Akinyi Awora

Akinyi’s life’s work is dedicated to designing solutions that disrupt the way the world thinks about development. Her philosophy ‘Lead with Love’ is the driving force behind her campaign to end poverty by infusing every solution we come up with the inherent belief that all human beings deserve to live with dignity above all else. She has worked towards organizing young people to take lead in rethinking our approaches towards sustainable development. Akinyi has worked as design thinking consultant helping businesses, civil societies, and public servants design products and programs built for impact. Prior to co-founding Jiwo Paro, she founded Learning Growth Africa, a pan-African network of African youth dedicated to leapfrogging African learning systems into the future. She is a Mandela Washington Fellow, an Ashoka Young Changemaker, a Global Shaper, a Women of Heart Golden Awards recipient, a #IamRemarkable trainer, an Africa Youth for SDG’s Champion, SDG 4 Champion and a relentless force in advocating for sustainable development. She holds a BA in Community Development from Maasai Mara University

Inclusion and sustainability.

Community Development, Design Thinking, Development Financing, Public Policy, Sustainable financing