, Kenya November 2011- January 2012 Receptionist, Family- owned business premises • Implemented refurbishment of the hotel outlook • Organized hotel advertisement on a local radio station (Radio Mambo) Brooks School Exchange Programme- Boston, Massachusetts, USA April- June 2011 Representative, Kenya • Created a network of peers interested in cultural exchange leading to the establishment of the International Exchange Committee in Alliance High School- which seeks to take advantage of the emerging trends in technology to create a virtual space for international socio- cultural exchange A.H.S Business Club- Kikuyu, Kenya January- November 2010 Founding President, Alliance High School Investment/ Banking/ Entrepreneurship Club • Created the ‘shareholder system’- where students invested their money in club business ventures (e.g. the sale of confectioneries) and dividends were paid out at the end of every month based on capital contribution and profits realized International African Solidarity Festival- Walkerville, South Africa October 2012 Delegate, African Leadership Academy • Partook in a series of debates concerning the role of the youth in determining Africa’s economic development 25th International Youth Leadership Conference- Prague, Czech Republic July 2013 Delegate, Kenya (Yet to attend) • Will participate in a sequence of embassy visits and engage in group debates, panel discussions and presentations on world economics, international security, environmental sustainability, rule of law, ethical leadership and mass media

Social Entrepreneurship, Investment Banking and Corporate Law

Social entrepreneurship is the way to go. It is the only way possible in which the old- age rivalling parties of capitalism and communism can be amalgamated.

I am an Entrepreneurial Leader- One among the many emerging game changers who believe that the fusion between the capitalist economy and non- profit investment will be a global change catalyst.

Persuasive Public Speech and Journalistic Writing