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Calestous Juma
Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Calestous Juma (June 9, 1953 – December 15, 2017) was a Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard Kennedy School and recipient of the 2017 Breakthrough Paradigm Award. He was also the author of The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa (2015) and Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies (2016), as well as co-chair of the African Panel on Emerging Technologies of the African Union.