ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT FAITH OLUWAWEMIMO AKINYEMI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Albukhary International University | Alor Setar, Malaysia | Advancing SDG 4 & UNAI 2
" Becoming a Millennium Fellow excites me because it allows me to transform my lived experiences into impact, strengthens my capacity to empower others, and connects me to leaders committed to shaping a better world. I am passionate about ensuring that no young person feels unprepared for the future, and this begins with promoting financial literacy. After all, every youth deserves the tools to thrive. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Inspiring Minds: Future-Ready
Inspiring Minds: Future-Ready integrates financial literacy and digital literacy to empower young people with the skills necessary to thrive in a rapidly changing world. From August to December 2025, we will focus on two key groups: university students and marginalized youth in Malaysia.
At Albukhary International University, we will deliver a financial literacy program designed to strengthen students’ capacity to make informed decisions about budgeting, saving, and financial planning as they prepare for life beyond graduation. Our goal is to reach at least 150 students through a series of structured workshops and mentorship sessions, enabling them to develop sustainable financial habits and greater confidence in their future preparedness.
Beyond our campus, we will extend our efforts to marginalized communities in Malaysia by offering digital literacy training to about 100 young people. This component will cover essential 21st-century skills such as coding, programming, and the responsible use of AI tools. Through at least four interactive workshops and follow-up mentorship sessions, participants will gain practical knowledge that can open pathways to education, employment, and entrepreneurship.
By combining financial literacy with digital literacy, this project aims to foster resilience, opportunity, and inclusion, equipping young people to navigate adulthood and the digital economy with confidence and purpose.
About the Millennium Fellow
Faith Oluwawemimo Akinyemi is a resilient undergraduate student at Albukhary International University, Malaysia, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Social Development. Currently in her second year, she is dedicated to advancing youth empowerment, promoting social development, and reducing inequalities. Having experienced economic hardship, forced migration, and long-term illness as a child, Faith learned early to shoulder responsibilities beyond her years: supporting her family, adapting to instability, and stepping into leadership roles. Today, she channels those experiences into advancing youth empowerment, promoting social development, and reducing inequalities. She aspires to design sustainable initiatives that enable youth to overcome systemic barriers and thrive as resilient, responsible leaders.
