Sharmi Surianarain serves as the Chief Impact Officer for Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator in South Africa. Sharmi is a fierce advocate for opportunity and social justice for young people and women across the African continent, and is a keen analyst and thinker on the future of work. Sharmi leads on Harambee's impact and systems change agendas, including our key funder partnerships, research and learning agenda, and our data science and pathway intelligence work. Sharmi also oversees Harambee's work in Rwanda. Sharmi is the Founder of Making Caring Count, a social enterprise that aims to build impactful solutions around care work in Africa. Sharmi is an Aspen African Leadership Initiative Fellow, Class of 2020, an RSA Fellow, and sits on the Boards of Emerging Public Leaders, Metis, and Instill Education.
Economic OpportunityEducationLivelihoodsPost-Secondary EducationSecondary EducationYouth Job Skills
Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa
