Equipo
We are a diverse team with over 20 years of experience building and selling businesses in Kenya. Graham Benton, Co-Founder and CEO, is an American who moved to Kenya in 2011 to help run a biogas company before starting his own company, LishaBora, which was a precursor to Zaidi. He has always focused on increasing the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Nilma Shah, a Kenyan national, started her first business when she graduated high school at the age of 18. She built a restaurant at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. After selling that restaurant, Nilma went on to buy, rebuild and sell a security company and as well as a tourism business. Today she is Co-Founder and Director of Business Development with Zaidi.