Kingsley Ibe Is Taking a Nigerian Fintech Into East Africa to Build Better Lending Infrastructure
When Kingsley Ibe and Lionel Orishane founded CreditChek in 2021, the company set out to solve a fundamental problem in...
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Daisi Omokungbe Is Using Technology to Give Citizens a Bigger Voice in How Nigeria Is Governed
For Daisi Omokungbe, civic participation is not simply about asking citizens to speak up. It is also about giving them...
Godman Akinlabi Is Taking Free Healthcare to 10,000 Nigerians Through UBOMI
For thousands of Nigerians, the cost of seeing a doctor, getting a diagnostic test or undergoing surgery can be enough...
From Potential to Possibility: HIDAH Foundation Equips Young Ghanaians for the Future
For many young people, having ambition is not the challenge. The greater challenge is having access to the knowledge, skills...
African Girls’ Assembly Selects 21 Girl Leaders from Five African Countries for 2026 Assembly
Twenty-one girls from five African countries have been selected to serve as Girl Leaders for the African Girls’ Assembly 2026,...
Rivers Moves to Develop Standard Operating Procedure for GBV Response
The Rivers State Government has begun steps towards developing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to strengthen the prevention of and...
Breaking the Silence: ÀLÁÁFÍÀ Initiative Takes Menstrual Health Campaign to Underserved Abuja Community
For many girls and women, menstruation remains more than a monthly biological experience. In communities where sanitary products are unaffordable...
A $15.5 Million Bet on a Future Without Female Genital Mutilation
A new $15.5 million philanthropic fund is backing a growing global movement to end female genital mutilation (FGM), with its...
Nigeria’s Under-16 Internet Regulation Must Protect Children Without Cutting Them Off From Learning
The Federal Government’s announcement that it plans to regulate internet access for children below the age of 16 has opened...
FROM FEEDING 25 CHILDREN TO SERVING 660,000 MEALS A DAY: HOW WAWIRA NJIRU IS REIMAGINING AFRICA’S FUTURE
When Wawira Njiru founded Food4Education in 2012, her goal was simple: feed 25 children so that hunger would not stand...
