Khalila Mbowe

Khalila Kellz Mbowe is a Tanzanian creative performance director and social entrepreneur, who is the founder, managing director and chief executive officer of Unleashed Africa Social Ventures, an enterprise that trains gifted young people in the performing arts, offering education, mentoring, exposure and opportunities.

Background and education Mbowe was born in Tanzania circa 1988,

Career In 2006, at age 18, Mbowe obtained her first job as a copywriter at FCB Advertising Agency, a subsidiary of Lowe Scanad Tanzania Limited. After working in that capacity for two months, she was promoted to an account executive handling the account of one of Tanzania's leading telecommunications companies.

In 2010, after graduating from Taylor's University, she landed a job working for Airtel Tanzania, a subsidiary of India's Bharti Airtel, working there for one year, from 2013 until 2014. From April 2015 until December 2015, she worked as the chief executive officer of Buddies Production Company Limited, a television production company from Uganda that was looking to expand in Tanzania.

Since February 2015, she has focused on running Unleased Africa Social Ventures, and pursuing her education in business administration, online. Her company employed 20 people as of November 2017. Her clients have included Vodacom, Total Tanzania, Uongozi Institute, TED Global and Sera Project.

Personal life Mbowe is the mother of two children: Raphael, born circa 2009; and Belle, born circa 2014.