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Author: Sarika Bansal

Sarika Bansal

Sarika Bansal is an editor and storytelling consultant. She was the founder and editor-in-chief of BRIGHT Magazine, an award-winning digital magazine that told fresh, solutions-oriented stories about social change. Prior to that, she incubated two social impact publications at Medium, developed curriculum and tools for journalists at the Solutions Journalism Network, and served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Her byline has appeared in the New York Times, Al Jazeera America, Guardian, VICE, Forbes, FastCompany, and other publications. She holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). She lives in a cottage in a forest in Nairobi, Kenya with her husband, daughter, and elderly German shepherd.

LATEST ARTICLES

Governance
Made in Africa: A Conversation with Yawa Hansen-Quao

Made in Africa: A Conversation with Yawa Hansen-Quao

“The minds and the hearts of Africans, particularly young Africans, have just so many great ideas and just need, you know, to unlock new opportunities or need investment to move to the next level.” –

Podcasts
Made in Africa: A Conversation with Bright Simons

Made in Africa: A Conversation with Bright Simons

"That was also a very interesting lesson, because eventually, that will be the way we managed to make the most difference, not by convincing people about the goodness of our mission alone, or trying to

Podcasts
Made in Africa: A Conversation with Chinny Ogunro

Made in Africa: A Conversation with Chinny Ogunro

“If I have to decide between creating one large hospital that impacts a small number of very, very wealthy lives, but makes me personally rich, versus having a large number of small clinics, that impacts

Podcasts
Made in Africa: A Conversation with Elizabeth Wangeci Chege

Made in Africa: A Conversation with Elizabeth Wangeci Chege

My motto is: “What we build today will form the Africa of tomorrow.” I actually expanded that to say, “What we build today will form the Africa and the Africans of tomorrow.” And that's looking

Podcasts
Made in Africa: A Conversation With Dalberg’s James Mwangi

Made in Africa: A Conversation With Dalberg’s James Mwangi

“The thing that I found actually resonated [with potential clients] was less of saying how much we knew, and actually playing into how much we didn't know. And actually coming in and saying, look, you

Education
Do No Harm: The Dark Side of Voluntourism

Do No Harm: The Dark Side of Voluntourism

On its face, the desire to travel and do good seems like a win-win endeavor. No wonder each year over 10 million international travellers -- usually young people from North America or Europe -- flock

Podcasts
Made in Africa: A Conversation with Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng

Made in Africa: A Conversation with Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng

Our inaugural guest on the new podcast series, Driving Change: Made In Africa, is Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, or Dr. T, as she is more commonly known. Dr. T is a woman of many talents. She

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