Calestous Juma

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.