Makatiani has been featured in The Economist, Fortune (magazine), CNN, NHK, BBC, Financial Times (London).

[3] Since 2005, Makatiani has been an adviser to the President of the Republic of Kenya, as a member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC).

Makatiani has in the past been adviser to the UN Secretary General (Kofi Annan on ICT) and been on the board of Barclays Bank, Kenya, and on the advisory board of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) E-Magazine, Paris, France; as well as being a former executive director of African Lakes Corporation PLC – London Stock Exchange listed.

[4] Before Fanisi, Makatiani was the CEO of African Management Services Company (AMSCO) a product of International Finance Corporation (IFC) — the World Bank's private-sector arm—the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the African Development Bank.

[4] He is also the chairman of the board of directors for Jambojet, a low-cost carrier fully owned by Kenya Airways [5]