Sanat Daga

Principal

Sanat joined Mulago in 2024 as a Principal on the Fellows team. 

Prior to Mulago, Sanat was a Manager at Dalberg — a social impact advisory firm — where he worked on everything from economic mobility to housing to general non-profit strategy. He's also worked on projects advising big funders like the Gates Foundation, USAID, and Mastercard Foundation. Prior to that, he was the Chief Strategy Officer at La Casa Norte, a housing nonprofit based in Chicago. 

Sanat got his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley. He’s worked with Sesame Street, the Mayor’s Office of Chicago, Digital Green and Chicago Public Schools along the way. In his spare time, Sanat helps run a chess club, enjoys beautiful hikes followed by tasty burritos, reads intergenerational family stories, and is an unfortunately loyal Chicago Bulls fan.

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Organizations

Sanat Daga is currently the lead on these Fellows and Portfolio organizations. If you're a funder and want to learn more, please reach out on LinkedIn. We'd be delighted to chat.

Portfolio

These are organizations that have gone through our Fellowship and emerged with a promising model, strategy, and organization. We are making a bet on their potential for exponential impact over time.
A Volunteer Corps to Drive School Enrollment and Outcomes.
Education
Nonprofit

Educate Girls

Nonprofit
Education
Asia
Community-Led Management of Village Commons
Environment
Nonprofit

Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)

Nonprofit
Environment
Asia
“Growth Teams” in Government
Livelihoods
Nonprofit

Growth Teams

Nonprofit
Livelihoods
East Africa,West Africa
Livelihoods-first Community Conservation.
Environment
Nonprofit

Honeyguide

Nonprofit
Environment
East Africa
Collective Action for Commons Conservation
Environment
Nonprofit

Living Landscapes

Nonprofit
Environment
Asia
Wrap Around Services for Pastoralists
Livelihoods
Nonprofit

Mafisa

Nonprofit
Livelihoods
Southern Africa
High-Engagement Teaching
Education
Nonprofit

Peepul

Nonprofit
Education
Asia

Fellows

Earlier stage founders who have a scalable solution to poverty — and the chops to deliver it.
Nonprofit
Environment

The Idea

Carbon-funded agroforestry transition

Tonthoza Uganja

Sustainable Farming Solutions

2025

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Henry

Nonprofit
Environment
Henry
East Africa
Nonprofit
Environment

The Idea

Link pro-nature value chains to high-value markets

Tiana Andriamanana

Fanamby

2025

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Henry

Nonprofit
Environment
Henry
East Africa
Nonprofit
Environment

The Idea

Coalitions for green economic growth

Jean-Philippe Palasi

INDRI

2025

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Henry

Nonprofit
Environment
Henry
Latin America
Nonprofit
Education

The Idea

Community-run pre-school in Rwanda

Lydie Hakizimana

Happy Hearts

2024

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Rainer

Nonprofit
Education
Rainer
East Africa
For-Profit
Livelihoods

The Idea

Food processing microfactories in Kenya

Irene Etyang

Mamlo Foods

2024

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Rainer

For-Profit
Livelihoods
Rainer
East Africa
Nonprofit
Livelihoods

The Idea

“Growth Teams” in Government

Jonathan Mazumdar

Growth Teams

Growth Teams

2024

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Rainer

Nonprofit
Livelihoods
Rainer
East Africa,West Africa
Nonprofit
Livelihoods

The Idea

Use AI to speed up justice in Indian courts

Utkarsh Saxena

Adalat AI

2024

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Rainer

Nonprofit
Livelihoods
Rainer
Asia
Nonprofit
Environment

The Idea

Barefoot Lawyers

Peter Bosip

Centre for Environmental Law & Community Rights (CELCOR) Inc

2024

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Henry

Nonprofit
Environment
Henry
Oceania
Nonprofit
Environment

The Idea

Make forest products profitable in Indonesia

Bustar Maitar

EcoNusa Foundation

2024

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Henry

Nonprofit
Environment
Henry
Asia
Nonprofit
Environment

The Idea

Boost the community led conservation movement in Kenya

Dickson Kaelo

Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA)

2024

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Henry

Nonprofit
Environment
Henry
East Africa

Fellows