2020- 2021 Legatum Fellowship Infographic

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LEGATUM FELLOWS 2020-2021 who we are

FELLOWS

23

61% Male 39% Female

what we study

PhD

61% SLOAN 8.5% ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING 8.5% SLOAN & ENGINEERING

22% ENGINEERING

where we impact

10

5

8

UNDERGRADUATE

3 2 18 GRADUATE

what we impact 1

Automotive

2

Education

2

Energy & Utilities

3

Financial Services

3

Agriculture

3

Healthcare

3

IT/Telecom

2

Food & Beverage

2

Transportation

1

Professional Services

1

Real Estate


Mohamed Aburawi

Christopher Keshian

Healthcare/Pharma, Libya

Agriculture, Panama

MBA, Sloan

Mohamed’s venture, Speetar, is an AI-enabled telehealth platform that links underserved patients to a global pool of cultural and languagematched medical specialists.

MBA, Sloan

Chris’s venture, Nous, offers mobile banking tools that will facilitate capital formation in developing nations, such as Panama, where many are unbanked.

Gustavo Paredes Avendano

Baheirah Khusheim

Professional Services, Mexico

Business Development, Saudi Arabia

MBA, Sloan

Gustavo’s venture, RECICLA2, offers in-building recycling and waste management services for residential buildings in Mexico City.

Hem Chaudhary

SB, Mathematics & Engineering Agriculture, Nepal

Hem’s venture, Awasar, creates an ecosystem of infrastructure that will assist farmers to capture maximum value.

MBA, Sloan

Baheirah’s venture, Hemma, is a technology platform that measures, informs and connects regional donors to channel funds in an ethical and impactful way globally.

Hyacinthe Nare MBA, Sloan

Transportation, Burkina Faso

Hyacinthe’s venture, Winniga, provides ridehailing electric mobility services for the transport of persons and goods using all-electric motorcycles in Burkina Faso.

Carl Dey

Kloe Ng

Real Estate, Ghana

Education, Cambodia

Executive MBA, Sloan

Carl’s venture, Impact-G, helps the ordinary Ghanaian family afford a decent home in their lifetime through the provision of decent and affordable housing facilities.

SM, Architecture & Planning

Kloe’s venture, Out of the Box, enables quality preschool learning to take place anywhere, especially in places without proper infrastructure.

Kritisha Jain

Gbemisola Ogunyomi

Transportation, India

Healthcare/Pharma, Nigeria

IDM, Sloan & Engineering

Kritisha’s venture, Sabal, empowers lowincome women in India economically with vocational training and employment to increase mainstream representation.

Zahra Kanji

IDM, Sloan & Engineering Food & Beverage, Nepal

Zahra’s venture, ECC Testing, develops water tests that quickly and effectively identify the presence of coliforms and E. coli.

Executive MBA, Sloan

Gbemisola’s venture, Peds MD, is an AI Triage Chatbot for pediatric healthcare that enables parents to pre-screen the non-emergent health symptoms of their children.

Quadri Oguntade MBA, Sloan

IT/Telecom, Nigeria

Quadri’s venture, Duma, provides entrepreneurs in Nigeria access to quality products at an affordable price through mobile phones.


Martin Panelati MBA, Sloan

Healthcare/Pharma, Argentina

Martin’s venture, Go-Aut, allows children to realize their maximum potential by addressing their developmental disorders early on.

Christabel Sitienei SM, Engineering

IT/Telecom, Sierra Leone

Christabel’s venture, Majji, ensures reliable water supply in Freetown, Sierra Leone by efficiently monitoring and reporting real time water levels.

Yudha Okky Pratama

Awele Uwagwu

Food & Beverage, Indonesia

Energy/Utilities, Nigeria

MBA, Sloan

Okky’s venture, Weeklie, is an online platform providing Indonesian farmers with direct access to end consumers.

SB, Chemical Engineering

Awele’s venture, Idagba, is aimed at making solar system design cheaper and more efficient while catering to designers’ specific needs.

Sarah Rifky

Ezinne Uzo-Okoro

Education, Egypt

Agriculture, Nigeria

PhD, Architecture & Planning

Sarah’s venture, Akuna Institute, delivers an alternative to higher education, re-grounding STEM thinking in the arts.

PhD, AeroAstro

Ezinne’s venture, Terraformers, allows people to grow fresh food from their backyard, while in turn boosting the local economy and increasing food security.

Luis Rodriguez

Lily Cheng Zedler

Automotive, Mexico

Financial Services, Philippines

MBA, Sloan

Luis’s venture, FlexMMex, is a manufacturing hub of electro mobility applications for the North American market.

Leandro Schlottchauer MBA, Sloan

IT/Telecom, Brazil

Leandro’s venture, Amanda, is a social commerce platform that enables Brazilians to earn income by reselling products on social networks.

Pulkit Shamshery MBA, Sloan

Energy/Utilities, Kenya

Pulkit’s venture, Illumina Africa, provides access to water, cold storage, electricity and development of rural infrastructure through solar mini grids.

MBA, Sloan

Lily’s venture, Sender, makes remittances go further by partnering with manufacturers, offering vehicles at a low cost for immigrants to buy for their families back home.

Augustine Zvinavashe PhD, Engineering

Agriculture, India

Augustine’s venture, MicroLife, develops and manufactures seed coatings laden with microbes to produce increased crop yields for farmers.


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