26Yrs Award Winning Kenyan Chicken Farmer Lands Lifetime Chance to Meet Obama

When 26-year-old James Makini founded the One Hen Project five years ago, he had no idea it would open doors for him to meet US President Barack Obama.
Now he has been selected among 500 people set to meet President Obama in the Young African Leaders Summit in August this year .
The fellowship designed to help the next crop of business leaders includes six weeks of training at a US university then followed by the summit which Mr. Obama will personally host for three days.

James Makini

“I am excited that the simple business is changing lives and has now been recognized by Obama’s fellowship,” Makini said on receiving news of the fellowship. “I am looking forward to a chat with the US President,” he added.
Mr. Makini who set up the social enterprise in 2010 has expanded its operations from the original Kisii are to Nyamira, and Narok and hopes to extend the reach to 10 counties by the end of next year.
His project has already impacted 20,000 households in setting up poultry rearing ventures or indigenous chicken.

Courtesy: The standard.

Congrats James.While most of us who met him in campus went for white collar jobs, this guy and a friend of his went for the route less taken and its paying off.