Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.

Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.

You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today.

Here's your host, Karina Belizzi.

Hello, fellow dooketers and friends.

I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, an activist and cause marketer who's passionate about

social impact and sustainability.

Today, we get to cover a subject that is really near and dear to my heart,

education and access to higher education. Education has always been important to me personally,

even as I struggled through the fourth grade with an impossible professor, and even in high

school when I had some personal struggles. A few people really helped me to get through

in ways that I will always remember. And now I'm only one quarter away from completing my MBA

at Santa Clara University. My point is this. Many of us encounter bumps on the road that can derail us.

We encounter problems of self-doubt, and we may not have

the money we need to pursue the education we want and deserve. These problems exist all around

the globe, and in Africa, where we will focus our discussion today, serious systemic problems

prevent talented young people from gaining the opportunities that we take for granted in the West.

Those that do gain access may not be able to fund the education they deserve.

So what do they do?

Joining us today is someone who seeks to solve that problem.

Lydia Camunto Bozere, an accomplished academic and Oxford-educated

doctor of philosophy and politics. Lydia is a founder and CEO of 8B education investments,

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