Akhente Borotho

Akhente Borotho is a Product Quality & Assurance Engineer II at Radio Flyer, where responsibilities include product testing, failure analysis, and collaboration with design and manufacturing teams for reliability improvements. Akhente previously led a cost-saving initiative for a tricycle product line at Radio Flyer, achieving over $200,000 in annual savings. Prior experience includes an internship at Cummins Inc., conducting tests for fuel systems, and a strategic externship at PwC focused on addressing challenges for Junior Achievement. As Founder and CEO of Pioneer Africa, Akhente established a development institute aimed at enhancing Lesotho's economic competitiveness. Additionally, experience as an Energy Consumption Management Analyst at ALEC involved proposing solutions to reduce energy waste. Akhente is pursuing dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from the University of Notre Dame.