Lassaad’s favourite quote: “Failing
to Plan is Planning to Fail.” Winston Churchill
Doctor in Management from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Lassaad is a recognized expert in e-business and entrepreneurship not only in his home country but also in Canada and Switzerland. One of his latest publication is the book ‘’How to launch an E-Business”. Lassaad is actually professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management in Mahdia Tunisia. Lassaad is as well a very important alumnus for the AIESEC community in Tunisia, he was a member of AIESEC from 1994 to 1998 and held dif38 years old ferent positions such as national vice-president of AIESEC in Tunisia and Organizing Committee President of several national and international congresses. E-Business Consultant Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Mahdia Tunisia
Lassaad Ghachem
Jeremy comes from Sydney Australia but during 2008 he moved to Pakistan where he became President of AIESEC in Pakistan; after his AIESEC experience Jeremy stayed there to lead a new organization, NOWPDP.
26 years old
Jeremy Higgs
NOWPDP is the first of its kind in Pakistan and seeks to make significant difference to the quality of life and welfare of persons with disabilities by the provision of strategic support augmenting the functioning of organizations, and with, such persons across Pakistan.
Network of Organizations Working for People with Disabilities, Pakistan (NOWPDP) NOWPDP acts as a catalyst for 200 organisations CEO working on disability in Pakistan, while implementing Australia innovative projects in the areas of education, employment, awareness and rights. In the past two years, NOWPDP has placed 200 people with disabilities into full-time jobs. It is also conducting training sessions for teachers in the province of Sindh (teaching techniques) and in partnership with the AKDN in the Gilgit-Baltistan region (inclusive education). Without Jeremy’s experience in AIESEC, he never would have travelled to Pakistan, and developed the skills necessary to lead an organization at the age of 26. His experience in AIESEC has connected him to powerful concepts and models of understanding of societal impact, relevance, and social entrepreneurship. He continues to inspire local Pakistani AIESEC members and contributes regularly to AIESEC Pakistan by attending events, working on the supervisory group for the national office, delivering trainings, speaking at conferences and working as a mentor.
Abu was President of AIESEC in Uganda in 2003-2004 and after his experience in AIESEC Abu started his career with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, spending 6 years and 3 years as Director for East Africa to become one of the top consultants on social entrepreneurship in East Africa. In 2009 Abu co-founded Village Energy Ltd to bring safe and sustainable electricity to the 85% of Ugandans who live in villages without access to electricity. The company employs peri-urban and rural based Ugandans to assemble, market and install low cost solar systems for rural and peri-urban households and small businesses. Village Energy will be the first social enterprise that assembles micro-solar systems locally in Uganda. Abu’s favourite quote is “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult” Seneca.
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31 years old
Abu Musuuza Co-Founder of Village Energy Uganda