27-04-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Hayscastle's Hywel George in top 10 Africa business leaders
Hywel George from Haycastle established a consulting business in Kenya five years ago.
He said: "It was initially a project to help raise funds for a Maasai girls' education programme we established in response to a film exploring the lives of girls growing up in Maasai land.
"But the company grew rapidly - at one time being described by the British Chamber of Commerce in Kenya as the 'fastest growing British company in the country.'"
Griot Consulting Kenya Ltd, employing 25 people in East Africa, delivers social impact investment projects, linked to the creation and sale of carbon credits.
The company has taken more than 1,000 water boreholes into management since 2020, ensuring the delivery of clean drinking water to at least half a million people living in rural poverty.
It is also re-establishing mangrove forests along the Kenyan coast.
This is made up of 100 hectares in Kilifi County and 1,200 hectares in the county of Lamu.
Mr George's achievements have been recognised in the April edition of African CEO Magazine.
