Uzo Iweala: Who speaks for Africa
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Uzodinma Iweala is the CEO, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Ventures Africa Magazine, a publication that covers the evolving business, policy, culture and innovation spaces on the continent of Africa. He is an award-winning writer, a filmmaker, and a medical doctor. Iweala was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University where he worked on a novel about Washington, D.C., titled "Speak No Evil." His first novel, "Beasts of No Nation," was released in 2005 to critical acclaim, and won numerous awards. Beasts of No Nation was translated into 14 languages and selected as a New York Times Notable Book. It has been adapted as a major motion picture staring Idris Elba. His second book, "Our Kind of People," a nonfiction account of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, was released in 2012 in the United States and the United Kingdom. Iweala is the producer of the short documentary Waiting for Hassana, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017. He has published numerous short stories, articles, and essays in addition to appearing as a guest on various international cable TV news shows. He was the founding CEO of the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria an organization that promotes private sector investment in health services and health innovation in Nigeria. He is also a founding partner of Txtlite Nigeria Ltd, a company that provides off-grid solar solutions across Africa. Iweala holds an AB, magna cum laude, in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard College and is a graduate of Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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