Julienne Oyler

Overview

Julienne Oyler is the founder and executive director of African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC). Julienne is passionate about developing the capacity of African youth which led her to found AEC to help young entrepreneurs grow their businesses and create jobs for others stemming the epidemic of youth unemployment across Africa. Julienne leads the organization s strategy including developing the accelerators and incubators within the AEC umbrella. She also manages investments into AEC entrepreneurs through a Kiva backed loan fund. Prior to founding AEC Julienne served as director of development at College Track a national after school program in the United States. She has held leadership and strategic consulting positions at a number of education organizations including African Leadership Academy. Living working and traveling in more than twenty African countries coupled with her experience working with education organizations led Julienne to believe strongly in the power of education as a means to develop the potential in young people across the continent. Julienne has an MBA from Yale University and BA in African Politics and History from Georgetown University.