1. ElsaMarie D’Silva, an Aspen New Voices 2015 fellow and her organization Safecity won the CogXAward for Global Goals Impact.
2. Edward Mabaya, an Aspen New Voices 2016 Fellow received the highest honor from the African Association of Agricultural Economists as a Distinguished Fellow for making “extraordinary contributions to the field of agricultural economies and agribusinesses across Africa.”
1. Kennedy Odede Listed Among Top 100 Influential Kenyans Aspen New Voices 2013 Fellow Kennedy Odede has been named among 100 most influential Kenyans of 2022. On January 3, Madonna visited Kennedy’s organization SHOFCO and on January 11 Kennedy was featured in the New York Times. 2. Agnes Igoye received an award at Uganda Diaspora …
Jamila was recently named as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders from Africa. Prior to the YGL initiative, Jamila was CEO and Co-Founder of M-Farm, seeking to help farmers trapped in subsistence agriculture move into commercial farming by leveraging available mobile technology to provide needed real-time information and incentivise collective action. Using …
Born and raised in Nigeria, Misan Rewane is no stranger to the challenges of education and social mobility in West Africa. When her parents, unable to ignore the education system's breakdown, were compelled to send her to the US for college, Misan resolved to play a role in transforming the region's education and skills development …
Wadongo, who grew up in rural Kenya, made his mark early by designing a solar lamp made from mostly recycled materials that could be easily built. In his first year in college, he used part of his student loan to produce more of the lamps – and eventually transformed the project into Sustainable Development for …