Mastercard Foundation Scholar, Samuel Adeyanju, reflects on his experience at COP23
“His speech provided a deep insight into various climate disasters across the globe as climate change impact is felt both in the global south and north. He ended his presentation highlighting the potentials of wind and solar energy as well as the numerous efforts being made by countries like Indian and others to implement the […]
My First Day at COP23
“Bonn, a historical city in Germany, serves as the host venue to the approximately 25,000 participants at COP this year. The event is attended by national governments, UN specialised agencies, intergovernmental organisations and NGOs.” Samuel Adeyanju from Nigeria, is an MSc student at the faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. His research […]
Johnston Kirimo
Johnston comes from Kilifi, a coastal town north of Mombasa, Kenya. Has been pursuing Bachelor of commerce, specializing in Business Technology Management and Accounting, at the UBC Sauder School of Business. During his time at UBC, he has participated in the Sauder Social Entrepreneurship (SSE) Program – a four-week program aimed at imparting fundamentals of […]
Tamara Lottering
Tamara comes from the Maru-a-Pula (MaP) school in Botswana, where she completed her secondary education with the support of the renowned Allan Gray Orbis scholarship. Tamara’s values lie in helping her community work together to improve their quality of life. She has exhibited great leadership in school and community initiatives including the MaP recycling team’s […]
Brian Mukeswe
Brian is in his final year studying Electrical Engineering and Commerce. At UBC he has been involved in student leadership as the president of the Africa Awareness Initiative, a student run organization at UBC that promotes inclusive dialogue about Africa on campus; as well as a Community Animator at the Simon K Y Lee Global […]
Teboho Sefuthi (graduated 2017)
Teboho is a determined and highly gifted individual, and one of the top students of the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) from Lesotho. He has exhibited high levels of dedication to his academics and is a natural thinker and problem solver. Teboho has been able to apply his interest in chemistry to increase awareness of […]
Alfred Acheampong
Alfred is a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Growing up in one of the remote villages of Ghana, he experienced first-hand the effects of resource degradation and the need to conserve natural forest and water resources. This experience influenced Alfred to undertake an undergraduate degree in Forest Resource Technology […]
Jonathan Awineboma Abagre
Faculty: Forestry Program: Master of Sustainable Forest Management Year: 2014 Country: Ghana Jonathan has been dedicated to natural resources management since he was a child. Hard working and forward-thinking, he went above and beyond to finish high school and develop a strong foundation for his academic career. To fund his post-secondary education, he worked in […]
Priscilla Boadi
Priscilla is aspiring for a lecturing and consultancy career, and believes that the Master in International Forestry program will provide her with the platform she needs to study and acquire valuable skills. Having understood the importance of healthy forest ecosystems in the protection and conservation of biodiversity, Priscilla has decided to direct her interest to […]
Maureen Gitata
Maureen grew up along with her siblings on a small farm in Nyahururu, Kenya. Based on her academic success, she was admitted to the Alliance Girls’ High School, a boarding school 20 km outside of Nairobi. She later received the Kenyan Scholar Award to attend St Lawrence University in New York, where she earned a degree in […]