Benjamin Fernandes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Benjamin Fernandes
Occupation	TV Show Host
Date Of Birth	Nov 25, 1992(1992-11-25)
Age	32
Country	Tanzania
Horoscope	Scorpio

Benjamin Fernandes Biography

Benjamin Fernandes is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on November 25, 1992 in Tanzania. Tanzanian TV host and entrepreneur, who is famous for his involvement in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as part of their Digital and Financial Services team. He is well-known for his youth workshops, Tanzania tourism tours, as well as motivational and inspiring lectures around the world and sharing the same inspirational content on Instagram with over 240,000 followers.

He collaborated directly in direct contact with He worked directly with Bill Gates as a part of his foundation and shared a photo with him to Instagram in January of 2019. as an integral component of the foundation. He posted a picture of him on Instagram on January this year.

In 2012, Fernandes received national attention during the London 2012 Olympics as a national television presenter in Tanzania. In 2014, he graduated from the University of Northwestern – St. Paul with top honours in the United States. In 2014, he was accepted to Stanford Graduate School of Business, winning a $160,000 Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship to attend–an award received by 8 students from 8000 African applicants to Stanford. With his sister he worked with their church started by his father in Tanzania to co-found an orphanage called Diamond Village. They cleared a field in Bunju, Dar es Salaam to build the orphanage, teaching the children English and Mathematics.

Fernandes is an active contributor to the tourism industry in Tanzania, Since 2015, Fernandes and his sister have hosted over 200 graduate students from the United States. Every year, he hosts a trek with graduate students from Stanford and Harvard in Tanzania, hiking up Mount Kilimanjaro, going on safari through Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, visiting Zanzibar and finally exposing his peers to business investment opportunities in Tanzania. Fernandes uses tourism as a way to support the community, building solar panels in remote regions of Tanzania and Zanzibar, providing them with electricity for the first time.

The man was born in and was raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and was fostered with Pastor Vernon along with Anny Fernandes.

Benjamin Fernandes Net Worth

Benjamin Fernandes is one of the richest TV Show Host from Tanzania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Benjamin Fernandes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at his time at the University of Northwest – St. Paul in Roseville, Minnesota. The university gained attention for his coverage of in 2012 the Lindon Olympics for Tanzania. He was a student at an academic program at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2015 , and then at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in October of 2017.

He is renowned for being among the first Tanzanian to be accepted into the Stanford Graduate School of Business as an Africa MBA Fellow. Also, he is one of the youngest African to even be admitted to the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Benjamin Fernandes (born 25 November 1992) is a Tanzanian entrepreneur and former national television presenter. He worked at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the United States in their Digital Team and Financial Services team. He is the first Tanzanian to attend Stanford Graduate School of Business as an Africa MBA Fellow and the youngest African to ever be accepted to Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 2017, Fernandes became the first Tanzanian in history to attend both Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government for an executive education program.

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Who is Benjamin Fernandes Dating?

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On June 17, 2017, Fernandes graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business and decided to return home to Tanzania. A decision that stunned many Tanzanians given his potential salary offerings in the United States. Stanford Graduate School of Business has the highest post MBA Salary than any other school in the world. In the year 2016, the lower average salary offering for a graduating student in 2016 was TSH 418 Million ($179,346). This decision to return home was covered all over the press in Tanzania, initially through a viral interview video by MillardAyo, mentioning his potential salary offerings he could’ve gotten in the United States which was shared across the country, then making the front page of national newspaper, Mwananchi.

Facts & Trivia

Benjamin Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Tanzania. Benjamin Fernandes celebrates birthday on November 25 of every year.

Who is the Founder of NALA?

“ Benjamin Fernandes is a Tanzanian technology entrepreneur and the founder of NALA —a cross-border money transfer service to reduce the costs of sending money from the Europe to East Africa, starting with the UK.

When did Nala start?

Since 1975 , NALA has been trusted to provide exceptional continuing education and professional development designed specifically to advance paralegals and other legal professionals in their careers. NALA connects members with their peers across the nation and opens doors of knowledge and opportunity.

What does the word Nala mean?

Nala is a feminine name originating from many African cultures. In Swahili, this name means “queen,” “lion,” and “successful”.

How do I contact Nala?

1. Open NALA.
2. Click Mama NALA.
3. Press the blue: Send us a message.

Why did Nala leave Pride?

Nala refuses since she’s already been betrothed to Simba, prince of the Pride Lands as an infant by their parents, Sarafina, Mufasa and Sarabi and flees the Pride Lands to find help.