Calestous Juma

Calestous Juma FRS HonFREng (9 June 1953 – 15 December 2017) was a Kenyan scientist and academic, specializing in sustainable development. He was named one of the most influential 100 Africans in 2012, 2013 and 2014 by the New African magazine. He was Professor of the Practice of International Development and Faculty Chair of the Innovation for Economic Development Executive Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Juma was Director of the School's Science, Technology and Globalization Project at Harvard Kennedy School as well as the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. His last book, Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies, was published by Oxford University Press in 2016.

Calestous Juma
Born(1953-06-09)9 June 1953
Died15 December 2017(2017-12-15) (aged 64)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityKenyan
Alma materUniversity of Sussex (D.Phil)
Occupation(s)Professor, author
Known forScience, technology and innovation for sustainable development

Juma was elected to the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, the African Academy of Sciences and the New York Academy of Sciences.

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