The Afropedia Team
Beverly Ackah
Founder and President
Beverly Ackah is the founder and president of Afropedia. Since founding Afropedia in 2019, Beverly has been assessing the direction of the organization by developing short and long-term goals, plans, and strategies, and ensuring Afropedia’s compliance with the stated mission. When creating the organisation, Beverly aimed for Afropedia to become a support system where individuals would support and inspire one another.
Beverly graduated with a Bachelors’ degree in computer sciences and is now a software engineer. While completing her education at Bellevue College, she served as a mentor for international students, Front Desk Lead and Technology representative for the Student Government.
Besides overseeing Afropedia’s project and working as a software engineer, some of Beverly’s main hobbies include writing, painting and blogging about fashion, food and traveling.
Bin Ali Songoro
Bin Ali Songoro is the Vice President of Afropedia, in charge of Grant opportunities and its management. Bin Ali is a passionate young leader with a very particular focus in Civic Engagement. The responsibility of the Vice President, in general, to supervise and conduct all activities and operations of the Organization.
Bin Ali Songoro is a senior student at Central Washington University in Leadership & Management major with a minor in Political Science. Bin Ali Songoro Currently works at Comcast as an Assistant Tech manager. His hobbies include social political debates, spending time with loved ones and Traveling.
Afropedia partakes a very important role in encouraging the youth to participate in their civic duties. The VP is currently representing the organization within the Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders by leading the Voter registration Committee and educating several black/african communities on the voting process as a whole.
Mireille Fogang
Mireille Fogang serves on the board of Afropedia as director of professional development and mentorship. Mireille attended Seattle University, graduated and completed a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in environmental engineering.
After receiving her bachelor’s degree, Mireille worked as a civil engineer for a small firm where she designs and drafts civil plans for developments within the state of Washington.
As a formal international student, Mireille is dedicated to serve her community through educational and professional mentorship. She has helped many students, especially immigrants achieve their goals and maintain legal status in the United States.
Mireille enjoys making kombucha and spending quality time with friends. She also enjoys dancing and cultural activities. Her philosophy is to make everyday better and add value to people around her.