African Ivy 24 Drayton Park Highbury London NS 1NF [email protected] Dear, £P ty„ As a supporter and philanthropist of higher education in the United States I thought I would reach out to see if your foundation could be of any assistance to an initiative to improve higher education in Africa. I recently penned an article (attached) stating why I thought Africa needed an elite 'Ivy League' higher education institution to reverse rock bottom standards and assure fts future. I received good feedback and subsequently decided to set up an initiative to explore turning this into reality. For a novice this is obviously daunting but immensely exciting thinking of the potential end result. I am thus in the process of reaching out to organisations or philanthropists who may consider supporting this initiative. Not necessarily financial at this stage but contacts who may be interested in a new project or simply advice from organisations/foundations who have been involved in funding and higher education about potential courses of actions I do hope you get a chance to read the article and let me know your thoughts. Sincerely, Sharif Labo. EFTA00600724