Live as You're Going, a conversation with Kahwa Douoguih
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“You have to live as you're going to your objectives. You can't just wait for them.”
Kahwa and I met in elementary school, at a small private school in New Jersey. We lost close track when her family moved in middle school, and are reconnecting now as our 25th college reunion approaches.
On September 11, 2001, she was working at the IMF in Washington, D.C. On September 12, she bought a bed. It sounds small. It wasn’t; it was the beginning of looking at life differently.
During our conversation, we talk about protecting your time. About choosing space over status as members of a generation that was trained to optimize for both. About growing up multiracial, having hair that wasn’t like our classmates. We talk about why she enjoys having Scotland as a second home, losing a parent, and what happened when she had a baby she wasn't planning for in her 40s.
About Kahwa Douoguih
Kahwa is an entrepreneur, economist and educator committed to creating and growing business ventures and sustainable solutions in Africa and helping the next generation develop a globalized perspective in business and entrepreneurship. She has a broad scope of international experience in Africa and the Americas in the areas of economics, development and finance at both public and private sector institutions including the Vale (Inco), Africa Finance Corporation, IMF and several start-up ventures. She is on the Board of Directors of local and multinational manufacturing, natural resource and economic development organizations.