2020-2021 Legatum Fellows: Quality of Life

BAHEIRAH KHUSHEIM AREA OF STUDY  MBA, SLOAN FELLOW SECTOR  BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT VENTURE LOCATION  SAUDI ARABIA

Baheirah’s venture, Hemma, is a technology platform that measures, informs and connects regional donors, primarily affluent donors from Gulf Countries, across different development sectors for ethical and impactful giving globally. Baheirah holds a Master’s degree from Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor degree in Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from MS&T University and is currently an MBA Sloan Fellow.

2020 – 2021 LEGATUM FELLOW HRH PRINCESS MOUDI

GBEMISOLA OGUNYOMI AREA OF STUDY  EMBA, SLOAN SECTOR  HEALTH TECH VENTURE LOCATION  GLOBAL

2020 – 2021 LEGATUM FELLOW MASTERCARD FOUNDATION

Seventy-five percent of women would experience a vaginal infection at least once in their lifetime, with 55% of those infections recurring more than six times a year and more prevalent in women within the reproductive ages of 14-49 years of age. Gbemisola’s venture, Flora MD, is developing a medical device platform that uses artificial intelligence integrated into a portable rapid selftesting diagnostic device to facilitate vaginal health screening and management.

KRITISHA JAIN AREA OF STUDY  IDM, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & SLOAN SECTOR  MENTAL HEALTH VENTURE LOCATION  INDIA

2020 – 2021 LEGATUM FELLOW MASTERCARD FOUNDATION

Kritisha’s venture, Dastaan, provides survivors of domestic violence with on-demand, on-the-go counselling and therapy using a program that emulates a Rogerian psychotherapist. Kritisha has been combatting violence against women in Inida for year, playing key roles in the #IWillGoOut Protest March of January 2017 to reclaim public spaces for women, and #ChalkTheWalk Campaign in 2018 to fight harassment of women through art-led community engagement.

MARTIN PANELATI AREA OF STUDY  MBA, SLOAN SECTOR  HEALTHCARE/PHARMA VENTURE LOCATION  ARGENTINA

2020 – 2021 LEGATUM FELLOW MASTERCARD FOUNDATION

Martin’s venture, Go-Aut, helps children realize their maximum potential by addressing their developmental disorders earlier. In Latin America, 1 in every 6 children require some kind of developmental aid to improve their development, but this help usually arrives too late.

Martin aims to disrupt the early childhood healthcare sector in Latin America to have a lifelong impact on children’s and parents’ quality of life, required therapy, and out of pocket expenses.

MOHAMED ABUWARI AREA OF STUDY  MBA, SLOAN SECTOR  HEALTHCARE/PHARMA VENTURE LOCATION  LIBYA

2020 – 2021 LEGATUM FELLOW MASTERCARD FOUNDATION

Mohamed’s venture, Speetar, is an AI-enabled telehealth platform. Piloted in Libya and currently being scaled across the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia, Speetar links underserved patients in low resource settings to a global pool of cultural and languagematched medical specialists. Mohamed is a surgeon turned health-tech entrepreneur passion for improving global healthcare outcomes continues to place him at the intersection of technology, business, and medicine.

SARAH RIFKY AREA OF STUDY  PHD, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING SECTOR  MENTAL HEALTH VENTURE LOCATION  EGYPT

2020 – 2021 LEGATUM FELLOW MASTERCARD FOUNDATION & JACOBS FOUNDATION

Sarah’s venture, Akūn, is a mobile-app suite of solutions that offers free mental health screening and support resources in Arabic and English. Rifky is the co-founder of Beirut, an art initiative and education-focused cultural space in Cairo between 2012 and 2015. Sarah holds an MFA in Critical Studies from the Malmö Art Academy and a BA in Visual Art and Journalism from the American University in Cairo and is currently a PhD Candidate in History, Theory, Criticism and the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT.

ZAHRA KANJI AREA OF STUDY  IDM, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & SLOAN SECTOR  HEALTH TECH VENTURE LOCATION  INDIA

2020 – 2021 LEGATUM FELLOW MASTERCARD FOUNDATION

Zahra’s venture, AniccaHealth, is a wireless smart stethoscope that enhances clinicians in a key part of their evaluation of patients for both in-clinic in-person cases and in telemedicine. Zahra’s background in product design, engineering and public health gives her the background to not only understand the root underlying issues, but to build solutions for them that can be brought to market.