Chid Liberty, 37, a Liberian who is working for the Tech Mecca Silicon Valley, the United States is fighting low school-enrollment rates in Africa with his Liberian-produced clothing label Uniform featuring stylish basics made of natural materials like organic Benin cotton.
When he finally returned in 2009, he was an entrepreneur set on making change. After working in Silicon Valley, Liberty co-founded Liberty & Justice, Africa’s first Fair Trade–certified apparel manufacturer, with a factory in Liberia and partnerships with others in Morocco, Kenya and Ghana.
In Liberia, Liberty noticed that many children were missing school because they were unable to afford uniforms. “Liberia has one of the lowest school-enrollment rates [in Africa],” he explains. “And many women were out of work because of Ebola.” These two factors…
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