Aubrey Hruby is an investor and co-founder of InsiderPR and Africa Expert Network,[1] and she speaks and writes regularly on African business issues in media.[2][3] As a Senior Fellow at the Africa Center, Atlantic Council, she has worked with government agencies and policy-makers on business and is an advisor on Africa-focused investments.[4][5][6]
Aubrey Hruby | |
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 Hruby in 2019 | |
| Education | Georgetown University |
| Organization | Atlantic Council |
| Website | Aubreyhruby.com |
Hruby earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from Georgetown University, where she currently teaches. She is the co-author of the award-winning book The Next Africa (Macmillan, 2015),[7][8][9][10] a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Young Leader at the Milken Institute.
In 2018, Hruby co-founded Tofino Capital, a venture capital firm that targets early-stage startups in emerging markets.[2][11]
References edit
- ^ "Speaker | Milken Institute". milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ a b "Meet the Investor: Aubrey Hruby, Tofino Capital". Disrupt Africa. 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Di Pietro, Ben (2014-07-23). "FCPA Fears Hinder U.S. Companies Considering Africa". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Hearing on "China's Strategic Aims in Africa" -- U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION". May 8, 2020.
- ^ "The Atlantic Council -- "Aubrey Hruby testifies before the US International Trade Commission"". January 23, 2018.
- ^ "MCC Advisory Council". Millennium Challenge Corporation. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ "The Next Africa | Jake Bright, Aubrey Hruby | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ Bright, Jake. "An E-Commerce Challenge in Africa: Selling to People Who Aren't Online". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "The Many Africas". Foreign Affairs. 2019-08-14. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "Aubrey Hruby | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ Kene-Okafor, Tage (2022-04-21). "Tofino Capital reaches first close of $10M fund to back startups in frontier markets". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
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