So, about my recent trip to Kenya...  🇰🇪

Shout out to the ultimate Travel Buddy (@MasukuSithabiso) 💍

[THREAD] (1/10)

Let me start by bigging up 3 Nairobi-based Kenyans I'm blessed to work with @FoundersFFA for being awesome humans: Investment Manager @MsE_Wambui (far left), Venture Sourcing Lead Adelaide Njoki (mid right) & Senior Software Architect @Kevin_Odongo35 (far right)! ✨ (2/10)


Hanging out at @AntlerGlobal Nairobi's Ecosystem Mixer was definitely a highlight. Shout out to all the dope Founders and Innovation Architects I got to chill with. The vibe was correct! 👌🏾 (3/10)

I'm still deeply affected by the interactive #FFAmily fireside chats we had about Kenya's rich history, complex present & promising future. Cheers to the inimitable @salimcamerapix & the irrepressible @ToneeNdungu for sharing their stories & engaging so openly! 🗣️ (4/10)


Bush and beach. 🌴 #natureinterlude (5/10)

Kenyans are incredible storytellers, content creators & Community-builders. I'm inspired by the work of @BonyoLinda & @DeclanMagero (@lawyershubkenya), @CynthiaWMwangi, @pesa_africa, @MauriceOtienoO (@BarazaLab), @ericasuma (@kenyanwalstreet) and @mougendi (@meedan). ✊🏾 (6/10)


An extra special 🙌🏾 to @DedoNB and the rest of the @SegalFoundation Team for consistently delivering on incredible Pan-African fellowship opportunities. Nairobi Livelihoods Gathering '22 was lit! 🔥

 👊🏾 @femmestartup, @UduakAmimo, @palomaq11, @katiebwamaru, @SharonMachira (7/10)

Yo, @UduakAmimo, @GayatriDatar and @taitangetich et al., we see you moving, Fam! 💃🏾 #musicalinterlude (8/10)

Respect to my fellow @bmwfoundation Responsible Leaders in Nairobi: @UduakAmimo, @LynnKimani, @SylviaMukasa and @emaloba. It was a treat catching up and trading notes on being African in 2022.

 👊🏾 to @ThandiDyani for stoking the fires of fellowship. (9/10)

Thank you, Kenya! Till next time... 🫡 

*cue waterfall dance* (10/10)

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Kenya Trip: July 2022

🚨 CALL TO ACTION

Let's help young Cebo-Keletso Sehoshe become a Medical Scientist!

#Donate here: https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/cebo-keletso-sehoshe

#CharityMonday #causes

1/10 Here's Cebo's story... 🧵 👇🏿

2/10 ❄️ 📩 When Cebo first DM'd me cold on Twitter, he had just been forced to terminate his Medical Laboratory Sciences first-degree studies at the Central University Of Technology in the Free State province of South Africa before attending a single class. 

3/10 ☹️ 🌧️ Cebo and his family could not afford to keep him in school, despite receiving partial financial support from South Africa's National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

4/10 🔍  🌱 After researching Cebo's roots and references - which included meeting his mother, former high school teacher and church pastor - I determined something had to be done to assist him.

5/10 🇿🇦 👷🏿 Cebo hails from Tsakane (a township in the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa) and is the firstborn of four children. (His siblings are aged 11, 13 and 16.) After dropping out of varsity last year, he took up work in construction to raise funds for his studies.

6/10 🥳 🥼 He has since secured a place to study Medical Laboratory Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (@CPUT). He needs financial support to cover school fees (including book and equipment costs) & student residence costs for the first semester of '22.

7/10 🏫 💰 By June/July 2022, Cebo's NSFAS bursary (currently being transferred from the Central University Of Technology to @CPUT) will be reinstated. His family expects that they will be able to supplement any financial gaps from that point.

8/10 🤑 ✅ I figure that if we can raise the roughly R45k Cebo needs for the first half of his year of studies, we may as well raise R90k (approx. USD6,2k) for the year and give him & his family a headstart on the next few years he'll spend striving to become a Medical Scientist.

9/10 🧮 🔢 Here's a breakdown of Cebo's needs:
Tuition Costs (including Student Residence): R73,000
Books and Equipment: R16,700
Professional Registrations (i.e. Health Professions Council of South Africa): R300

#donate #dogood

10/10 ⏳ 💸 Cebo has negotiated a payment plan with the CPUT, enabling him to move into res and join courses. Now, it's all up to us to help keep him in school. Let's get this done, Fam!

#Donate here: https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/cebo-keletso-sehoshe

#4charity #fundraising

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