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Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bolanle Austen-Peters, has been selected for a prestigious fellowship programme of the Legatum Centre for Development and Entrepreneurship of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was contained in a statement the Legatum Centre issued Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement said Austen-Peters would join 11 other fellows for the Legatum Foundry Fellowship, which is a transformative experience for accomplished entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said: \u201cShe is one of the four women selected for this highly competitive fellowship, a hybrid training that will take fellows across select African cities for study tours and coursework in Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe 2022-2023 Foundry Fellows are here. Join us as we welcome our incoming cohorts. From Egypt to South Africa to Botswana and Nigeria, our incoming fellows are working on enterprises to improve their communities in various sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement added that they would highlight each #foundryfellow over the next week as they get ready to begin an incredible year of networking, innovation and building community here at Legatum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Foundry Fellowship is a transformative experience for accomplished entrepreneurs who are at an inflection point between scaling an innovation-driven company and transitioning into a role as an entrepreneurial leader catalysing systems change and inclusive economic growth across the African continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement from the Legatum Centre said that during the fellowship journey, Fellows will learn new frameworks in leadership development and acolytes building with expert faculty and practitioners, be exposed to ecosystems through visits with key stakeholders, and explore new ways to accelerate innovation-driven Entrepreneurship in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her response, Austen-Peters said: \u201cI\u2019m honoured to be selected as a fellow of the Legatum Centre for Development & Entrepreneurship at MIT. The recognition comes through over 20 years of creating pathways to global prosperity through innovation and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt demonstrates that you should just keep at what you do without allowing distractions. It affirms that in spite of all, hardworking and diligence are recompensed. It encourages one to want to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Austen-Peters graduated with a BA in Law from the University of Lagos and earned a Masters from the London School of Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After working as a lawyer in the 1990s, first in her father\u2019s chambers, Afe Babalola & Co and later at the United Nations High Commissions for Refugees in Switzerland, she founded Terra Kulture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to her, since 2003, Terra Kulture has been at the forefront of promoting Nigeria\u2019s art and culture through exhibitions, indigenous restaurant and storytelling through its award-winning plays and movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver these years, we have developed an in-depth understanding of arts, culture and languages to impact the next generation most effectively,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent times, the organisation, through the Terra Academy for the Arts, received funding support from both MasterCard Foundation\u2019s Africa Works Initiative and Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through Bolanle Austen-Peters (BAP) Productions, she has produced stage musicals like Saro, Waka, Fela & The Kalakuta Queens and Death and the King\u2019s Horseman, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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