SWAG Regional Youth Convening Brings Policy, Youth Leadership and Investment Together for Health and Development
As countries across West and Central Africa seek stronger ways to improve health and development outcomes for adolescents and young...
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...
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...
Belinda Nkechi Idinmachi Is Building Better Pathways for African Entrepreneurs
There is a certain kind of confidence that comes from having seen the same problem from almost every possible angle....
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...
