My Story

In the 2008 post-election violence, Eddy founded Ongoza, an organization committed to bringing an end to violence by helping young people become economically independent and champions of peace in their local communities. Ongoza has built a resilient community of 300 locally engaged youth business leaders who together have created 500 additional jobs and generated $1M in revenue. Through his life’s work, Eddy has developed a development model that is tried and tested, leverages young local talent, and is scalable. Migori County needs this kind of expertise that relies on ideas that work.

Eddy is a graduate of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa, holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Trinity College in Hartford, and recently gained a graduate degree from Yale University. He is a member of the African Leadership Network, a trained UNESCO International Youth Peace Ambassador, and the youngest speaker and first panel leader at the 2012 G8 Summit. Eddy has been recognized with the 2012 Impact Award from the Kenyan US Diaspora, the 2013 Africa Village’s Top 30 Under 30 Most Inspirational Young People on the African continent and Salt’s 2015 top 30 under 30 most innovative and influential youth in Africa.