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 NATHANIEL OLADELE HOTONU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Ashesi University | Accra, Ghana | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 10 & UNAI 3

" "Being empowered to solve a problem that I and so many others face is a great privileged granted by the Millennium Fellowship. I am very passionate about learning and applying what I have learnt. As a millennium fellow, I believe I would be equipped with the means to tackle and provide solutions to some of society’s most frustrating issues, particularly traffic congestion in urban areas.
Ultimately, I hope my project and story inspires more young people to align with the UNAI principles and encourages them to make contributions to help transform lives and make the world a better place." "
Millennium Fellowship Project: EduGo
My community is made up of around 400 people. One of the biggest challenges we face is the lack of access to quality education. This gap has left many young people with few options for their future. In recent years, many youths, some as young as 12, have dropped out of school to work as motorbike riders for wealthier outsiders who own the bikes. While this provides short-term income, it has led to serious issues like rising school dropout rates, increased accidents, and even theft. This situation has troubled me deeply. For the past two years, I’i've been thinking about how to create a lasting solution using the knowledge and skills I’i've gained so far. That’s how EduGo was born. EduGo is an education-centered initiative designed to help young people in my community stay in school and prepare for a better future. The goal is to provide mentorship, basic literacy and numeracy support, and practical skills training that connects education to real-life opportunities. By building a system that promotes continuous learning, personal growth, and access to better alternatives, EduGo aims to give young people the tools they need to thrive without having to abandon their education for unsafe, short-term jobs.
About the Millennium Fellow
Nathaniel Oladele Hotonu is an ambitious, young mechatronics engineer passionate about automation and innovation, currently studying at Ashesi University, Ghana. At 16, he drew inspiration from 'Extreme Engineering', a show on the Discovery Channel, and has since aspired to excellence in Mathematics and Physics, earning him a perfect Cambridge A-levels results and scholarships at high school and university. With a desire to make significant contributions to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, Nathaniel aims to implement mechatronics principles, machine learning, and AI to design and develop intelligent systems, such as smart traffic systems to elevate human comfort and efficiency.











