Kennedy Odede

Kennedy Odede is a Kenyan social entrepreneur and author. Odede is the co-founder and CEO of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), a movement based in Nairobi, Kenya, and New York, USA.

Odede was awarded the 2010 Echoing Green Fellowship and was named on Forbes under 30 list of top social entrepreneurs in 2014. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. His work has been featured by President Bill Clinton, Madonna, Beyonce, and by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times and his book ''A Path Appears''. Odede's writing has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, Project Syndicate and The Guardian.

Odede is a Young Global Leader (YGL) at the World Economic Forum and an Obama Foundation Africa Leader. He is the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book ''Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum'', which he wrote with his wife and business partner, Jessica Posner. Provided by Wikipedia