About us
The organization aims to provide financial assistance and an academic success program to students from
indigent families and underserved communities, with demonstrable academic excellence, commitment
to serving their communities and outstanding moral character.
Our goal is the success of the scholars in all aspects of their lives (not only academically, but in their
personal and professional lives as well), so they can become valuable members of their communities as
well as change agents for positive growth and development. Access to qualitative education will afford
upward mobility for the scholars and their families into the middle class, allow them become leaders in
their communities and unleash developmental potentials that might have otherwise been latent or
suppressed due to their current economic circumstances.
Our focus is not only on the enrollment and completion of their programs of study, but in the
attainment of a well-rounded, qualitative, world-class education and experience that will transform their
lives and ensure their success as nation builders.
The scholarship is intended to serve students of Nigerian descent, intending to study at an accredited
university in Nigeria. Students with a strong academic record, excellent character and involvement in
their communities and demonstrated financial need are encouraged to apply.
Our Vision:
"to contribute to a society -Nigeria- where equitable opportunities exist for students to acquire the education and skills needed to help them achieve their full (God given) ptential"
Our mission:
"To provide high performing students from humble backgrounds with resources - financial, mentoring, etc. - to help them successfully pursue tertiary education as well as enhance their community engagement "
THE TEAM
Shade Aladesanmi
Mrs. Shade Aladesanmi, the Principal Consultant, is an experienced certified educator, and the proud mother of children whose achievements include admission to Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Duke, Emory, UPenn, and Georgia Tech. Graduation from Harvard, Georgia Tech, Duke Medical School, and a top STEM Magnet high school. She is also the author of "Tenacious: Diary of a Determined Mother" - a book on effective teaching, coaching, and parenting, currently available on Amazon.
Ademola Bamiro
Ademola Bamiro is a Corporate Accountant with experience in diverse industries including Public Accounting, Higher Education, Telecommunications, Venture Capital, and IT Services. He completed his secondary education at Igbobi College, Lagos. He attended the University of Lagos where he obtained a BSc in Biology. He also holds a MSc in Computer Science from Clark Atlanta University.
He is certified as a Chartered Accountant and currently works as an Financial Accounting Consultant in the Entertainment/Media industry.
Joko Aderibigbe
Mrs. Joko Aderibigbe graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University with a degree in Physical Therapy. She is licensed in several states in the US and has had extensive experience mainly in acute head injury rehabilitation.
Now retired, she is involved in a few philanthropic endeavors including counseling services.
Gboyega Aderibigbe, MD
Dr Aderibigbe is a Neonatologist and currently works at the Southern Regional Medical Center, the Mednax Medical Group and the Piedmont Newnan Hospital. He is also the Medical Director NICU and Pediatrics Department Chair at the Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Georgia; a position he previously held for 9 years at the Southern Regional Medical Center. Over the years he has served in different capacities and continues to do so even as the steering committee member of the Neonatology Association of Greater Atlanta (NOGAN).
He is an alumnus of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Nigeria - where he obtained his medical school education, and Duke University, North Carolina - where he did a fellowship in Neonatology after which he worked as an attending neonatologist.
Ranti Aladesanmi, MD
Dr. Oluranti Aladesanmi is currently a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician at Laureate Medical Group at Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. He completed his high school education at Government College, Ibadan, Nigeria and medical school education at Obafemi Awolowo University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York and Masters in Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. His career in Academic Internal Medicine includes faculty positions at Boston University School of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Morehouse School of Medicine and the Medical College of Georgia. He has also held clinical positions at Kaiser Permanente, Georgia.
Taiwo Fasoranti, MD
Dr. Taiwo Fasoranti, is a practicing Family Medicine Physician at The Presidency Clinic Aso, Abuja, Nigeria, and wears a few other hats. In 2014, he co-founded the Medical Alliance for Africa and currently serves as a physician there. He is a director at the FAZ Care Pharmaceuticals and also seats as the President over both DoveMedivac and the Medical Initiative to Africa.
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He completed his medical school education at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Gbenga Aladesanmi
Gbenga Aladesanmi attended King's College Lagos from where he proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife, Ile-Ife) where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Animal science. He's served in various capacities over the years as a youth minister and training facilitator for churches and youth ministries. He was also the pioneer managing editor of Church Times Nigeria a news platform in and around Christendom in Nigeria.
Currently he administers Daylight -Star School in Isolo, Lagos and the resident pastor along with his wife Busola, of Faith Impact Church, Ajah, Lagos an affiliate of Rhema Ministries aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries among many other roles one of which is coordinating ALA scholarship program in Lagos, Nigeria