June Akinyi Arunga is the founder and CEO of . In 2011 she was named by Forbes Magazine as one of its 20 Youngest Powerful Women in Africa. The previous year, in 2010, she was included in the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company. She is a founding partner, and was Director of Corporate Affairs, of Black Star Line SA: a technology solution provider in the fields of cell-phone based payments and money transfer with a strong focus on the African market. She remains an equity partner. She is an advisor to a variety of start-up efforts with a technology bent, serves on the boards of several international NGOs, and through Open Quest Media Foundation takes an active interest in the confluence of technology, expanding democratic freedoms and entrepreneurialism.