Former Building Tomorrow fellow Stephen Katende recently received international recognition from the U.K.’s royal family for his work through Kisoboka Africa to encourage parents to save, borrow and invest in their children’s education. Stephen is a recipient of the prestigious 2018 Queen’s Young Leader Award, which recognises exceptional young leaders from the Commonwealth, making lasting change in their communities.

In 2016, Stephen also won the World Bank’s #Blog4Dev contest. Stephen was then working on building capacity amongst teachers.