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Biography

Dr. Murithi is an experienced educator who has taught on three different continents in four universities in the United Kingdom, China, Ghana, and Kenya. Dr. Murithi is currently a Lecturer at Strathmore Business School where he teaches Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Management Subjects. He is also a visiting scholar at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Innovation, De Montfort University. Previously, he was a senior lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, UK, an adjunct Lecturer at Ashesi University, and co-lead for the Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Project, at The Education Collaborative, Ghana. He has also Taught at the Sunwah International Business School, Liaoning University, in China. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Now Advance HE) and a Certified Management and Business Educator.

Dr. Murithi’s research interests range from entrepreneurship, strategy, family business, regional development, entrepreneurship ecosystems, business model innovation, digital transformation, and sociocultural and institutional contexts within developing economies. His research has been published in ABS-ranked journals and presented at international conferences around the world.

Dr. Murithi is a founding partner of Ennovation Base Management and Consulting Limited. Dr Murithi is also a founding member of JHUB Africa that is seeking to develop, support, and commercialize innovative ideas and support evidence-based solutions and policies across the Climate Smart Agriculture, Digital Twin, and Digital Trade through using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and Data Science. Additionally, He works closely with iBiz-Africa at Strathmore University offering business coaching for start-ups, and Strathmore Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Centre (SEDIC) supporting SME development through capacity building and policy development.

Dr. Murithi has co-authored a book ‘What Kenyans Must Do to Thrive: Strategies for Social Economic Development”. A book about strategies that can help Kenya transform with an intention to include everyone.