Mercy is a seasoned leader with over a decade of experience in building and nurturing the Kenyan and East Africa innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. Through diverse engagements and initiatives, she has endeavoured to strengthen the capacities of entrepreneurship actors for the standardisation of support and facilitation of investments and markets, increasing ease of doing business in the region and developing capacities of entrepreneurship actors to facilitate investments and markets. As the Founding CEO of ASSEK, she represents over 200 entrepreneur support organisations and advocates for the growth and development of startups and SMEs in East Africa.