Dr. Afam Onyema is the Co-Founder & CEO, GEANCO Foundation.
He was born in Chicago, IL in 1979. He graduated from Harvard University (cum laude) and Stanford Law School. While in law school, Afam co-founded the GEANCO Foundation.
After graduating from law school in 2007, Afam declined multiple lucrative law firm offers in order to lead GEANCO full-time as its CEO.
GEANCO’s mission is to save and transform lives in Nigeria. The Foundation leads complex surgical missions to Nigeria, runs an innovative program to fight anemia, and builds rural maternity centers where poor, vulnerable pregnant women deliver healthy babies.
Through its David Oyelowo Leadership Scholarship for Girls, GEANCO provides tuition, medical care, and social & psychological support to young female victims of terrorism and gender inequality in Nigeria.
GEANCO counts among its supporters Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Oyelowo, Chris Rock, Zoe Saldana, Rachel Brosnahan, Jimmy Kimmel, Thandie Newton, Andrew Garfield, Jeff Daniels, Daisy Ridley, Forest Whitaker, Cynthia Erivo, Bryan Cranston, The Oscars, Disney, Google and Netflix.
Afam has been profiled and/or interviewed by BBC News, National Public Radio, US News & World Report, Forbes.com, Newsweek, Hollywood Reporter, Huffington Post, American Lawyer, NBC News, Harvard Magazine, Stanford Magazine, and Ebony Magazine. In 2020, Afam was named one of the Top Ten Most Influential Africans in the Diaspora.
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