CURRENT MISSION
Working for a fintech based in Nairobi Kenya and responsible for East Africa market.

ABOUT Me
Annie Hu is a Nairobi-based social entrepreneur and a Harvard SEED fellow in 2014. She has traveled quite often to Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and other African countries for the past 5 years and has kept a close eye on East Africa’s tech ecosystem. She is currently working for a Chinese high-tech company investing in Africa market by delivering the most localized mobile internet services. Before that, she co-founded China House in April 2014, the first Chinese social enterprise to operate in Africa.

My facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hu.anne.7?ref=bookmarks

PHILOSOPHY

Always curious and on the road.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have known the Couchsurfing from a Chinese magazine for the first time. I thinking Couchsurfing is one of the amazing things since it deepen our understanding of different countries and smaller our world, both physically and mentally.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I did my undergraduate research on Couchsurfing in 2102 and it was an amazing experience.

Interests

HOBBIES:
Yoga, traveling, hiking, mountaineering or do some exciting sports.
Reading interesting books, watch diversitied films.

Enjoyable things:
*hanging out with new friends
*visiting different museums
*enjoying art exhibitions
*passionate about NGO and social innovation
* traveling with local people
*trying exotic food
*listening jaza music

Life is just fabulous, and I'd like to experience more, learn more.

• arts
• culture
• books
• folklore
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• chinese food
• yoga
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• mountaineering
• sports
• rock climbing
• entrepreneurship
• history
• tourism
• mountains
• africa
• nordic culture

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Titanic, Into The Wild, The Notebook, I'm Juli, Closer, Once, Its a Free World, The Matrix, Happiness, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Butterfly Effect, The Pianist, Amazing Grace, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Juno, P.S. I Love You, Pretty Woman, Mission Impossible, etc.
So you know I like different kinds of movies and enjoy experiencing diversified lifestyle in movies.

TV shows:
Friends
Mad Men
Lie to Me
Sherlock

Musics: Adele, Jason Mraz

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lots of wonderful moments happened in my life, such as
*Climbed a 5454m mountain called PEAK TWO of Siguniangshan successfully in October 2011. It was so amazing to embrace nature in a high-altitude mountain and enjoy the beauty of snow mountain.
*Cycled the Hainan Island by bike with my friends in February, 2012. For me, riding is an excellent way to enjoy the beautiful scenery of local places.
*Builded and developed a university-student NON-PROFIT organization called Bluetter Caring for Left-behind Children. I have spent lots of time and energy in this organization and my responsibility is to get sponsorship and do a PR job.
*Established a social enterprise based in Nairobi in 2014and have been lived in Africa for more than 5 years since then

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Chinese, if you'd like to.
I am good at traditional Chinese food, so maybe I can cook with you or just show you how to cook in a Chinese way.
Yoga is my favorite sport and let's do it together if you like.
I'd like to share amazing things on travel and want to listen to your story.
It will be nice if you could teach your language.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Chinese culture and my past 5 years living and working in Nairobi and other African cities

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Myanmar, Norway, Qatar, Rwanda, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Kenya, Tanzania