Fellows in the News: April 2024
Renzo Guinto, Aspen Global Innovators Group 2016 New Voices Fellow co-chaired the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare’s working group on Adaptation, Risk and Resilience.
Fellows in the News: Nov 2023
1. Kennedy Odede, an Aspen New Voices 2013 Fellow, was recognized as a “2023 TIME 100 Impact Award Africa honoree”.
2. Esther Ngumbi, an Aspen New Voices 2015 Fellow, received an award for exceptional service as the co-chair of the 2023 Entomological Society of America Program Committee.
Fellows in the News: Sept 2023
1. Mmaki Jantjies, an Aspen New Voices 2020 Fellow was named a “Top 6 inspiring women in STEM” by IT News Africa.
Malaria is deeply personal for this Kenyan scientist
By Bill Gates — Damaris grew up in Birongo, Kenya, a rural village in the country’s western highlands. She showed remarkable talent in math and science from an early age, but she experienced discrimination at school and in her community because of her gender. Even some extended family members couldn’t understand why the family would …
Why we should amplify youth voices on society issues
By Stella Bosire — Life is about transitions. In moments of transition, just like the General Election has brought us, I find it useful to carry out exercises in hope. I think about the things that continue to bring us hope for a better future and nothing makes me more hopeful than the vibrant and …