"The biggest things I learned were that there is so much work to be done in Africa and that Africans must help themselves. We can no longer afford to rely on rich countries to provide us with foreign aid. It’s the person who the shoe pinches who knows how it needs to be adjusted."
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June Arunga
June Akinyi Arunga (born c. 1982 in Nakuru) is a Kenyan economist and founder and CEO of Open Quest Media LLC. In 2011 she was named by Forbes Magazine as one of its 20 Youngest Powerful Women in Africa The previous year, in 2010, she was included in the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company.
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