Blaise Buma

Blaise Buma is Open Dreams first success story and the reason that we exist as an organization. Blaise comes from Bamenda, Cameroon where he excelled at school and received top marks on the GCE. He aspired to study in the US and met an American volunteering in Cameroon. With her help and his constant drive, he was able to apply to several universities in the US and ended up attending Washington and Lee University on a full scholarship. He then studied at the LSE where he met Cristina. He later assisted his sister, Sonia Buma, to get a full scholarship at McGill University. Forming Open Dreams shortly thereafter, Blaise's story has been the catalyst by which we have now helped secure 200+ international scholarships and opportunities for our scholars. He recently completed a degree at Harvard Business School and is launching Kappa Pay to revolutionize payment in Africa. He also was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar and helped two additional Open Dreams Scholars to attend the same prestigious program in China. He hopes to not only train the most brilliant minds in Cameroon, but also to build the next generation of responsible leaders throughout Africa!