Social Entrepreneurs: Africa
Farouk Jiwa, Co-Founder of Honey Care Africa has created a Kenyan enterprise that promotes small scale community based beekeeping as an environmentally sustainable income generating opportunity in East Africa.
Juergen Nagler started the Mali Initiative to provide quality education and fuel sustainable development through local networks. This is empowering the Malian communities to strive towards a better tomorrow.
Yohani Petero Kayinamura takes homeless children off the streets of Rwanda through the Umuryango Children’s Network. By providing them with love, shelter and education, Yohani hopes to rehabilitate and transform the young minds to become active members of society.
Setting aside an academic career to move to Tanzania, Dr Tanya Pergola founded Terrawatu to promote sustainable development, while preserving the culture and traditional wisdoms of the indigenous Maasai community.
Daniel Negatu, a highly entrepreneurial and creative young leader, has joined the fight against HIV/AIDS by harnessing the power of the media to promote public awareness on the impact of the devastating disease in Ethiopia. His initiative is now changing the lives of Ethiopian children orphaned by AIDS and bringing them new hope for the future.
Jacques Bwira, a community leader and refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, started Hope Primary School to give free education to the refugee children living in Kampala, Uganda, helping them make the first steps towards integrating with the Ugandan society.
As a female clan leader of the Lango community, Margaret Akullo Elem leads the fight for women’s rights in Uganda.
Samuel Watulatsu overcame a difficult childhood to become the leading light for sustainable development in Eastern Uganda, empowering the disadvantaged to become self-reliant and productive members of society.
Evariste Habiyambere facilitates an innovative community development model in post-genocide Rwanda. He uses micro-financing to help the people overcome socioeconomic barriers and engage them in the collective construction of self-reliant communities.
Carnegie Mellon University based organization is empowering developing communities by building sustainable technologies with the locals