Saran Kaba Jones

Saran Kaba Jones
Headshot of Jones
Born (1982-06-21) June 21, 1982 (age 42)
Monrovia, Liberia
NationalityLiberian/American
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of FACE Africa
WEF Young Global Leader 2013
Websitewww.faceafrica.org

Saran Kaba Jones (born 21 June 1982) is a clean water advocate and social entrepreneur from Liberia. She is the founder of FACE Africa, an organization working to strengthen water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and services in rural communities across sub-Saharan Africa.[1] She is World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a 2016 TIME Magazine Next Generation Leader.[2] Her work with FACE Africa has been profiled in the Boston Globe,[3] and CNN Inside Africa.[4][5]

Background and education

Jones was born in Monrovia, Liberia, where she lived for the first eight years of her life. She and her family moved to Cote de 'Ivoire in 1989 due to the First Liberian Civil War. They lived there for almost two years with her mother's family before moving to Egypt in 1991 when her father was appointed ambassador of the government of Liberia to the Middle East. She spent four years in Egypt and two years in Cyprus before moving to the United States to attend Lesley College. She then transferred to Harvard College, where she studied Government and International Relations. [6]

Career

Jones spent five years working for a private equity firm for the Singapore government's Economic Development Board, a job she left in August 2010 to concentrate on FACE Africa.[6]

Awards and recognitions

2015

  • MTV Africa Music Leadership Award

2013

  • Guardian UK: listed as one of Africa's 25 Top Women Achievers[7]
  • 2013 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader [8]

2012

  • Longines/ Town&Country "Women Who Make A Difference' Award[9]
  • Black Enterprise as one of 10 International Women of Power to Watch
  • Daily Muse "12 Women to Watch"

2011

  • Applause Africa "Person of the Year" award
  • Voss Foundation's Women Helping Women Honoree
  • Huffington Post "Greatest Person of the Day"[10]
  • Forbes Magazine's 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa[11]

References

  1. ^ Sheffield, Carrie (3 April 2017). "WATCH: Liberian activist: Charities "not doing what they're supposed to do" to address nation's water crisis".
  2. ^ Baker, Aryn. "How an Activist Helped Her Country in an Unexpected Way".
  3. ^ http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2011/03/28/facing_up_to_a_challenge/ Facing Up to a Challenge
  4. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/world/africa/face-africa-water-liberia/index.html One woman's mission to fix Liberia's water crisis
  5. ^ http://downtownmagazinenyc.com/women-who-make-a-difference-honored-at-longines-and-towncountry-awards/ "Women Who Make a Difference" Honored at Longines and Town&Country Awards. Honored by Bill Maher on RealTime with Bill Maher 11.28.23.
  6. ^ a b Nsehe, Mfonobong. "Saran Kaba Jones: A Young African Woman And Her Water Legacy". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  7. ^ Ifeachor, Adaobi (2013-03-08). "Africa's top women achievers - nominated by you". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  8. ^ "The World Economic Forum Announces Young Global Leaders Class of 2013 | World Economic Forum - the World Economic Forum Announces Young Global Leaders Class of 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  9. ^ "Longines and Town&Country Magazine Honor Extraordinary Women at "Longines Women Who Make a Difference" Awards | iW Magazine". Archived from the original on 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  10. ^ "A Liberian Refugee's Clean Water Mission". Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  11. ^ Nsehe, Mfonobong. "Saran Kaba Jones: A Young African Woman And Her Water Legacy". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-13.