Who is Lucrezia Bisignani?
Lucrezia Bisignani is a multi-talented individual who has worked in the film industry and is the founder and CEO of Kukua, an education entertainment company that produces weather stations and apps for farmers in Africa.
She has acted in projects like “Zodiaco – Il libro perduto” and has worked with Lupita Nyong’o on a YouTube series called “Super Sema”.
Her team at Kukua is diverse and includes individuals from various backgrounds, such as storytellers, creatives, educators, and entertainment professionals.
Educational background of Lucrezia Bisignani
Lucrezia Bisignani has a background in acting and theatre.
She completed an Acting Foundation Course at the Oxford School of Drama and the International Baccalaureate at St. Clare’s International School, Oxford.
Additionally, she has studied Exponential Technologies & Global Grand Challenges at Singularity University.
About Kukua
Kukua is an educational entertainment company founded by Lucrezia Bisignani that aims to increase child literacy in Africa.
The company focuses on creating content that combines storytelling, education, and entertainment for children. Some key aspects of Kukua include:
- Sema: Kukua’s flagship character, Sema, is Africa’s first animated young heroine. Young users follow Sema through a suite of smartphone games that build skills around reading, writing, and math[1][4].
- Animated Television Series: In addition to the smartphone games, Kukua is also working on an animated television series.
- Kukua Institute: The Kukua Institute is a separate entity that focuses on discovering, sharing, and celebrating African American stories through art, history, science, and technology activities and programs.
- Team: Kukua’s team is diverse and includes individuals from various backgrounds, such as storytellers, creatives, educators, and entertainment professionals. They are united by a common passion to empower, inspire, connect, and entertain generations of children who will change the world.
Kukua’s mission is to give 21st-century children the skills and capacity to dream beyond what they think is possible and to imagine and create a better world.
The company is backed by Firstminute Capital and Kima Ventures.
Lucrezia Bisignani Age
Lucrezia Bisignani was born in 1991 in Rome, Italy. As of September 2023, she is 32 years old.
Lucrezia Bisignani Husband
There is no publicly available information about the marital status or husband of Lucrezia Bisignani.
Lucrezia Bisignani Net Worth
Lucrezia Bisignani’s net worth is estimated to be $8 million.
Lucrezia Bisignani Awards
Lucrezia Bisignani has received several awards and nominations for her work. She was nominated among the 100 most influential Italian women in technology by StartupItalia and was selected to speak at WIRED 2016 as one of the women who are changing the world.
In 2017, she was selected as a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Solve fellow and was chosen to work on Refugee education for the MIT initiative that advances lasting solutions from tech.
Additionally, she was recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Lucrezia Bisignani Work With Lupita Nyong’o
Lucrezia Bisignani worked with Lupita Nyong’o on a YouTube series called “Super Sema“.
“Super Sema” is an animated series that follows the adventures of a young African girl named Sema, who uses her superpowers to solve problems and help her community.
Bisignani is the founder and CEO of Kukua, the company that produced “Super Sema”.
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