Nisha Ligon

Biography

Nisha Ligon is Co-Founder and CEO of Ubongo, Africa's leading kids' edutainment company. Ubongo's popular animated series Akili and Me and Ubongo Kids show in 31 countries in Africa with a monthly audience of over 11 million kids. Nisha is a social entrepreneur with a background in media and science, and a passion for education. She has produced content for the BBC, the Guardian, online learning platforms, and an award winning documentary, Twiga Stars. She was formerly Head of Content at FuseSchool. She has an MSc. from Imperial College London and a B.S. from Yale. At Ubongo, she’s lead visionary, strategist, executive producer/ screenwriter, fundraiser and does whatever else it takes to get Ubongo's products made, tested and released to kids!