June Arunga will be speaking at four NC campuses this week. Her talk, entitled “Economic Development in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities” will take place on Wednesday and Thursday at NC A&T, St. Augustine’s, NC Central, and NCSU.
Akinyi June Arunga is the founder of Open Quest Media LLC, a New York-based film production company. Before founding Open Quest, she was an independent film writer and producer in the United Kingdom. She has written and produced four documentaries, including The Devil?s Footpath, based on her 5,000-mile trip through Africa in 2003.
Born in Kenya, Arunga is a law-school graduate of the University of Buckingham. An advocate of freer markets and international trade, Arunga was named one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company magazine.
