Valerie Bowden

Founder

HELPING COMPANIES TRANSFORM BY PARTNERING WITH BRANDS IN AFRICA.

With over a decade of experience living in East Africa, Valerie has helped some of the most recognizable brands in the world do business and investment in Africa. She helped launch the Ethiopian Outsourcing Association and works in partnership with the top tech outsourcing companies in Africa. She is the founder of CRDLE, the most diverse B2B marketplace that connects African brands to global customers. Her advice and experience in African countries has been featured on PBS, Huffington Post, NBC News, Yahoo, and the Washington Post. Before launching her career, she backpacked the entire length of Africa by herself.