Marie Lora-Mungai is an investor, strategic advisor, entrepreneur, and author focused on Africa’s Creative Industries and Sports Business, with 20 years’ experience across 27 countries. She publishes HUSTLE & FLOW, a data-driven newsletter read by more than 10,000 stakeholders, and is a sought-after speaker and host, as well as a LinkedIn Top Voice. Through her keynotes, workshops, and writing, she works to raise financial and business literacy among creative entrepreneurs. A financing specialist, she builds strategies and tools that enable public and private investment in the creative sector. Her firm, Restless Global, advises governments, DFIs (IFC, Afreximbank, AFD, Proparco) and private-sector clients (Netflix, Warner Bros., TRACE). Previously, she founded Restless Talent Management, streaming platform Buni.tv (acquired by TRACE) and Buni Media, producer of THE XYZ SHOW (Kenya) and OGAS AT THE TOP (Nigeria). Earlier in her career, she was an award-winning journalist for CNN, BBC, AFP TV and Reuters TV.