Born from a mother who lost five children at a young age, GORA Corp’s founder - Dr. Gora Mboup, grew up often asking himself what miracle made him and his three siblings who were born later to survive; though malnourished and often sick as a result of limited access to basic services: water, sanitation, housing, health and education, all consequences of social inequalities. Despite the adversity of life in his family, Gora’s parents taught him and his siblings the value of perseverance, which often results in resilience. 

This critical lesson in Dr. Mboup’s early life has over the years shaped his approach to life and global development, culminating in his believe that resilience starts at home, change must come from the people, and that positive engagement with the people is the key to upwardly shaping global, regional, national and local agendas. 

Over the years, Dr. Mboup has worked in various international positions, garnering more than 25 years of international development and cooperation experience.  For ten years, he coordinated the USAID funded Demographic and Health Survey Programme in West and Central Africa. He spent another ten years as the senior Demographer and the Chief of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)’s Global Urban Observatory. In June 2014, Dr. Mboup, in an agreed separation moved from being a staff of UN-Habitat to create the Global Observatory linking Research to Action (GORA) Corp.

Dr. Mboup holds a Ph.D. and a Master in Demography, a Bachelor degree in Statistics, a Bachelor Degree in Economics and a first degree in Mathematics and Physics.