Farikai Dunmore Sana

Farikai Dunmore Sana

South Africa

Dunmore Sana is the cofounder of Shine-Out Community Development, an initiative that focuses on youth empowerment by providing platforms for self-development and enrichment. He is also a junior economist for Ribbon Blockchain a start-up company that is using new technology to revolutionalise the health care sector. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce General Degree specializing in Economics and Human Resources Management from Regent Business School. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honors Degree from the University of Kwazulu Natal. He is currently in the last stage of his Masters Degree in Economics in which he is conducting the first study in Africa that looks at the relationship between subjective and objective socioeconomic status and objective and health status. He was one of the World Innovation Team finalists in 2015. He is also a part of the Activate change Drivers, the fastest growing network of young people driving positive change in South Africa. As part of a youth empowerment network, he has explored the socio-political environment and engaged in creating symptomatic solutions to challenges faced by South African communities. He is one of the 27 young leaders from around the world who were chosen by MCW Global to meet for a young leaders retreat in New York City in 2018 and enroot a deeper understanding of social issues locally and globally and develop the skills and networks needed to affect change.