Kevin Boakye

Based in Johannesburg, Kevin Boakye is a Co-Founder and Partner of Africa Creative Agency. The company is a 360° Pan-African entertainment agency focused on managing Africa’s best creative talent, including Grammy Award winner Tyla, Nasty C, Maglera Doe Boy, Pearl Thusi, Ama Qamata, and Sauti Sol, among others. Kevin previously led BD and Partnerships for Carry1st, Africa’s leading mobile games publisher. He is an experienced executive with over 15 years of global private equity and investment banking expertise (Alterra Capital Partners, The Carlyle Group, and Lehman Brothers). Kevin has executed over $1 billion worth of transactions across technology, media & telecommunications, consumer, and healthcare sectors. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School (Class of 2013) and holds an AB degree from Dartmouth College.