Jibu
Equip entrepreneurs to solve the water crisis
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Other
- Location Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
- Currency USD
- Founded July 2012
- Employees 180
- Website jibuco.com
Company Summary
Equips local social entrepreneurs to own drinking water franchises to reach the underserved urban poor of Africa. Profitable, game-changing. We channel the powerful drive for indigenous wealth creation with a franchise license to make sure that water is always kept affordable to the bottom 90%. Scaling driven by organic profit creates 1000s of jobs for youth and women, reduced carbon output and 100s of new business owners. B-Corp, high 159 GIIRS.
Team
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Galen Welsch is Co-founder and CEO, lives in Africa. | Randy Welsch is Co-founder and President.
Galen is a GSBI fellow, an Unreasonable Institute Fellow, and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) who served as Health Educator in Morocco ’10-’12 where he was awarded multiple project grants. Randy has launched, led and managed a wide variety of charitable, corporate, and entrepreneurial enterprises successfully. He is an an angel investor and member of TONIIC, ANDE, and others.
Advisors
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Jason WendleBoard member, Dalberg AssociatesUnconfirmedJohn Bosco BurungiBoard member, former CEO of Crystal Ventures/InyangeUnconfirmedAditi ShrivastavaBoard member, Intellicap leadUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Jim DavidsonUnconfirmedCordes FoundationUnconfirmed
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Doug SpencerUnconfirmed
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