Making radio waves in Africa

KRISTINE Pearson graduated from university in California intending to make money.

“I can’t say I always wanted to help others, “ Pearson, who was named by Time Magazine as a Hero of the Environment for 2007, said.

However, her wanderlust was the catalyst to changing that.

“I was an early onset millennial. I wanted to see the world.”

Three decades later, she is the driver behind enhancing community development in Africa through her organisation, Lifeline Energy, providing more than 685 000 radios, which have reached millions of