Donation Amount. Min £2

  • Minnesota official and former Kenyan refugee Hamse Warfa posing for a photo.
    COURTESY
  
  • Former Kenyan refugee Hamse Warfa has been appointed to serve in US President Joe Biden’s administration. 

    Warfa will join the U.S State Department as a senior advisor in Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights. 

    In a statement, Warfa lauded the Biden administration for exhibiting their confidence in appointing him to serve Americans.

    President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the White House in 2013.
    President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the White House in 2013.
    COURTESY WSJ
     

    "As I prepare to represent all people of the United States, I am blessed by the colleagues, friends and family who supported my public service,” 

    “My late father regularly offered a special blessing for me, ‘May you be useful to society,’ and I welcome continued support in my new role protecting and promoting democracy," he noted. 

    The former refugee once worked at the state Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) as its deputy commissioner. During his tenure, he advocated for jobs bill in order to ease the economic woes brought about by the pandemic.

    “I am confident Hamse will serve the people of the United States with the same integrity, policy expertise, and collaborative leadership that he provided for the people of Minnesota,” Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz lauded him.

    Prior to joining DEED, he co-founded BanQu Inc- a company dedicated to offering low-income earners global access to credit and banking services. 

    During a previous interview with Forbes, Warfa noted how his time at the Dadaab refugee camp influenced his vision in coming up with BanQu. He and his family had stayed at the camp in the mid 1990s for three years before moving to the US and settling in Minnesota. 

    "We created BanQu for the world’s poor, refugees and stateless people so they can live their lives like the rest of us: cumulatively. Let’s say you are in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp, where my family was, and you have to move to Uganda.

    "BanQu helps you relocate as seamlessly as possible, bringing your relationships with you… BanQu is mobile and cloud-based and, importantly, you own your data," he told Forbes

     
     
    Hamse Warfa (left) speaks to the crowd while being interviewed by journalist Sagal Abdirahman on May 7, 2015, at a book signing event in Minneapolis.
    Hamse Warfa (left) speaks to the crowd while being interviewed by journalist Sagal Abdirahman on May 7, 2015, at a book signing event in Minneapolis. COURTESY Kenyanns.co.ke

About IEA Media Ltd

Informer East Africa is a UK based diaspora Newspaper. It is a unique platform connecting East Africans at home and abroad through news dissemination. It is a forum to learn together, grow together and get entertained at the same time.

To advertise events or products, get in touch by info [at] informereastafrica [dot] com or call +447957636854.
If you have an issue or a story, get in touch with the editor through editor[at] informereastafrica [dot] com or call +447886544135.

We also accept donations from our supporters. Please click on "donate". Your donations will go along way in supporting the newspaper.

Get in touch

Our Offices

London, UK
+44 7886 544135
editor (@) informereastafrica.com
Slough, UK
+44 7957 636854
info (@) informereastafrica.com

Latest News

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Iran to halt death penalty amid alarming surge in executions

UN High Commissioner...

Volker Türk called on the Iranian authorities on Monday to immediately halt the use of the death pen...

Malindi Court Allows DCI to Exhume Suspected Mass Graves in Binzaro Area

Malindi Court Allows...

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has received a go-ahead from a Malindi court to exh...

Two men, aged 58 and 27, dead and a third in 'life-threatening condition' after quadruple stabbing in London

Two men, aged 58 and...

Police officers at the scene in Long Lane, Southwark, south London, where four people were stabbed...

Opinion| South Sudan’s crisis isn’t tribal—it’s a struggle for power

Opinion| South Sudan...

In a recent opinion piece published by Radio Tamazuj titled “Kiir and Museveni’s Coordinated Effort...

For Advertisement

Big Reach

Informer East Africa is one platform for all people. It is a platform where you find so many professionals under one umbrella serving the African communities together.

Very Flexible

We exist to inform you, hear from you and connect you with what is happening around you. We do this professionally and timely as we endeavour to capture all that you should never miss. Informer East Africa is simply news for right now and the future.

Quality News

We only bring to you news that is verified, checked and follows strict journalistic guidelines and standards. We believe in 1. Objective coverage, 2. Impartiality and 3. Fair play.

Banner & Video Ads

A banner & video advertisement from our sponsors will show up every once in a while. It keeps us and our writers coffee replenished.