About

Empowering Refugees Through Education


EQI Academy has been providing locally supported online courses for refugees in the Middle East and Africa since 2016. Our mission is to empower displaced individuals by offering accessible and quality education opportunities that can help them gain skills and get jobs.

Who we are


Zekarias Haile, Country Manager.

Entrepreneur. BSc University of Asmara, MSc, University of Gondar.


Lars C. Smith, Director. 

Entrepreneur and former Business School Professor and Director of Academic Affairs. AB and AM, Harvard University.


Steve D. Stoller, Director.

Former Senior Research Finance Consultant, Kaiser Permanente; Director of Online Studies, University of Liverpool. AB, Harvard University, PhD and MPH, University of California, Berkeley.


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