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JAMELIA HARRIS FIFI KARA 2009
DPhil Student at Oxford 2019
Jamelia Harris graduated from the London
School of Economics in 2013 after doing
a masters in Economics. She already held
a first class degree in Economics and
Actuarial Science from the University
of Southampton. Since appearing in
Future Leaders in 2012, Jamelia has
enjoyed a global research career. Upon
completing her master’s she was posted
as an Overseas Development Institute
Fellow in Sierra Leone, where she worked
for the government as an economist in
the Ministry of Finance and Economic
Development. While there, she also
lectured in Macroeconomic Analysis at
Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra
Leone. After leaving Sierra Leone in 2014,
having been there for two years, she
travelled to Trinidad and Tobago to work Philosophy, Politics and Economics. After she was still only in her first year of
as a Research Assistant at the University graduating she went on to secure an study. At the time she was director of
of the West Indies. For two years, she all-fees-paid scholarship on an intensive Model Westminster, a social enterprise
conducted studies such as analysing 12-week coding course at Makers Academy. she founded that educated young
the behaviour of school dropouts in Following this course, she spent two people on the policy-making process
Trinidad and Tobago in terms of their and a half weeks at the academy as a on a local, national and regional level.
skill development and employment teaching assistant. Nadia then worked as Since graduating in 2016 she has worked
outcomes. She is currently reading for a software engineer for websites and apps mainly at start-ups. A few months before
a DPhil in International Development at Pivotal Labs. She then co-founded and graduation she co-founded Hulah, a
at the University of Oxford, where her directed Ignition Works from June 2015 mobile app that uses travel technology
research focuses on labour markets in until April 2018. The company specialised combined with expert knowledge to find
developing countries. in in-house product development and and book perfect trips for every individual.
software consultancy. Nadia now has two She was also a product designer for
NADIA ODUNAYO positions as the founder and director of The the app – a skill that is self-taught.
CTO, CodeNewbie, StoryGraph Ltd and CTO at CodeNewbie. Fifi moved to Denver, Colorado to continue
Director, The StoryGraph The StoryGraph was work on the project until Hulah closed its
Nadia was our number one Future Leader founded in 2012 as a creative writing doors in December 2017. Fifi is currently
in the 2013-14 edition. She graduated with e-publication for university students to the product designer for another start-up,
a first class degree from the University of publish short stories and was one of the Bulb, an energy supplier that provides
Oxford in 2013. From Nadia’s employment things that impressed in Nadia’s initial 100% renewable electricity and gas to
history, you would never be able to guess Future Leaders interview. Nadia also has homes across the UK.
that her undergraduate degree was in her own website. On nadiaodunayo.com,
she lists that she is a software developer, HOPE LEVY SHEPHERD
product manager, conference speaker and Trainee solicitor, Linklaters
dancer. Hope graduated a year after she was
featured in Future Leaders in the number
RICHARD SERUNJOGI two position in 2014. She studied English
Launching an Africa-focused startup, Ex- Law and Literature at the University
McKinsey of Oxford. After that, she achieved a
Richard graduated from the London Graduate Diploma in Law from the
School of Economics and Political Science University of Law and has stayed in
with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Policy. that field since. Having undertaken
He went straight into work as a Business vacation schemes at Slaughter & May
Analyst for McKinsey & Company, where and Linklaters while still studying, she is
he served leaders in the private, public currently a trainee solicitor at Linklaters.
and third sectors. He now works as a The “magic circle” firm is currently piloting
Company Builder for Mission. He has a a scheme that involves a junior lawyer
special interest in Africa and is currently mentoring a senior lawyer in a bid to open
building a team to work on issues to “drive up the company’s management to those
the continent forward”. To achieve this, he from diverse backgrounds. Hope, who is
is building a website which aims to help in the second seat of her traineeship, is
the next generation of Ugandan leaders. one of the mentors on the scheme. Hope
is also a co-founder of Black British City
FIFI KARA group – a cross-network for the Black
Product Designer British community working in the City,
RICHARD SERUNJOGI Bulb which she founded with fellow Future
Leaders alumni Warren Wellington, Kieran
When Fifi appeared as our number one
in the 2014-15 edition of Future Leaders Carty and Stephanie Ofili.

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