UAA professor Landry Signe honored as one of JCI's 'Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World'

Landry Signé, assistant professor of political science at UAA, was recently recognized as one of Junior Chamber International's Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (JCI TOYP). Each year, the program honors ten young people under the age of 40 who provide exemplary service to their communities.

With a Ph.D. and post-Ph.D. in political science, Landry Signé has focused his life's work on the transformation of African economies, governance, political processes, development, policy implementation and management of natural resources. He is the founding chairman of the award-winning nonprofit Global Network for Africa's Prosperity (GNAP). Through GNAP, Signé works to redefine Africa as a continent of economic opportunities by developing an open-access platform, providing opportunities such as access to knowledge and collaborative efforts to promote sustainable growth and development to enhance Africa's prosperity. GNAP has allowed approximately 5,000 organizations, from 54 countries, to connect, impacting the lives of hundreds of millions of Africans. He continues to contribute to Africa's economic prosperity through education and technology transfer.

Read more about the 2015 JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World.

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