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
Hruby in 2019
EducationGeorgetown University
OrganizationAtlantic Council
WebsiteAubreyhruby.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

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  1. ^ "Speaker | Milken Institute". milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  2. ^ a b "Meet the Investor: Aubrey Hruby, Tofino Capital". Disrupt Africa. 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. ^ Di Pietro, Ben (2014-07-23). "FCPA Fears Hinder U.S. Companies Considering Africa". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ "Hearing on "China's Strategic Aims in Africa" -- U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION". May 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Atlantic Council -- "Aubrey Hruby testifies before the US International Trade Commission"". January 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "MCC Advisory Council". Millennium Challenge Corporation. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  7. ^ "The Next Africa | Jake Bright, Aubrey Hruby | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  8. ^ Bright, Jake. "An E-Commerce Challenge in Africa: Selling to People Who Aren't Online". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  9. ^ "The Many Africas". Foreign Affairs. 2019-08-14. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  10. ^ "Aubrey Hruby | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  11. ^ 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.