Aubrey Hruby

Aubrey Hruby
Hruby in 2019
Education	Georgetown University
Organization	Atlantic Council
Website	Aubreyhruby.com

Aubrey Hruby is an American writer, investor, and co-founder of InsiderPR and Africa Expert Network, ^[1] and she speaks and writes regularly on African business issues in media. ^{[2] [3]} As a Senior Fellow at the Africa Center, Atlantic Council, she has worked with government agencies and policy-makers on business and is an advisor on Africa-focused investments. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Hruby earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from Georgetown University, where she currently teaches. She is the co-author of the award-winning book The Next Africa (Macmillan, 2015), ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Young Leader at the Milken Institute.

In 2018, Hruby co-founded Tofino Capital, a venture capital firm that targets early-stage startups in emerging markets. ^{[2] [11]}

References

1. "Speaker | Milken Institute". milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
2. "Meet the Investor: Aubrey Hruby, Tofino Capital". Disrupt Africa. 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
3. Di Pietro, Ben (2014-07-23). "FCPA Fears Hinder U.S. Companies Considering Africa". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2020-11-16.
4. "Hearing on "China's Strategic Aims in Africa" -- U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION". May 8, 2020.
5. "The Atlantic Council -- "Aubrey Hruby testifies before the US International Trade Commission"". January 23, 2018.
6. "MCC Advisory Council". Millennium Challenge Corporation. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
7. "The Next Africa | Jake Bright, Aubrey Hruby | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
8. Bright, Jake. "An E-Commerce Challenge in Africa: Selling to People Who Aren't Online". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
9. "The Many Africas". Foreign Affairs. 2019-08-14. ISSN   0015-7120 . Retrieved 2020-09-14.
10. "Aubrey Hruby | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
11. Kene-Okafor, Tage (2022-04-21). "Tofino Capital reaches first close of $10M fund to back startups in frontier markets". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-11-24.