Rakesh Rajani, the founding ED of HakiElimu, is the President of JustSystems, which supports government and civil society leaders in the Global South to make public systems more effective, inclusive and dignity affirming. He has 25 years of experience in founding and running CSOs in East Africa (including HakiElimu, Twaweza, and Policy Forum) and 9 years in philanthropy (with Ford Foundation and Co-Impact). He is a founding member and past co-chair of the Open Government Partnership; and has served as a fellow at CGD and Harvard, and on several boards, including the Hewlett Foundation, Luminate, IBP and IPA. His core areas of interest include education, governance, just and inclusive systems change, impact at scale and fostering learning practice.
