Speaker Profile

Sylvia Mwichuli serves as the Secretary Gender at OWRA. Her dedication is to gender equality and her role ensures that women's perspectives are incorporated in procurement policies.


Ms Mwichuli is an accomplished and dynamic communication professional with over two decades of strategic communication and leadership experience, policy development, advocacy and, a strong track record in business growth and improving general organizational growth through her communication expertise.

Over the course of her career, she has held several senior executive positions; including Chief Executive Officer and Team Leader for Elea Africa, Team Leader, Policy Engagement & Communications for International Centre for Evaluation and Development. She has also served in several senior management positions for Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA); UN Millennium Campaign (regional MDGs program run by UNDP); Agency for Cooperation in Research and Development; AMREF Kenya and ActionAid Kenya. She also served as the PRSK Council Vice President from 2014 to 2017.

Ms Mwichuli holds an Executive MBA from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT); Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Nairobi; Diploma in Women in Journalism from Swedish University and Bachelor of Education Degree (Hons) – Moi University.

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