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Innovation-Driven Market (IDM) Director at Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO)
📍 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sheilah Birgen is the Director of Innovation Driven Markets at the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), leveraging over 15 years of experience in technology and entrepreneurship. An MBA graduate, she is a passionate ecosystem builder, specializing in coaching startups and SMEs to accelerate the inclusive growth of the digital economy across global markets.

She demonstrates a long-standing commitment to empowering the next generation, notably through her volunteer work as a business mentor for AkiraChix, a program dedicated to girls in technology. Her university activities included the Communications Association and Kenya Model United Nations, reflecting an early interest in communication and global affairs.

Unique fact: Sheilah was named one of the top six black women leading the charge to grow the technology sector across Africa.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Innovation-Driven Market (IDM) Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Startup Ecosystems
Her career is dedicated to building and nurturing innovation ecosystems, having coached and mentored over 1, 000 entrepreneurs across the African continent.
Digital Transformation
Actively promotes the transition for businesses from offline to online, emphasizing the benefits of a digital presence for scalability, resilience, and global reach.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Innovation-Driven Market (IDM) Director
Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO)
9-2018
Guest Lecturer on Entrepreneurship
Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications
10-2020 - 5-2022
Lead Coach - East Africa
Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications
5-2019
Kenyan Representative, The Africa Innovation Policy Task Force
i4Policy
2012 - 4-2024
Business Mentor
AkiraChix
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Education
2017 - 2019
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2020 - 2023
Master of Science - MS
Tangaza University
2016 - 2016
Certificate
Arizona State University University-Community Partnerships for Social Action Research
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