Akad Education Group - Africa

James Ruigu

James Ruiguis an AKAD Associate, Peer Mentor and Mentee. He is a 2020  admitted student at the Africa Leadership University (ALU) - Rwanda and a student of French at the Alliance Francaise, where he seeks expand his multilingual scope. 

As a passionate entrepreneur, James supports family business in dairy farming and agribusiness, as well as community service opportunities with former Alliance High School youth at the Thogoto Home for The Aged.

James is passionate about Christian Ministry and service, and sits in the Nairobi youth planning committee at the Church On The Rock Ministries, under the Christian Ministries In Africa (CMIA) which engages youth in spiritual matters through music and art. 

James is an old boy of The Alliance High School (2019). At the Alliance High School, he was part of the pioneering team of "Ambassadors for Clean Content among Minors", a campaign aimed at protecting children from harmful content online, in conjunction with the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB). This saw him represent 66% of the total children population, who access the internet on a daily basis from accessing harmful content.

Currently, he is undertaking the AKAD gap year program as he seeks personal development, building his network and giving back to society through mentorship and passing on what he has learnt to his peers and those who are younger. In this capacity he has engaged in several mentorship sessions with students at Alliance High School in Kikuyu. He has also managed to practice and show his leadership skills during field events such as the ZURI Awards 2020.

James has committed to helping students in need of academic study guidance through AKAD Tuition services (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Business Studies).  This is based on his excellent 2019 KCSE (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education) results and passion to support students through friendly methods to achieve greater academic scores.

James was the former president of the AKAD club in Alliance High School where he learnt and practised leadership skills. He was also the Alliance Badminton Team Manager, leading his team to victories in several inter-school tournaments. He was in the Christian Union (CU) committee and Chapel Committee as Technical Team Director and Public Relations Officer of the Peace Club. He participated in community service opportunities through leading clubs that included, but are not limited to visits to old people’s homes, Sunday school, hospital visits and children homes.

James aspires to pursue International Business and Trade after which he looks forward to boosting trade and business across African countries focusing on agriculture and intellectual property. As an entrepreneur, he seeks to provide solutions to society's problems.

Finally, James is passionate about youth mentorship and aspires to engage fellow youth in mentorship, reaching over 5,000 youth within the next four college years, then over 80,000 youth in 10 - 20 years across Africa. This will be through Africa-wide networks at the African Leadership University, by inspiring youth to mentor juniors in Peer to Peer mentorship, keeping each other "on their toes". This will ensure Africa raises leaders not only committed to self but to the good of others and the continent.