How a Power Couple Left High Profile Jobs in USA to Invest and Settle in Kenya

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Oliver Litondo
Oliver Litondo was born in Kakamega, Kenya. He went to university in the United States. His career started in broadcast journalism as a correspondent with BBC and Deutsche Welle. He was also an anchorman for Voice of Kenya (currently Kenya Broadcasting Corporation--KBC) and an anchorman for Kenya Television Network (KTN).

Meanwhile, Oliver developed an interest in film acting and theater. One of the major movies in which Oliver acted was the Wilby Conspiracy released in 1974, starring Oscar winners Sydney Poitier and Mi usechael Caine. Previously, he acted in an initial movie, "The Search for the Nile " in 1971. Oliver went on to co-produce with Alakie Mboya, a hit National Theater stage production, "The Muntu", by Joe de Graft, starring Oliver Litondo and Beldina Auma in 1976. In 1978 Oliver starred in the film "The Bush Trackers" produced and directed by the late Gordon Parks, Jr.

In 1984 Oliver acted in "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle" Starring Tanya Roberts He also acted in "The Lion Of Africa" in 1988, starring Bryan Danahy, and the "Ivory Hunters" in 1990 starring James Earl Jones and John Lithgow. Oliver's latest movie released in 2010 is "The First Grader", directed by Justin Chadwick and starring Oliver Litondo and Naomie Harris. Oliver is very excited about the First Grader and says "more adults now go to school in Kenya since the movie was released, inspired by Maruge's (played by Oliver)courage to start first grade at age 84".

Oliver is married to his long-time friend and confidant, Belden Auma, a communications practitioner, former journalist, former actress (starred with him in "The Muntu"), and model. They have four children.
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Beldina Auma

Beldina Auma is the President of Strategic Communications and Investment Promotions (SCIP) International, LLC, a world class Public Relations, Strategic Communications and Investment Promotions firm, based in Nairobi, Kenya, with offices in Washington, DC. She is a former staff of the World Bank, the United Nations and other international organizations. She was also the Chairperson of the World Bank Group-IMF African Society, member organization of Africans working at the World Bank and IMF where she spearheaded discussions on salient issues on Africa, engaging powerful constituencies--internally. Externally, she engaged on African issues with the US Congressional Black Caucus and some members of the Senate and House across the aisle; African Diplomatic Corps in the USA.

Ms. Auma held the position of Senior Communications Officer at the World Bank in Washington, DC, where she was advising the Africa region vice presidency on various communications aspects of the region’s development work. She also headed the development and implementation of country communications programs in 20 African countries, which included Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Previous to the World Bank, she worked for UNIFEM (now UNWOMEN) as interim Communications Director and prior to that as Executive Director of Communications for Development International where she collaborated with five UN Agencies in developing successful media programs, networks and associations in Africa.
In 2000, Ms. Auma chaired a United Nations Committee "Platform for Action" of the Beijing World Conference on Women.

She is also currently the CEO of Lakewood Films, an international film production company with a mission to tell compelling stories from the African perspective for the global audience. Ms. Auma has served on a number of boards and committees, including two terms on the University of Tennessee’s Advisory Board. She has also received several professional and social recognitions, including the University of Tennessee’s Accomplished Alumni Award in 2009; A Woman of Substance Award in 2015 for her work with the African Society at the Bretton Woods Institutions, and her focus on women and youth; and was listed in the 2018 Most Reputable Africans.

She is co-author and Editor of “IDA Driving Innovation in Africa”, (a World Bank book on International Development Association’s (IDA) work in Africa), and has written many articles and blogs on development, gender, youth, and diaspora topics.

Ms. Auma holds an MA in Communications from Howard University in Washington, D.C., USA. She also holds a BSc in Communications/Journalism from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She did a full PhD coursework in Organizational Communications from Howard University.

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