Mr Bona Egboh
SMP7, EMBA16

Acha serves governments, multinational, and private sector institutions across Africa on issues of economic development, growth strategies, holistic transformations, and investment decisions.

Corporation, both in Sunnyvale, CA on novel techniques to linearize High Power Amplifiers for wireless applications, while completing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Acha also received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University, as well as a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering summa cum laude, with a minor in Economics, from the Georgia Institute of Technology where he graduated as Valedictorian (first Black Valedictorian in the School’s history) and was elected to Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.

Acha is a co-founder and member of the Board of the African Leadership Academy, a co-educational boarding school which aims to develop the next generation of African leaders. He is also a co-founder of the African Leadership Network, an invitation-only network of young African leaders who aspire to bring prosperity to the Continent. He is a World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader, and has received numerous recognitions including Africa’s Young Investment Professional of the year (Africa Investor, 2008); Top 40 men under 40 in South Africa (Destiny Man, 2010); Top 10 Youngest Power Men in Africa (Forbes, 2011); 50 Most Influential Africans (Africa Report, 2012); Top 20 next generation Francophone Africans (Forbes, 2013); Top 20 Rising Stars in Africa (Euromoney, 2014).

Acha was one of the lead authors of McKinsey’s highly acclaimed Lions on the Move report. He is currently a member of the WEF’s Regional Agenda Council on Africa and of ONE’s Africa Policy Advisory Board. He is originally from Cameroon, and is fluent in both English and French.

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