Audrey Cheng

Director of Business Development, Platform Partnerships

Discord

May 2022 - Current (4 years 5 months)

A sense of social connectedness and belonging is one of the key aspects of human flourishing - especially in a world with rising mental health challenges and loneliness. Discord hosts a multitude of communities and is quickly becoming the central node among communities to form meaningful and engaging connections.

I'm working on a team thinking through and building global/platform partnerships (across different industries and segments) that drive Discord's mission to give people the power to create space to find belonging in their lives. Chat with me if you're interested in learning more!

Board Member

Moringa School

Mar 2021 - Current (5 years 7 months)

Audrey is the founder, former CEO and current board member of Moringa, which was started to transform higher education in Africa. Through experienced teachers, a blended learning model, and a market and outcomes-driven curriculum, Moringa's vision is that anybody can create their future. With campuses in Kenya and Rwanda, Moringa is focused on building talent and opportunities through transformative, tech-based learning experiences.
 
In March 2021, Audrey decided to take a step back and move onto the board of Moringa to drive larger, systems-level change and support other entrepreneurs and companies to grow.

Selections Committee Member

Investisseurs Partenaires IP

Sep 2021 - Nov 2023 (2 years 3 months)

I&P and Mastercard Foundation created a new investment program under I&P 'Education to Employment', which aims to improve African youth's employability and reduce the skills gap in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This three-year initiative supports 30 education entrepreneurs in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal and looks to address key challenges such as:
- the educational and economic resilience after the COVID crisis,
- the development of skills and employability of youth,
- the digitalization of skills-training programs,
- the better inclusion of vulnerable learners and of women within education SMEs,
- and the emergence of alternative impact evaluation and compelling advocacy policies.

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Partner, Co-Founder

LendHer Capital

Jan 2021 - Jul 2023 (2 years 7 months)

LendHer Capital is a venture-debt fund that aims to close the financing gap for African women-led businesses that can’t access traditional capital. We believe that investing in women running dynamic businesses yields both financial returns and economic growth impact. We also believe that for women entrepreneurs to succeed, there can and should be a dual prioritization of business growth and life balance. When we scanned the market, we could not find funds run by women and with these values. So we started our own.

Contributor

Forbes

Dec 2018 - Mar 2021 (2 years 4 months)

Fellow

True Ventures

Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 (3 months)

Worked full-time at True's portfolio company, Brightroll, and attended weekly talks at the True Ventures office learning from various CEOs and entrepreneurs.

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CEO and Co-Founder

Moringa School

Apr 2014 - Mar 2021 (7 years)

During her 7 years leading Moringa, Audrey built and led a team of over 100 people to train over 4000 students in Kenya and Rwanda with an average 85% job placement rate, launched 2 high-quality, proven courses and engaged with over 100 employers. Moringa is backed by a number of investors, from DOB Equity to Savannah Fund to Entangled Ventures and Perivoli Innovations, as well as partners like Mastercard Foundation. From 2014 to 2019, Moringa was bootstrapped and funding was raised in 2019 for additional growth. Moringa’s aim is to train over 200,000 knowledge workers through market-driven education by 2030.

Moringa was selected as:
- Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Africa
- Financial Times and IF

Blogger

HuffPost

Jan 2014 - Nov 2016 (2 years 11 months)

Associate

Savannah Fund

Aug 2013 - Jun 2014 (11 months)

As an associate, I:
• Project managed the design and development of a content and jobs page.
• Assisted in organizing a digital currency conference.
• Created a more efficient PR response channel and rolled out better internal communication tools among portfolio startups.
• Drafted and submitted a grant proposal and budgets to potential investors.
• Performed due diligence on various startups.
• Edited and wrote sections of the PPM.
• Conducted research on first year startup costs pan-Africa and analyzed accelerator applicant data. Worked with a data visualizer to create an effective way to display and communicate the data.
• Blogged updates and issues pertaining to the Africa tech ecosystem. Created

Human Resources

Rotary International

Jun 2012 - Aug 2014 (2 years 3 months)

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