Bright Simons

**Bright Simons** mai kirkiro ne na zamantakewar al'umma na Ghana, ɗan kasuwa, marubuci, mai sharhi na zamantakewa da siyasa. Shi ne mataimakin shugaban kasa, wanda ke kula da bincike a Cibiyar IMANI don Manufofin da Ilimi.  Shi ne kuma wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban MPedigree.

## Ilimi
Ya kasance tsohon dalibi na makarantar sakandaren Presbyterian Boys (PRESEC) Legon, Babban Yankin Accra, inda ya zama Shugaban Majalisar Wakilai ta Dalibai a shekararsa ta ƙarshe. Daga baya ya sami tallafin karatu don nazarin Astrophysics a Jami'ar Durham a Burtaniya.  

## Ayyuka

Ya zuwa shekara ta 2013, Bright Simons ya kasance Shugaban cibiyar sadarwa ta mPedigree, wani 'kamfanin zamantakewa' wanda aka bayyana kansa wanda aka sani da aikinsa na fallasa masu samarwa da masu rarraba Magunguna na karya, da kuma ƙirƙirar shirin kwamfuta da ake kira Goldkeys wanda ke ba da damar tabbatar da wasu samfuran a wasu ƙasashe

Simons ya rubuta don Huffington Post,  Harvard Business Review Digital  da mujallar kan layi ta Royal African Society, African Arguments.  Yana ba da gudummawa na yau da kullun ga shirye-shiryen Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na BBC.

The Financial Times ya bayyana Bright Simons a matsayin "mai basira sosai".  Simons ya hada hannu da bincike da yawa a IMANI. 

## Daraja da karbuwa
A shekara ta 2009, Simons ya kasance TED Fellow . Taron Tattalin Arziki na Duniya ya amince da Simons a cikin 2012 a matsayin Matashi na Duniya da kuma The mPedigree Network a matsayin mai gabatarwa na fasaha.

Taron Duniya na Salzburg  mai suna Bright Simons a Fellow a cikin 2011. Ya yaba da aikinsa na Salzburg kamar yadda ya taimaka wajen hanzarta motsi na cibiyar sadarwa ta mPedigree daga Afirka zuwa Indiya da China.

A cikin 2012, The Diplomatic Courier da Matasa Masu Kwarewa a cikin Manufofin Kasashen Waje sun kira Simons a matsayin daya daga cikin Top 99 a karkashin 33 Innovators don aikinsa tare da mPedigree . 

MIT Technology Review ya haɗa da Simons a cikin jerin, wanda aka saki a ranar 21 ga Agusta, 2013, na manyan masu kirkiro 35 a ƙarƙashin 35. An haɗa shi a cikin jerin don aikinsa a cikin sadarwa.  Gidauniyar Kasa da Kasa don Innovation ta ba Simons lambar yabo ta rayuwa saboda gudummawar da ya bayar ga kirkire-kirkire a Afirka a ranar 7 ga Agusta, 2013. 

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2016, mujallar Fortune ta lissafa Simons a cikin Shugabannin 50 mafi girma a duniya, inda ta sanya shi gaba da Firayim Ministan Kanada Justin Trudeau .  Har ila yau, an sanya shi a cikin lambar yabo ta Afirka Youth Awards a cikin matasa 100 mafi tasiri na Afirka na 2016. 

A watan Oktoba 2016, ya lashe kyautar Innovator na shekara a All Africa Business Leaders Awards na Yammacin Afirka da kuma All Africa category bi da bi.

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2017, an sanar da shi a matsayin mai ba da kyautar Eliasson da kuma Tallberg Global Fellow a Birnin New York.  A cikin 2018 an shigar da shi cikin Power Brands LIFE - Hall of Fame a London International Forum for Equality 

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2019, ya sami lambar yabo ta Skoll don Kasuwancin Jama'a a madadin mPedigree . 

## Haɗin kai

* Kwamitin Ba da Shawara  na IC Publications, masu bugawa na New African and Africa Business, da sauran lakabi. 
* Ashoka's Globalizer Initiative, bayan an zabe shi Fellow na Ashoka ta shekara ta 2008. 
* Microsoft Tsohon memba na Majalisar Ba da Shawara ta 4Afrika . 

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