Entrepreneurship- Making A Difference

Irewole Akande and Ibraheem Alinur have both experienced incredible entrepreneurial journeys.

Irewole, grew up in Abuja, Nigeria. His father is a brilliant entrepreneur and his mother, a leading visual artist, is also an entrepreneur, but when Akande was 9, his dad had a car accident that left him with severe amnesia. With Akande’s mother taking care of his father and working, Akande took care of his three younger siblings – taking them to school, helping them with their homework and making them meals daily. He’d find different ways to save up money by getting paid to tutor and keeping the change from running errands.

“As a 9-year old, I wanted the extra money so I could treat my younger siblings.” Akande said.

He earned a full-tuition leadership scholarship to Illinois Institute of Technology, where he also played on the school’s soccer team. “There are a few tears in my eyes thinking of how far I’ve come,” Akande said.

Ibraheem grew up in a low income household near Orlando, and he and his two siblings were raised by their mom, a recent award winning nurse and an immigrant from Trinidad & Tobago. Ibraheem, said he’s been an entrepreneur since he started selling candy out of his backpack in elementary school and also tutoring from a young age. He earned a Gates Millennium Scholarship to attend Northwestern and was named as one of Chicago Inno’s 25 under 25, 25 under 25 social entrepreneurs in the US, and is a member of the Obama Foundations Community Leadership program.

“I’ve always been hustling, out of necessity and nature,” Alinur said. “I quickly learned how much of a change you can make through entrepreneurship as I got older. My dream is to help build the cities of the future.”

The duo met randomly at a conference. One conversation led to another and they ended up co-founding City Health Tech with the goal of creating a product that makes hand washing fun and interactive.

About the Host:

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