Spotlighting Social Innovators
Myriad USA spotlights some of its most creative partners from around the world, in an effort to connect them with investors and philanthropists.
Pictured L-R: Tonee Ndungu (Kytabu), Gerald Abila (BarefootLaw), Alloysius Attah (Farmerline) share the stage with Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Myriad USA spotlights some of its most creative partners from around the world, in an effort to connect them with investors and philanthropists. We invite these changemakers to join us for convenings and events hosted by key partner organizations.
Every other year, Myriad USA also organizes a U.S. roadshow for the winner of the Africa Prize, an initiative of the Brussels-based King Baudouin Foundation. Worth 200,000 Euros, the Africa Prize rewards outstanding contributions to development in Africa, initiated and led by Africans. Recent winners include HER Initiative (Tanzania), Elman Peace (Somalia), Wecyclers (Nigeria), BarefootLaw (Uganda), Farmerline (Ghana), Kytabu (Kenya), ADISCO (Burundi), Ms Bogaletch Gebre of KMG Ethiopia (Ethiopia), and Dr Denis Mukwege of Panzi Hospital (DR of Congo).