Agatha Juma

Story Curator/Facilitator/Director, Engage Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

Agatha is a practicing Storyteller, trainer and story curator. She is a co-founder and director at Engage Kenya Ltd; a storytelling and content creation company. Engage was founded to provide a platform for people to Inform, Inspire and Influence by sharing their stories and experiences.This was born out of the realisation that we draw inspiration and influence not so much by the stories we read and watch on traditional media of people who have excelled in various fields of life, but by the stories and experiences of friends, family and colleagues and their friends and family i.e. people we can relate with; people who have similar circumstances to ours. This is especially true in the African context.

Through story-curating and coaching over 350 speakers from a diverse range of socio-economic demographics to give a voice to their thoughts, ideas and experiences for impact, Engage has helped them connect to a combined audience of over 10 million people at live events and online through our YouTube Channel. Out of this Agatha has grown a passion and expertise in working with people to give a voice to their experiences for and outside of Engage. This is an area she sees great need and interest and is keen on growing her expertise and reach in it.

“I am convinced that storytelling is an art and science that the world needs to revive to foster understanding, cohesion and even connecting the work we do with humanity.”

Having qualified as an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Certified coach, she has chosen to specialise in communication and story-coaching. She curates and facilitates storytelling for business, storytelling for leadership and has been working with tech founders preparing to pitch for investment on how to better tell their story.

A marketer by training, Agatha’s professional background is in advocacy and Public Private Dialogue. Agatha holds a diploma in executive coaching from the Academy of Executive Coaches, an executive leadership certificate in Innovative and Creative Leadership from THNK school of Creative Leadership – Amsterdam. She’s a holder of a Bachelor of Commerce in Management (B. Com), a postgraduate diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and certification on Private sector growth from Swedish Institute for Public Administration (SIPU).