Dancehall Tours - hosted by Pantason - Episode 59 - Vanessa Ford

The life of Vanessa Ford is one of adventure. Of Jamaican parentage, and  born in Toronto, Canada, this beauty and brains finds herself  channelling childhood lessons into her latest project, as she takes on  the role of chief operating officer (COO) at Kukua, an edutainment  company that is headquartered in Kenya and has been striking gold in  international media with its award-winning executive team which is primarily female.  

She studied human biology at the University of Toronto and furthered her  education at Oxford University in England. Ford’s master’s degree in  human and tropical medicine, with a focus on HIV aroused her interest in  the impact of the immunodeficiency virus on the indigenous population,  and she returned to Africa to start a documentary and practically lived  there.