Colombia’s Minister of Housing has big plans for ending a cash-infused economy Access to affordable personal loans makes weathering financial challenges possible in Brazil Thiago Alvarez (Brazil 2014) started an online platform to make personal financial management possible for
Strengthening the public sector in Brazil Brazil has more than 12 million civil servants. According to a 2017 research study, Brazil is the world’s second least satisfied country regarding the quality of public service. In spite of this, the Brazilian
El Paso, Texas An economist specializing in international trade and leading a university-based research center, Patrick Schaefer (USA/Zhi-Xing 2018) forged a partnership with China’s premier government think tank, the Shanghai International Shipping Institute. Patrick’s center — the Hunt Institute for
San Francisco, California On Fellowship in India and Indonesia he learned that access to capital was the biggest constraint on growth for sustainable-agriculture, alternative-energy and other renewable-resource companies that generally are too large for microfinance loans but too small for
With children accounting for more than half of the 12 million people displaced by the Syrian conflict, there is a desperate need for coping skills to understand and manage emotions. Using Casarin’s curriculum, the IRC trains volunteers from local communities
Tanzania Victoria Marwa Heilman (Tanzania 2016) is founder of Tanzania Women Architects for Humanity (TAWAH), an all-volunteer, NGO that she established in 2010. She is also the director at VK Green Architects Limited in Dar es Salaam. TAWAH supports inclusion
Nigeria Mezuo Nwuneli (Nigeria 2015) is co-founder and managing director of Sahel Capital, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the Nigerian agribusiness sector. Nwuneli is a 2015 Global Fellow and explored agricultural finance, private equity and the use of technology
Rwanda Shivon Byamukama (Rwanda 2016) is deputy chief executive officer of Babylon Health Rwanda (Babyl), a digital healthcare provider headquartered in London, England. Byamukama is a 2016 Fellow from the Africa Regional Program and examined women’s leadership and capacity building in
Sri Lanka As a young technology-focused entrepreneur, Harsha Purasinghe (Sri Lanka 2014) was instrumental in initiating and leading a unique social innovation in the aftermath of an Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. He developed “DEWN – Disaster & Emergency Warning