Chinezi Chijioke

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nova Pioneer

Chinezi Chijioke is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nova Pioneer.

Nova Pioneer is a network of private schools in South Africa and Kenya, started as Pioneer Academies, with a Cambridge curriculum. Chijioke co-founded it after leading McKinsey's African education practice.

In the job

  1. Nova Pioneer marked its tenth anniversary, with Chijioke describing plans for another decade of growth. Source

Career before

  1. Secondary school mathematics teacher
  2. Leader of the African Education Practice, McKinsey and Company

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honours, Harvard University; MBA and Master of Education, Stanford University

Sources

  1. novapioneer.com
  2. citizen.co.za
  3. novapioneer.com

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