DEF Scholar: Ability Kakama
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Home country: Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
Activities: Reading, tennis
An enthusiastic economist and voracious reader, Ability dreams of designing economic policies that will transform his home country of Tanzania.
Ability’s Dream:
I was born in a northwestern Tanzania, in a district bordering Rwanda and Uganda. My childhood interactions with refugees from Rwanda sparked my interest in diplomacy. I am the founder of a charity club that raises financial and material support to assist those in need in the villages surrounding the Yovi river valley in Kilosa, Tanzania. Through this project, I was exposed to the world of international development and I came across the aid versus trade debate. After much consideration, I became a proponent of the trade approach as I believe it will more effectively promote development. It also inspired me to think about young people and entrepreneurship.
Earlier this year I co-founded an entrepreneurial youth initiative known as DARECHA which seeks to develop an entrepreneurial outlook among the young people of Tanzania. I am an aspiring economist and a young entrepreneur and I can’t wait to get out there and offer my services towards building a better Africa.
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