FROM NIGERIA TO NEW YORK

You probably have heard of the SOCCKET - A re-invented soccer ball by a group of Havard students. It started as a group project in a 2008 class in Havard College where some students identified electricity problem in developing countries and came up with an idea of a functional soccer ball called the SOCCKET which can power an LED light.

Jessica Matthews, CEO and co-founder of Uncharted Play. Born to Nigerian parents and raised in America. She is a hardwprking and creative type and constantly looking for how to solve problems and make money from it too. She describes herself as a social entrepreneur. Matthew is currently an MBA student at Harvard Business School.

The SOCCKET is currently being used in poor communities in 10 nations around Latin America and West Africa, including Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria and, most recently, Haiti. Uncharted Play works with larger corporate partners like State Farm and Western Union, which pay for the balls, and NGO’s like Promundo and Children International, which distribute them. Bill Clinton endorsed the project in a speech at George Washington University last March, and high-profile musicians like Linkin Park and K’naan have also pitched the SOCCKET at their concerts.