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Nancy Masila Is Building Jasiri Network Into a Bridge Between Africa’s Diaspora Talent and Home.

What began as Nancy Masila’s effort to create community for African professionals living abroad has grown from about 100 to more than 2,000 members, attracting engagement from the Kenya High Commission and taking her to platforms including Buckingham Palace and the London School of Economics. Jasiri Network is now pursuing a larger ambition: turn the African diaspora from a story of brain drain into a network through which talent, experience, relationships and opportunity can move between global markets and the continent.

Thought Leaders · 23 Aug 2026 · 9 min read

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From Zimbabwe Debate Club to Microsoft, Otilia Phiri Built a Cross-Border Legal Career at the Edge of Technology

Otilia Phiri’s path from construction law in Dubai to leading Microsoft’s commercial legal support across much of Africa, Egypt, the Levant and Pakistan was shaped less by a fixed plan than by a series of calculated pivots across countries, industries and legal disciplines. Her rise reflects the growing importance of lawyers who can operate across technology, regulation and emerging markets — and the value of being willing to learn outside one’s original area of expertise.

Thought Leaders · 20 Aug 2026 · 6 min read