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E O K E N YA · E V E N T S C A L E N D A R
Upcoming Events, August to January.
Aug 2026 — Jan 2027
Ten curated sessions across strategy, storytelling, succession and human performance — headlined by our flagship evening with Harris III on 4 September. LEARNING
KEYNOTE
ACCELERATOR
21 Aug
9:00AM – 12:00PM
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
28 Aug
7:00PM – 10:00PM
BEHIND THE SCENES
MYEO
Whiskey Tasting MyEO interest group A guided tasting and an easy evening among members.
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4:30PM – 8:30PM
La Villa
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24 Sep
8:30AM – 5:00PM
KEYNOTE + WORKSHOP
LEARNING
Start With Wow Harris III · Illusionist & storyteller The keynote on wonder and attention, then a hands-on storytelling workshop.
Demystifying Strategy Sunny Bindra · Strategy advisor Cutting through the jargon to understand strategy far more deeply.
ALN House
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6 Oct
8:30AM – 5:00PM
Trademark Hotel
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23 Oct
4:30PM – 10:00PM
ACCELERATOR · PILLAR 2 OF 4
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
EO Accelerator — Strategy EO Accelerator Programme Turning strategic thinking into a written, actionable plan for growth.
Ready. Set. EO! Member Kickstart An evening welcoming our newest members.
Venue TBC
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Venue TBC
30 Oct
9:00AM – 1:00PM
12 Nov
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TIME TBC
LEARNING
LEARNING
Succession Planning In partnership with ALN The conversation every entrepreneur avoids — ownership, leadership, legacy.
The Formula One of Performance Brilliant Beyond Belief Marginal gains, energy and recovery.
ALN House
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5 Dec
Venue TBC
GSEA / MYEO
From Bean to Brand Ritesh Doshi · Spring Valley Coffee Inside the roastery — how a Kenyan coffee brand was built cup by cup. Spring Valley Coffee
4 Sep
BEHIND THE SCENES
10 EVENTS
8:00AM – 8:00PM
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22 Jan
4:30PM – 10:00PM
GSEA & CHAPTER SOCIAL
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
Student Entrepreneurship Awards & Holiday Season Social Pitching for a place on the global GSEA stage.
Ready. Set. EO! Member Kickstart An evening for new EO Kenya members.
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Venue TBC
Dates, timings and venues may shift. Registration links go live four weeks before each event — watch the weekly newsletter or write to manager@eokenya.org.
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HARRIS III Award-winning illusionist, bestselling author and creator of StoryOS™ — one of the highest rated speakers at GLC 2026.
E O
K E N Y A
F L A G S H I P
E V E N T
START WITH WOW One night. One extraordinary experience.
Wonder changes how we think. The
world's most innovative leaders don't
begin with how — they begin with wow. We're bringing one of the most
Why attend Moments that challenge your assumptions
unforgettable speakers from GLC 2026 to
Stories that change the way you communicate
storytelling and human connection. It isn't
Practical tools to inspire your teams and customers
Nairobi for an evening that blends illusion, another keynote — it's an experience you'll still be talking about months later.
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DATE
Friday 4 September 2026
TIME
4:30 PM – 8:30 PM
VENUE
ALN House, Nairobi
Members' social to follow.
DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT — BE IN THE ROOM
BEHIND THE SCENES
FROM BEAN TO BRAND What can a cup of coffee teach you about building a worldclass business?
Ritesh Doshi
Owner and CEO, Spring Valley Coffee
Join us inside the roastery for an
intimate morning with Ritesh — the story of how one of Kenya's most respected coffee brands was built, cup by cup.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Exclusive roastery tour See the art and science of roasting, and what it takes to hold quality from bean to cup.
DATE
21st August 2026
Guided coffee tasting
TIME
Sample the range and learn what separates exceptional coffee from the ordinary.
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM VENUE
Spring Valley Coffee
Boardroom conversation The real story of building the business — hard decisions, setbacks and brand-building — followed by an open Q&A.
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A small room, an honest story — and very good coffee.
LEARNING
STRATEGY IN ACTION A practical, interactive day of strategy with Sunny Bindra.
Sunny Bindra
Master strategist, author, speaker and entrepreneur
Our first session with Sunny received an outstanding 9/10 average rating from EO members.
Join internationally renowned
strategist Sunny Bindra for a highly
practical day that will help you think
WHAT TO EXPECT LIVE STRATEGY COACHING
strategically, challenge your
Watch Sunny coach the room in real time, working through members' real business challenges.
plan for your business.
THE STRATEGY 4-STEP FRAMEWORK
assumptions and leave with a clearer
DATE
24th September 2026 TIME
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM VENUE
Trademark Hotel, Nairobi REGISTER NOW
Learn and apply a proven framework you can use immediately: 1
2
3
DIAGNOSIS
POSITIONING
Understand the world you face.
Choose where Create a to compete narrative that and how to win. excites the world.
STORY
4 ACTION Drive the initiatives that deliver it.
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION Bring your questions, share your experience and learn from Sunny and your fellow EO members.
BRING YOUR SECOND-IN-COMMAND For an additional $100, invite your 2iC to join you. Great strategy is built — and executed — together.
Leave with a clearer strategy, practical tools and priorities you can act on right away.
LEARNING
THE FORMULA ONE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE A practical approach to energy, clarity, decision-making and performance under pressure, with Brilliant Beyond Belief.
Mahmoud Mawjee & Penny Ford
A 90-minute EO Kenya session with international experts in human performance and leadership.
Entrepreneurs and business owners operate in the same environment: constant decisions, multiple demands, growing teams, increasing complexity. This session introduces the Human Performance System — a practical framework built around the leading indicators that influence long-term performance, energy, clarity, resilience and longevity.
Human performance experts and co-founders, Brilliant Beyond Belief
WHAT TO EXPECT THE HUMAN PERFORMANCE SYSTEM The leading indicators that directly influence how leaders think, decide, lead and perform.
A HUMAN DASHBOARD FOR LEADERS Four measures you can start tracking in yourself and your team: 1
2
3
4 EXECUTION
DATE
CLARITY
ENERGY
JUDGEMENT
12th November 2026
Clarity of thinking under load.
Consistency of energy day to day.
Precision of Quality of decisions under execution and pressure. follow-through.
TIME
6:00 PM onwards VENUE
TBC
PRACTICAL & SCIENCE-BACKED Drawing on neuroscience, behavioural science and performance research to understand what drives high performance.
ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS
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Practical ways to improve your internal performance system and create consistent results — especially when it matters most.
Spaces are limited — secure your seat today.
Small unseen variables create decisive advantage.
YOU COULD WIN
A DAY OUT WITH
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
GREAT MEMBERS. GREATER TOGETHER.
HARRIS III!
Know an exceptional entrepreneur who would thrive in EO Kenya? REFER THEM. THEY JOIN. YOU BOTH WIN.
REFER BY THE
VISIT THE GIRAFFE CENTRE
LUNCH AT TALISMAN, KAREN
25TH OF AUGUST to stand a chance to win.
WHO CAN BE REFERRED?
HOW IT WORKS
Ideal candidates for EO Kenya:
The owner, founder, co-founder or controlling shareholder of a business (not employed by it).
A business with at least USD 1 million in annual revenue.
At least 10 full-time employees (excluding the owner).
1
2
REFER
WE CONNECT
Introduce a potential member to EO Kenya.
Our team will reach out and take it from there.
3
4
YOU GET ENTERED
YOU STAND A CHANCE
Every successful referral earns you an entry.
TO WIN
You could win an exclusive day out with Harris III.
A desire and potential to grow — personally, professionally and in business.
Someone who values trust, respect, support and learning.
EVERY SUCCESSFUL REFERRAL
EARNS YOU A CHANCE TO WIN!
HELP GROW OUR EXTRAORDINARY
COMMUNITY
Build our community. Share the opportunity. Refer today.
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Great members. Greater together.
T H E F R I D AY S H O T · W E E K L Y E O N E W S L E T T E R · 1 4 A U G U S T 2 0 2 6
E X E C U T I V E E D U C AT I O N · M E M B E R S P O T L I G H T
Seven times, and still learning
Three EO members have attended EO's London Business School Growth Forum seven times each. Their reason is simple: every year the case studies, the faculty and the room full of peers are new — and so are the tools they take home. EO/LBS is four days taught entirely through case studies of real, EO-like companies — you don't listen to theory, you decide what you would have done. Because the faculty and material change completely each year, it is built to be attended more than once: Andrey Aliasov (EO Russia), Ran Geva (EO Israel) and Eyal Solomon (EO Israel) have each been seven times and "graduated"; Rhonda Sparks (EO Sacramento) has been six. What they take home is practical. Aliasov used John Mullins's 7 Domains framework to build moats around his business, came through three market crises and tripled revenue per employee. Geva credits culture, strategy and negotiation: "our ability to execute is the
Andrey Aliasov (centre) is one of three seventime EO/LBS attendees. Photo courtesy Entrepreneurs' Organization.
"One of the best investments I have ever made in myself and my company." RHONDA SPARKS · EO SACRAMENTO President, UV Skinz · 6× attendee
most noticeable change." And the room matters as much as the syllabus — a class of entrepreneurs with the same DNA, and friendships that outlast the week. Read the full story — Why 3 EO Members Attended EO's London Business School Growth Forum 7 Times, by Anne-Wallis Droter on eonetwork.org
4 days
Faculty-led sessions and studygroup work in London
100% new
Fresh faculty and case material every year — built for repeat attendance
9
Programmes in EO Executive Education — EO/LBS is one
N E X T I N TA K E
The 12th EO/London Business School Growth Forum · 2–5 May 2027 Join the interest list at forms.monday.com · Browse all nine programmes at eonetwork.org Summarised from eonetwork.org · Article by Anne-Wallis Droter, EO Global Staff Writer · 22 July 2026
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MEPA UNLEASHED
MEPA Forum Experience Incentive
Bring Your Forum to Unleashed 2026! Date: 1st - 2nd October 2026 Venue: Tanzania
Experience Unleashed together on the 1-2 October 2026 in Tanzania & create unforgettable memories. Forum Experience Incentive International Forums (outside of Tanzania) The first 5 full Forums to register will receive a $2,000 USD subsidy. Tanzania Forums The first 2 full Forums to register will receive a $1,000 USD subsidy. To qualify, your full Forum must: • Register and attend Unleashed together • Submit a group photo and post-event form • Complete the subsidy form and select “Forum Experience Incentive”. This is your taste of Tanzania. Hear from Tehsin Takim, one of our MEPA Unleashed facilitators, as he shares why entrepreneurs from across the region are coming
together for MEPA Unleashed and what you’ll miss if you’re not one of them. More exciting MYEO experiences will be announced this Wednesday, giving you even more reasons to extend your Unleashed journey in Tanzania. Don’t hear about it afterwards. Experience it. See you in Tanzania. SUBSIDY FORM LINK HERE MYEO EVENTS MEPA UNLEASHED FACILITATORS
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MEPA UNLEASHED
Exciting MyEO Events at MEPA Unleashed MyEO Motorcycle Expedition |Tanzania Unfiltered
An unforgettable motorcycle adventure through Tanzania, combining exploration, connection and breathtaking scenery.
Pre-MEPA Unleashed Zanzibar Connection Connect with fellow members in Zanzibar before MLS and Unleashed begin.
MEPA Unleashed Coffee Social Start the conference with great coffee and relaxed networking.
21-27 SEPT
26 SEPT
Unwind with craft beer, great company and brewery views after Unleashed.
Post-Unleashed Padel Sundowners
01 OCT
01 OCT
Coffee & Conversations @ Unleashed An unforgettable motorcycle adventure through Tanzania, combining exploration, connection and breathtaking scenery.
Extend the experience with an unforgettable getaway to beautiful Mafia Island.
Post-Unleashed at Crafty Dee’s Brewing Co.
Sunrise Strides @ Unleashed Kick off the day with a refreshing wellness walk and meaningful connections.
Post-Unleashed at Mafia Island
02 OCT
Relax with drinks, snacks and ocean views while others enjoy padel.
MEPA Unleashed at Sea - Private Catamaran Cruise Tanzania’s stunning coastline with music, food, drinks and a spectacular sunset.
02 OCT
02 OCT
02 OCT
03 OCT
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE The aim this year is to share a wide range of partnerships, benefits and perks to give EO members more value, variety and make it a Wow Experience. Top Tip: Open up the ‘Wow Deals Deck’ on a regular basis as it is continuously updated with the latest partnerships and benefits. If you have any leads and ideas for partnerships, do reach out! strategic@eokenya.org
VIEW WOW DEALS HERE
DEAL SPOTLIGHT
SPECIAL EO OFFER: A 10% discount on the cost of any SWS trip booked by EO Kenya members. An additional 20% discount on Corporate Team building packages offered by SWS when the total spend exceeds Ksh 250,000/The discounts provided by SWS are applicable exclusively to EO Kenya members who present their valid EO Kenya membership details at the time of booking. The 10% discount on SWS trips is applied to the total cost of the trip before taxes and additional charges. The 20% discount on Corporate Team building packages is applicable only when the total spend exceeds Ksh 250,000/-, and the discount is applied to the total package cost before taxes and additional charges. Email: info@savagewilderness.org
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GLOBAL NEWS
Upcoming MyEO Events MyEO Land Rover Adventure Scotland, Whisky & Castles 20th - 30th Sep 2026 Prepare to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime journey through one of the most breathtaking regions on Earth—the Highlands of Scotland. This is a land steeped in ancient history, dotted with formidable castles, and world-renowned as the legendary birthplace of whisky.
Bali and Komodo Islands Voyage 19th – 29th September 2026 Set sail 19–29 September 2026 aboard Aqua Blu for an exclusive 10-night EO adventure. Explore Bali and the Komodo Islands through diving, kayaking, hiking, and curated island experiences an unforgettable luxury expedition with fellow explorers.
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MyEO x Zero G 21 - 22 September 2026, Experience a once-in-a-lifetime MyEO adventure in Bordeaux from 21-22 September 2026, featuring a members conference and an exclusive Zero-G flight with astronaut-led experiments, real weightlessness, and rare insights into European space training.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
The power of your story 28 Sept - 2 Oct 2026 Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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2026 MEPA UNLEASHED
Master the Now. Shape What’s Next 1st – 2nd October 2026 Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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MLS – MEPA Leadership Summit Untethered Leadership Lead with Presence 29th – 30th September 2026 Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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EO Global Leadership Academy 2026 Where Leadership Deepens. And Purpose Gets Clearer. 8th – 12th, December 2026 Location: Athens, Greece
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A shared pursuit of growth. 14th – 17th January 2027 Location: Jaipur, India
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