Entry: Bill Guyton
At the end of last week’s Higher Education Summit in Washington, DC, I had the chance to meet Prince Soko, Vice President of a group called the Harambe Endeavor. The organization’s mission is to “enable young African professionals in the Diaspora and across the continent to find effective engagement in the social, political and economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa and in the process establish an extensive network of individuals in business, public and private sectors, non profit and academia to conduct the sustained, concerted and strategic advancement of Africa”.
Since its inception in July 2007, Harambe Endeavor has attracted over 120 students and selected 45 from reputable American colleges and universities who are passionate about Africa and have impressive accomplishments of their own. The organization is planning a ten nation tour of Africa this summer to implement empowerment initiatives geared for African students in Africa. I will be interested to hear more about their tour, especially in the cocoa growing countries of Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and Cameroon.