ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2019
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2019, over 7,000 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2019 on 1,209 campuses across 135 nations. 69 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 805 Millennium Fellows.
During the Millennium Fellowship, Millennium Fellows' dedicated 96,705 hours and their 422 unique projects positively impacted the lives of 564,366 people worldwide.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT JONAH LANGSON NAGURA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2019.
University of Ibadan | Ibadan, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 7 & UNAI 9
" In 2018, about 402 Millennium Fellows were selected, and the Millennium Fellows' Projects have positively impacted the lives of over 393,449 people worldwide last year. This is a massive impact which I want to be part of. Therefore, am excited to be a Millennium Fellow because MCN is a platform for collaboration among young leaders and social changers to impact the world. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Xodus Energy Project
Xodus Energy Project, is a project set up to solve the SDG 7:Affordable and Clean Energy. We do this by providing highly efficient LED bulbs to replace the incandescent energy wasting bulbs, hence reducing the cost of energy for using Incandescent bulb for lightning in Nigeria.
We also set up events to teach youths how to do energy audit in their houses and how to install Solar panels. We collaborate with Distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria to ensure that the Nigerian people understand what tariffs and peak energy demand hour is and how it affects their bills.
We hope to see that the rural areas have stopped using Incandescent bulb, and the urban areas have reduced the unnecessary usage of electricity from the grid by practicing energy efficiency.
About the Millennium Fellow
Jonah Nagura is a Physics student of the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Jonah Nagura is a founder of Exodus Energy Project, a social enterprise which uses science and technology to provide efficient and sustainable energy solution in Nigeria. He is passionate about energy and he wishes to see the end of energy poverty in Africa.
