Founder & Director
Purity Gakii Kirea
MPhil, University of Cambridge
Purity Gakii Kirea is a scholar and practitioner of education and international development. She completed her MPhil at the University of Cambridge, following studies in Kenya and Turkey.
She founded and directs the Beyond Borders Initiative, built on three equal pillars: mentorship, guiding students beyond the offer letter; research, testing university enrolment in practice; and enterprise, which she practises herself as Founder and CEO of EcoRise Plastic Lumber and Co-Founder of ColdCure Kenya.
She believes talent is not scarce; access is.