The Wisconsin Alumni Association is recognizing seven graduates’ achievements across the globe, from national security reporting to criminal justice reform, with its 2020 Forward Under 40 awards.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, entrepreneurs Mehrdad Arjmand and Aaron Olson bring clean energy to people in rural villages with solar-powered electric kits. NovoMoto originally started as a project for an entrepreneurship course at UW-Madison, but the business has expanded to serve over 550 households in Congo and aims to reach thousands more by the end of 2020.