Pearl Gaone Ranna

Inaugural Obama Foundation Scholar
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
@PearlRanna

Pearl Gaone Ranna is a young multi-faceted global change maker who seeks to create good influence in the ever-shifting agricultural industry across the whole value chain; which includes policy analysis and research in Botswana and across Sub-Saharan Africa regarding food security and poverty eradication. She is passionate about empowering youth and women in the farming sector through various social impact initiatives and programs which drive economic empowerment and improving social capital for marginalized demographics. Women and youth are her area of focus and strong hold as she advocates for reducing inequality in the rural and urban areas of her home country Botswana. Ranna is the CEO and founder of UniTech Farming which consults for both the public and private sector internationally on sustainable climate-smart farming practices in order to improve livelihoods and contribute to the socioeconomic status of communities. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Policy under the Obama Foundation Scholars Program studying international development and policy. Ranna is also serving as a 2019 fellow at the United Nations Association of Chicago with the sole responsibility of tackling foreign policy under the SDG 15: Life on Land.