Mohamed Ali is a young Somali American with a mission to help youth in Somalia steer clear of extremist groups. Ali was born in Mogadishu, but when he was 10, as Somalia was grappling with a civil war, he and his family left for Canada. They finally settled in the US. Ali attended Ohio State …
FOR IDJWI, AN ISLAND ON THE RWANDA-DRC BORDER, ISOLATION HAS BEEN A GIFT. Idjwi – For many of the world’s 7 billion people, it would be hard to imagine a world without the Internet. In just a couple of decades, our lives have become so intertwined with the World Wide Web that it’s difficult to …
Kennedy Odede, a 29-year-old Kibera resident, has been awarded the top 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs award by Forbes magazine. Over 100 impressive candidates were nominated and then reviewed by a panel of distinguished judges including renowned social entrepreneurs Jeff Skoll and Cheryl Dorsey, and Randall Lane, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine. Mr Odede was selected …
Nairobi, Kenya — Terrorism is a global reality, and for me as a Kenyan, this struck close to home in September with the siege of the Westgate mall. Yet in many ways, growing up in Nairobi I was always in the midst of terror. As a boy living in extreme poverty in Kibera, one of …
As you might imagine, the competition to join our second annual list of 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs was incredibly tough. To arrive at the final list, my colleague Prerna Sinha and I collected and reviewed more than 100 applications. Next the candidates went before our distinguished judges: Jeff Skoll, the philanthropist and social entrepreneur; …