H@H: Ep 11 – Paulina Lee interviews Akonkwa Mubagwa an engineer, entrepreneur, musician, and student of life. Akonkwa was raised in Zimbabwe, the US and Belgium, and has studied and lived in Paris and Switzerland before becoming a full-time MBA student (class of 2021). He is a two-time entrepreneur with a passion for the advancement of technology in Africa. Together with Wing Tse he founded Winko Solar which aims to provide affordable solar energy and internet connectivity to rural villages in West Africa and the DR Congo. Akonkwa is Jacobs Fellow, a Maxwell Fellow and a Belgian American Exchange Foundation Fellow.Episode Quotes:On childhood interests - I was really into two things: music and technology. Those are the common denominators throughout my whole life...There's the opportunity to create and at the same time you can create something that's permanent that stays behind, but that you can share with others and that they can use and that has an effect on them.On the his fellow Haasies - “But since I've come here, I've been influenced by others way more than I expected before. That's very humbling and it's very rewarding at the same time.”Recommendations:Zero to One by Peter ThielThe Man Behind the Microchip by Leslie Berlin1984 by George OrwellAttack on Titan on HuluThe Last Dance (available on Netflix July 2020)13th on NetflixCheck out Akonkwa’s song that we featured throughout the episode: We’re Gonna Be All RightSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/here-at-haas/donations