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 DINAH BUYEKE MASANDA, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Cooperative University of Kenya | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 1, SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 11 & UNAI 1
" I am driven by the belief that innovation and technology can create tangible opportunities for marginalized communities, especially women and children. Becoming a Millennium Fellow excites me because it offers a collaborative platform to enhance my leadership, scale my social impact, and turn ideas into real-world solutions aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Through this fellowship, I hope to strengthen my ability to translate vision into action, empower communities, and inspire systemic change. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project GLO
The “Restoring Identity” project helps homeless and formerly homeless women in Kenya regain access to essential services by supporting them to obtain or replace national ID cards. Through partnerships with local chiefs, registration offices, and women’s shelters, the project provides documentation support, legal guidance, and follow-up through the GLO platform.
About the Millennium Fellow
Dinah Masanda is a Kenyan entrepreneur, writer, and emerging leader in social impact and technology. She is the founder of Glo, an AI-powered platform connecting homeless women and children in Kenya to trauma-informed care, housing, and recovery services, and is developing Urban Roots AI, a deep-tech agritech initiative empowering marginalized communities, especially women. Dinah’s work reflects her passion for gender equality, innovation, and sustainable development. Through her advocacy, writing, and tech ventures, she seeks to drive systemic change and contribute meaningfully to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
