Meet the team committed to impact through global philanthropy.
Meet the individuals driven by a shared mission to unlock global philanthropic opportunities for African NGOs and the communities they serve.
Mr. George Oluwaboro
Mr. George Oluwaboro is a founding member of Aventer Media Corporation and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a strong interest in digital innovation.
He is passionate about promoting positive narratives about Africa, with a particular focus on Nigeria.
Mr. Oluwaboro currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Diaspora Impact Television Network (DIITV), based in Washington, D.C., USA.
Paresh Shah
Paresh Shah has three decades of extensive experience in the business, political, and entertainment industries as well as a global humanitarian.
His efforts have allowed him to interact at the highest levels of the U.S. government as well as the top levels of the celebrity and business scenes of Hollywood and Bollywood.
Starting with his California law practice, Mr. Shah collectively represented thousands of clients both individually and/or through their corporations allowing them to legally receive immigration benefits in the U.S.
Additionally Mr. Shah founded numerous entertainment related companies including Hollywood.TV and Millions of Milkshakes that were both instrumental in the launch of many “A” list celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Zendeya.
As a humanitarian, in April 2021, Mr. Shah was honored to have organized a donation to India of 2,000 oxygen concentrators valued at $2 million along with a donation of a 747 freight plane with the help of the Indian government that provided much needed relief to India during the COVID crisis.
More information can be found on Mr. Shah at www.shahlaw.com.
Patrick Kodjoe
Patrick is a German/Ghanaian dual citizen, who came to the US to play college basketball at Virginia Commonwealth University as a teenager. After earning his B.A. in business marketing, he played basketball professionally in Europe for 6 years while living in Los Angeles in the off-season.
After retiring from professional sports, his passion for enterprise and trade emerged. He has diverse experience as an entrepreneur, marketer, investor, tech executive, strategist & business development consultant. With a background spanning multiple sectors from economic development to AI across four continents, Patrick leads with strategic efficiency and flexibility, combining expertise in communication with a focus on operational structures and processes.
In December 2018, Patrick and his brother Boris produced the wildly successful inaugural Full Circle Festival. They hosted a large group of high-profile friends in Accra, Ghana, at the invitation of Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, to ring in the Year of Return 2019. The mission was and is to change the narrative about Africa in the West, by showing its many facets of beauty and excellence, and to rebuild the bridge between the African diaspora and the continent.
The impact of the event was immediate and profound, resulting in roughly 200 million social media impressions, a 900% increase in tourism in the year following the inaugural event and substantial economic impact. After several additional events, this led to a joint venture with Streamline Travel culminating in the Full Circle Streamline Travel platform, which is poised to enable the global African diaspora to return and explore Ghana and many other parts of the continent.
Patrick enjoys diplomatic status in Ghana, and he serves on the board of directors of the Kodjoe Family Foundation and the advisory board of Birthright Africa. He lives in Houston, TX with his wife and two kids.