What is Ola Orekunrin?
{{Notability|date=December 2013}} '''Ola Orekunrin''' (born 1986 / 1987) is a Nigerian-British [[medical doctor|doctor]] and [[entrepreneur]]. ==Early life== Orekunrin was raised by [[foster parents]] in [[Lowestoft]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.punchng.com/spice/personalities/how-i-became-a-doctor-at-21-ola-orekunrin/ |title=How I became a doctor at 21 –Ola Orekunrin — the Punch - Nigeria&#039;s Most Widely Read Newspaper |access-date=2013-11-28 |archive-date=2013-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804191903/http://www.punchng.com/spice/personalities/how-i-became-a-doctor-at-21-ola-orekunrin/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She started studying Medicine at the [[University of York]] in [[England]] when she was fifteen. ==Career== Orekunrin became a doctor when she was twenty one. This made her one of the [[United Kingdom]]'s youngest doctors. She started a [[Charitable organization|charity]] called Flying Doctors Nigeria Lt in [[Lagos]] in 2007. It is [[West Africa]]'s first air ambulance service. In 2008 she was given the MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/global-health-development/our-breakthrough-solutions/new-voices-fellowship/fellows/Orekunrin |title=Ola Orekunrin &#124; the Aspen Institute |access-date=2013-12-19 |archive-date=2013-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918041033/http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/global-health-development/our-breakthrough-solutions/new-voices-fellowship/fellows/Orekunrin |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012 she gave a talk at TEDxSendai and TEDxVictoriaIsland. She was on the cover of ''Ladybrille magazine''. In 2013 the [[World Economic Forum]] put her on their list of Young Global Leaders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prlog.org/12103250-dr-ola-orekunrin-young-global-leader-recognition-by-the-world-economic-summit.html|title=Dr. Ola Orekunrin- Young Global Leader recognition by the World Economic Summit|last=The Bobby Taylor Company|website=PRLog|accessdate=2017-06-30}}</re