Yeshwant Chillakuru
Yeshwant is currently a sophomore at The George Washington University majoring in economics and biology in the 7 Year BA/MD Program. As a runner for over 5 years, he started Project Dream Miles to use running and technology to support local nonprofits making a tangible impact in the community. Aside from working on Project Dream […]
Maxwell Chinnah
Originally from Nigeria, Mr. Chinnah has grown to appreciate the gap that lies between those in the third world countries and their first world counterparts in terms of education and development. As a Computer Science major and Graphic Design minor, Mr. Chinnah has realized that the skills being learned can be applied in ways to […]
Godwin Attigah
Godwin Kojo Attigah was born in Accra, Ghana. He believes in a new Africa where science and technology drive success, and is currently pursuing this vision by majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Business administration. As an avid member of the open source software development community, Godwin states that his quest to solve lives’ […]
Ability Kakama
Ability is an undergraduate economics and finance student at Berea College. During his college career, Ability has interned as Supply Chain Analyst at Ascension Health and as Finance Analyst at IBM. The ambition to bring about progress to people and communities through enterprise is what makes Ability a leader. Ability’s entrepreneurship approach and analytic insight […]
Jean Emmanuel Verdier
Jean Emmanuel Verdier is from Haiti, and he graduated in May 2015 with a BA in Intercultural studies and a Minor in Theology and Religious Studies from Divine Word College in Iowa. He was twice elected as a Student Representative in the Student Senate of his College and also was the Treasurer of the African […]
Paul Ntege
Paul Ntege was born and raised in Uganda. He is a student at Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut, and he is a MasterCard Scholar with the Akwanya Program. Paul is a beneficiary of African Dream Initiative (ADI) and an ADI Scholar. In 2008 he joined the African Leadership Academy (ALA) in Johannesburg South Africa for two […]
Caleigh Hernandez
Caleigh Hernandez lived in rural Uganda and interned for a local Savings and Credit Co-op (SACCO) for eight weeks in 2013. During this time, she worked to develop an income-generating project for SACCO members which inspired her passion for development and social entrepreneurship. In the summer of 2014, she independently researched small-scale entrepreneurs in Uganda […]
