She grew up in Enugu, where she attended primary school at University Primary School. She attended secondary school at the Federal Government College Enugu from 1986 – 1991. From 1991 – 1992, she completed a bridging program, combining her final year of high school and freshmen year of college at the Clarkson School in Potsdam, New York. LEAP has worked in partnership with the Ford Foundation, Citi Foundation, World Bank, United States Government, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, ALI (Aspen Institute's Africa Leadership Initiative), Nokia, and the International Youth Foundation. Nwuneli served as LEAP Africa's Founder and Chief Executive Officer from 2002-2007 and is still an active Board Member in the organization. Nwuneli founded, and is the Chair, of Nourishing Africa, a digital knowledge, financing, and data hub which is enabling agribusiness entrepreneurs in 34 African countries to scale. Nwuneli is on the Board of LEAP Africa, AACE Foods, Fairfax Africa Fund, Godrej Group, DSM Sustainability Advisory Board, AGRA, GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and Nigerian Breweries Plc. Previously, she participated in the World Economic Forum as a committee member on the Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership from 2011 – 2014.
She grew up in Enugu, where she attended primary school at University Primary School. She attended secondary school at the Federal Government College Enugu from 1986 to 1991. From 1991 to 1992, she completed a bridging program, combining her final year of high school and freshmen year of college at the Clarkson School in Potsdam, New York. LEAP has worked in partnership with the Ford Foundation, Citi Foundation, World Bank, United States Government, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, ALI (Aspen Institute's Africa Leadership Initiative), Nokia, and the International Youth Foundation. Nwuneli served as LEAP Africa's founder and chief executive officer from 2002 to 2007 and is still an active Board Member in the organization. Nwuneli founded, and is the chair of, Nourishing Africa, a digital knowledge, financing, and data hub which is enabling agribusiness entrepreneurs in 34 African countries to scale. Nwuneli is on the Board of LEAP Africa, AACE Foods, Fairfax Africa Fund, Godrej Group, DSM Sustainability Advisory Board, AGRA, GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and Nigerian Breweries Plc. Previously, she participated in the World Economic Forum as a committee member on the Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership from 2011 to 2014.
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