Jennifer Uchendu’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Is Businessperson
Business executive
From Nigeria
Type Business
Gender female
Birth

10 August 1992, Lagos, Nigeria

Age 28 years
Star sign Leo
Education
Covenant University

Jennifer Uchendu is a Nigerian ecofeminist and sustainable development advocate. She is the founder of an online platform making sustainability actionable and interesting for young Nigerians through a social enterprise called SustyVibes.

Early life

Uchendu grew up in Lagos, where she attended primary and secondary school before enrolling at Covenant University where she completed a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry.

Advocacy

In 2016, Uchendu founded SustyVibes, a social enterprise making sustainability actionable for young people in Nigeria through projects, products and policies. SustyVibes was born out of the need to create a platform where Nigerian youths can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals through pop-cultural tools like music, photography, movies, tourism etc.

SustyVibes is a combination of Sustainable and Vibes which seeks to make sustainable development an interesting engagements for youths through an online platform where everyone can learn about sustainability news in Nigeria.

Since inception, the organization has trained over 2000 students from different schools and has a network of over 200 volunteers in Nigeria. SustyVibes organized a one day workshop on “Youth Leading Sustainability” during the International Youth Day in Rivers State in 2016.

Awards and recognitions

  • 2019 Chevening Scholarship
  • 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowship
  • 2018 Gates Foundation GoalKeeper
  • 2017 SME 100 Winner, Sustainability and Energy Category
  • 2017 WIMBIZ Impact Investment Prize, 2nd Runner-up
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