Kwami was born and raised in Ghana and emigrated to the United States at the age of eight. His innate curiosity and passion for science led him to pursue a degree in Aerospace Engineering at MIT after which he went to work with NASA.

He first returned to Ghana through a service trip, and his encounter with rural poverty in the region led him to restructure the Aerospace Engineering programme and create the first Global Development concentration in the department. He has since applied his engineering skills to the international development sphere.

In January 2013, Kwami Williams and Emily Cunningham found themselves working in rural Ghana by different paths. Emily was studying development economics at Harvard at the time. It was here that the pair was introduced to the moringa tree. The leaves of the tree contain more iron than spinach, more protein than yogurt, and more calcium than milk. Farmers who had gone into the cultivation of the plant didn’t have a way to earn a living cultivating moringa because they had no access to market.

Kwami and Emily took the unused part of the tree, the seeds, back to their labs at MIT and figured out how to cold-press the moringa seeds into a nourishing oil that outperforms argan, jojoba, and shea. Together, they set about building 'True Moringa' with the mission of doing wellness differently. They believed that being healthy should be simple, affordable, and accessible to all.

Today, their vertically integrated supply chain serves over 5,000 small farming families throughout Ghana. They have planted over 2 million moringa trees and helped rural families break the cycle of poverty, multiplying incomes ten times over.

Kwami, an MIT and NASA trained rocket scientist turned social entrepreneur went from aerospace to agriculture in 2013 to co-found MoringaConnect, a vertically integrated supply chain improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Ghana. MoringaConnect turns the leaves of the moringa trees into superfood tea, energy bars, and green protein powder, with the brand name, Minga Foods. The oilseeds from their trees are turned into moringa oil-based hair, face, and body beauty products, with the brand name, True Moringa. To date, MoringaConnect has created 150 jobs along the value chain for women and the youth, provided nearly $700K in income to moringa farmers, built a network of 5000 farmers, and planted over 2 million trees. True Moringa is the clean beauty brand and its sister brand, Minga Foods, is an organic superfood line powered by the nutrition-dense moringa leaves. The company serves over 2,500 farmers and runs Africa's largest certified organic moringa farm.

Today, the farmers realize that money grows on their moringa trees and this has made their lives better. Kwame is excited to continue to prove his thesis that the solution to improving the lives of rural farmers, the poorest demographic in our world, grows right in their backyards and communities.
In partnership with MIT’s D-Lab, he has co-designed an award-winning human powered centrifuge, a low-cost heat sealer, cell phone chargers for off-grid communities, and led the research and development of MoringaConnect’s human-powered Moringa processing technologies.

Kwami has relocated permanently to Ghana to build MoringaConnect’s commercial processing center and farmer networks. Kwami is a Forbes 30 Under 30, Quartz Top 30 Africa Innovator, Echoing Green Fellow, MIT D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Associate, and MassChallenge Alumnus.