Godfrey Koholo Egessa

Godfrey Koholo Egessa serves as a private sector engagement & innovative finance sdvisor for USAID’s Uganda Health Activity. Godfrey brings more than eight years of experience in the private sector and the entrepreneur ecosystem with a focus on blended finance and SME innovations through bespoke advisory, capital raising, and community engagement. Before joining Panagora Group, Godfrey served as an investment analyst at iGravity, a Swiss-based impact investment firm, where he identified the financing gaps for the private sector and oversaw blended finance mechanisms for development in East Africa. Previously, he worked as a program lead for Transformational Business Network in partnership with Argidius Foundation in East Africa, where he supported the private sector in the health and agriculture sectors with innovations for business recovery & continuity and unlocked investments from development partners. He is a certified financial modelling and valuation analyst from the Institute of Corporate Finance in Canada and holds a bachelor degree in microfinance from Kyambogo University in Uganda.