Alumni Profile - Agai Jones (MBA 2003), Country Representative, Population Services International

Agai Jones, a native Washingtonian, graduated from the School Without Walls High School and went on to complete his undergraduate degree in chemistry at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. After finishing Morehouse, he served for two years as a Secondary Education, US Peace Corps volunteer in Luderita, Namibia where he taught physics and chemistry to 9th and 10th graders. He also taught English as a second language to 12th grade students.

After completing his Peace Corps service in Namibia, he returned to the United States and worked for AARP before earning a Master’s in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 2003. His area of focus was Corporate Strategy and International Business. Currently he is living in Ezulwini, Swaziland and working in AIDS prevention for PSI.

Agai has worked in over nine African Countries; he especially loves Southern Africa. He enjoys jazz, DC summers, homecomings, family celebrations and Covenant Baptist Church located in Washington, DC. He dislikes “blissfully contented ignorance, kleptocracy and gum under tables and on the pavement.” The one thing that he knows for sure is that “God is and all is possible with faith, planning and action.”

Over the next few years, Agai hopes to transition from health development into economic development and entrepreneurship. He also plans to own property in at least two counties in Southern Africa. He believes that “family businesses are viable and necessary and that we must support them!” Additionally, Agai believes that “Africa needs our talents and contributions, and for those willing to educate and humble themselves, the possibilities are limitless!”

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