WPDI

The Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) was founded in 2012 by artist, social activist, SDGs Advocate, and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation Forest Whitaker. It aims to promote the values of peace, reconciliation, and social development within communities impacted by conflict and violence... Founded by Naguib Sawriris, a leading executive in the Egyptian private sector, Gemini Enterprises Africa was created to overcome conflict, poverty, underdevelopment, gender discrimination, and youth unemployment in Africa by sponsoring young entrepreneurs and incubating start-ups. Building on a dynamic partnership model to create economic sustainability, Gemini Enterprises Africa ambitions to become Africa's number one destination for SME equity funding and the hub for social development by offering capacity building, skills-based training, motivational funding and sustainable equity partnership. WPDI's partnership with Gemini Enterprises Africa focuses on the..

Also known as: Bank of America, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative

Primary location: New York United States