Gains Beyond The Current Exuberance

– Sneha Shah, Lubega H’16, Matshoba H’14, Eneyo H’16 In 2019, it took African startups 46 weeks to raise their first billion dollars, while in 2021, it took 21 weeks. Predictions for 2022 are at just over 7 weeks. While this highlights that exuberance for the continent is high, it does not necessarily indicate that […]

Harambeans Scaling at the Speed of Trust

– Professor Sikochi, Epstein H’21 , Mbaabu H’20, Aboyeji H’10 The annual gathering of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance – Harambeans Global Summit – was held February 24-26, 2022 in the wine valley of Franschhoek. As customary, Alliance members reaffirmed our pledge to “work together as one” to build Africa’s future. The Summit served as an […]

The Alliance Recommits to Servant Leadership in the Vatican Gardens

The sixth Harambeans Rome Forum, October 14-17, 2021 assembled members of the Alliance at the Pope’s Summer Residence on the banks of Lake Albano to reaffirm our pledge to “work together as one” to build Africa’s future. There was much to reflect on and celebrate during the 3-day gathering, which was blessed by Cardinal Turkson […]

Building Africa’s Future: Welcoming the 13th & 14th Classes of Harambeans

On November 21 2021, African innovators gathered in the Gold Room at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods to sign the Harambe Declaration and officially became Harambeans. As signatories of the Declaration they reaffirmed our pledge “to work together as one to pursue the social, political and economic development of Africa and fulfill the […]