Sammy Mwangi is a Vice President at Mastercard, leading Growth Segments across East Africa, where he designs and executes the digital ecosystem strategies and commercial partnerships that bring smallholder farmers, micro-merchants, and low-income consumers into the formal economy at scale.
With 15 years of experience spanning 16 countries, Sammy has built data-driven platforms at the intersection of financial services, technology and inclusion across Mastercard, TechnoServe, IDH and Mezzanine Ware/Vodafone. His experience includes leading agricultural data platforms across East Africa and Asia, deploying humanitarian technology solutions for communities without formal identification, and developing commercial frameworks that have scaled pilot programmes into regional ecosystems.
Sammy holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the University of London and a BSc in Botany and Zoology from the University of Nairobi.
