Nationality Ugandan | Name Christopher Ategeka | |
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Born July 10, 1984 Fort Portal , Uganda Residence San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S. Alma mater University of California at Berkeley (BS) in Mechanical Engineering
University of California at Berkeley (MS) in Mechanical Engineering Occupation Entrepreneur,Engineer, Inventor, Investor Known for Founding Rides for Lives, Co-founder / Co-Inventor Privail Title CEO Rides for Lives, COO Privail | ||
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Christopher Ategeka (born July 10, 1984) is a serial entrepreneur and an engineer in Silicon Valley. He pioneered the unintended consequences of technology (UCOT) movement in the valley. Chris coined and popularized the term "UCOT" in the tech sector and the concept of "UCOT" evangelism. He is the founder at LyfBase a solutions company for the negative unintended consequences of technology. Before that, he founded Health Access Corps and co-founder of Privail.
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Career
A native of Fort Portal Uganda, Christopher graduated from Kitante Hill School located in the country's capital Kampala. Motivated by his experiences growing up in rural northwestern part of Uganda, Ategeka is the Founder of Health Access Corps Formerly Rides for Lives was built with a mission to combat the dire shortage of healthcare professionals in underserved areas in the developing Countries. He is also the Founder at LyfBase, world's first center with a focus on creating solutions for the negative unintended consequences of Technology. He brings his experience, capital, and global relationships to support visionary entrepreneurs. He supports startups with creative market based, scalable solutions addressing negative unintended consequences of technology. He partners with entrepreneurs who deeply care about people, planet, and sustainability. His work has been profiled in the YAHOO, San Francisco Chronicle, Fast Company, TED, NPR, Forbes, BBC, and the United Nations. Ategeka has received many honors and awards for his work, most recently was named a 2016 100 Most Influential Young African (Africa Youth Awards), 2016 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum as well as 2014 Forbes 30under30 Social Entrepreneurs who are changing the world. He is an active proponent for STEM education, Entrepreneurship and innovation.
Personal life
Ategeka, the eldest of five children, was orphaned after losing both parents to HIV/AIDS. He became the head of the household and caretaker to his brothers and sisters at an early age.
His siblings were eventually disbursed to live with different relatives. Chris went to live with his uncle, whom he helped by acting as a human scarecrow to chase monkeys away from his uncle's crops.
In his teens, Ategeka escaped to a non-profit orphanage, YES Uganda, and was able to go to primary school. While he was there, Chris was sponsored by an American family who were able to get him into a private high school in Fort Portal, Uganda. Upon graduation, Chris moved to Oakland, California United States to live with them and attend community college before receiving a scholarship to University of California, Berkeley where he received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Ategeka currently lives in Oakland, California.