The Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is a US-based business network for

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entrepreneurs that provides funding, university scholarships and a support ecosystem. The Alliance was founded by Okendo Lewis-Gayle and is supported by

Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, ...

and the Oppenheimer Generations Foundation, amongst others. Members of the Harambe Alliance have raised over $500 million from

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, the

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and

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to support their ventures.

Partnerships

The Alliance is supported by and is partnered with: * Cisco Systems * Oppenheimer Generations Foundation * The IDP Foundation *

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. The School is one of America's oldest graduate schools of international relations and is well-ranked in its ...

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Notable Members

* Eyram Tawia, founder of Leti Arts *

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, former MD of

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and co-founder of

Andela Andela is a global job placement network for software developers. Andela focuses on sustainable careers, connecting technologists with long-term engagements, access to international roles, competitive compensation, and career coaching through the ...

* Lungisa Matshoba, CTO of Yoco * Kelechi Ofoegbu, COO of

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* Adeteyo Bamiduro of Max.ng

References

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