Meet the Fellows

An excellent Public Sector and Business Development Consultant with a sound understanding of banking and research, with a keen interest in entrepreneurship.

Julien Zigabe, Ecosystem builder, dot connector, and prolific impact-maker. He's bringing half a decade of Industry knowledge and expertise in Business Development Services.

I am currently pursuing a Master's degree in Information Systems with Computing. I am a technology enthusiast, eager to contribute to the environment.

I'm Meckson Gidion, 31 years old, veterinarian, and Managing Director of Megod Company Limited in Dodoma, Tanzania. Our company provides professional veterinary services.

I am a graduate student. After school, I focused on my business because the pandemic hit and job opportunities became scarce.

I am a tech entrepreneur, digital skills coach, and start-up advisor.

I am a 24-year-old African. I'm a new entrepreneur. I like cooperation. I am committed. Professionally, I have studied journalism.

I am an independent research completed postdoctoral research, living in India.

I am a business developer passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. I was chosen to be part of the first cohort of the Young Africa Leadership Initiative (YALI).

I'm the founder of the Team Work Development Foundation, and a social entrepreneur, born in 1991 in the eastern part of Zambia.

I am Yue, a rising junior at Duke Kunshan University culture and movement world history track, research assistant of Haiti Revolution, interested in the promotion of peace.

I'm a passionate learner with a vision of building a business empire. I want to build an agro-allied enterprise that is organic for healthy living, to serve both local and the international market.

A Refugee Social Entrepreneur, youth and kid's servant. Co-ounder of Lazima Nipate Academy, LNA

Je suis un jeune entrepreneur et je souhaite devenir un leader pour le futur afin d'inspirer toute ma génération vers le progrès et la recherche de solution pour l'Afrique.

I am a self-motivated person who loves to take calculated risks in life for a better tomorrow. I love entrepreneurship and innovations.

I am a soon to be Veterinarian, an entrepreneur, and an advocate for both SDGs and one health. I have held posts like a Students' President to being a Junior Ambassador to the OIE.

I am a Law Student, writer, poet, public speaker, fashion designer, and a small scale philanthropist. I am a creativity enthusiast, passionate about change.

I am a child of God who passionately loves serving people in his generation. I am a teacher by profession, who has been serving his nation for ten years.

She's pursuing a PGDM in psychological counseling. She's an artist and social worker, who conducts workshops in different cities. She works around dyslexia, LD and neurodiversity.

In school, one of my hobbies was to walk up to random strangers and ask them about a problem that they faced and help them profer a solution.

I'm a creative thinker. I'm a focused, enthusiastic learner, who is highly ambitious and self-motivated. My dream is to achieve something great in life.

I am an Actuarial Analyst with passion in transforming the agriculture sector by empowering smallholder farmers through innovative financial solutions.

I'm a Sustainable Energy and Water professional, having experience in electricity market, policy reform, and system planning, with an understanding of the energy market in the field of trading.

I'm a young lady striving to achieve impact in this world.

I am a communications professional and has a demonstrated working experience in communication, advocacy, media sector, NGOs, Strategic Planning and audio-visual production.

I am a writer and director, who has doubled as a businessman on the side but I would like to go full time into a business.

I am Segun Daniel Bello, the founder of Sedab Impact House, an organization that empowers individuals with vocational, business, and leadership skills.

My name is Daniyal Zafar. I am a student at Comsats Pakistan, completing my Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance.

DAN'AZUMI is an independent researcher with more than 3 years of volunteering experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods across northern Nigeria.

I love reading books especially biopics. Immediately after school, I was part of a group that specialized in education amongst students. Shortly after that, I joined a startup.

I am an Urban Planner by profession, and I have a passion for improving the quality of life for residents.

I am a social development professional working for women empowerment, farmer welfare, etc, in rural areas of India.

I'm a graduate of Electrical Engineering and a Master's degree in Business with a scholarship from ADB, also one of the dean's list. Selected team for regional Hult competition in Manila.

I'm a passionate community facilitator. I'm also a student with experience in tech and web development.

Making the lives of others around me, better, is the primary motivation for all that I do. I volunteer for Keeping it Real Foundation.

I am a certified digital marketer, content creator, storyteller, and most of all, a food entrepreneur. I have been able to equip food business owners with digital assets.

With 3+ years of experience in business development, I have helped a startup raise over $24,000 in seed capital and increased its userbase by 400% in 3 months.

I'm a young professional passionate about startups and looking forward to beginning a venture of my own.

Soy estudiante de Administración de Empresas, soy promotora de la Agenda 2030, vicepresidenta del club Modelos de Naciones Unidas de mi provincia.

Emmanuel E. Ikediashi is a leadership coach, team builder, strategic manager, and human resource consultant.

I am simply impact-driven. I'm a Student Architect, who served as a Class rep. from the first year at the University. I'm also a member of Amnesty International and also run an e-commerce business.

I'm a 23-year-old, with an interest in Web Technology, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence. I want to become an entrepreneur and change Africa.

I am an open-minded and highly creative individual with the ability to tell emotive stories that resonate with the use of BSC (brevity, simplicity, and clarity).

I am a tech enthusiast who has mentored and still mentoring young minds on ICT-related skills.

I'm Kokoh Emmanuel, a student at the University of Benin. I am a content creator, and I also have a professional certificate in Emotional intelligence.

I am a medical doctor (MD) with 2 Master's degrees in Business (MBA) and Public Administration (MPA). I run a startup http://www.checkbodi.com

I am a tutor, actor, screenwriter, and an influencer. I teach English, Literature, and French. I have also organized a very competitive pageantry.

I am an entrepreneur and also a digital marketer.

Abigail Udoh is the co-founder of Skills and Scale Africa, a social enterprise focused on training and empowering individuals with soft and hard skills.

Valentine Idaewor is a transformational and motivational leader with over 6 years of experience working as a leader.

I’m a community leader and volunteer for some reputable organizations across Africa. Multiple award-winning writer, studying Political Science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

I run a small and expanding tomato farm. I have gained valuable skills while engaged in marketing, relating to various customers, and understanding market dynamics.

Ige Daniel is a content creator that partner with CEOs and Executives to help grow their personal brands and business to increase their sales and customer loyalty.

I am an entrepreneur, running a small store in Lagos. I train and help young entrepreneurs who want to venture into the retail business.

I'm Nasiru Yunusa with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering.

I am Collins. 35 years old. I registered a consulting firm that is still in its early stages of growth. My level of education is the postgraduate level.

I am currently working in a private company where I have been working as a mechanical workshop administrator for 5 years, in charge of monitoring preventive maintenance of equipments.

I'm the chairperson of a newly formed savings and credit cooperative society. I'm also an HIV/AIDS counsellors.

I am an English Teacher since 2013 and also a 2020 World Literacy Foundation Ambassador for the year 2020. I am a member of the Global Cosmos Network.

I am into teaching and agriculture as a profession. I like and have passion for my profession.

I love craft and I am looking for an opportunity to turn my passion to a real income-impact enterprise. Three years ago I tried and it failed.

I'm a final year doctoral candidate in Chemistry. I recently published a science research article.

I am an advocate of constant personal development. My vision for the wider world is to impact lives, one at a time, to live truly and purposefully, through love, service, and care.

I'm always keen to solve problems and innovate new ways of doing things.

I'm Oluwasegun Ogunsakin, 32 years old, with a passion for leadership and community development. I'm a Ph.D. student specializing in Peace and Security Studies.

I'm a global citizen, who thinks locally with a keen focus on creating a socially inclusive community to alleviate poverty.

I'm Muhammad Umar Inuwa, born in Kaduna, Nigeria. I school in Kaduna, and I attend Gombe State University, where I study Computer Science.

I am Albert Etsiwah, a graduate of the University of Ghana. I studied Psychology and Sociology, and I have experience working in Customer Service with Information Technology.

I strive in the excitement of a satisfied customer. I've achieved a 95% customer satisfaction score based on feedback forms. I handle challenges, complexity, and change.

Joseph Aniukwu is a People Development Advocate, business, and career consultant, committed to solving problems and adding value for both personal and organizational growth.

I'm Chinyere Nwachukwu, and I am a lawyer. I schooled at the University of Nigeria and the Nigerian Law School. I also own my personal business.

I am passionate about solving social challenges via innovation. I am eager to scale up my early-stage business to an impact-driven business.

I am a learner who believes that every day presents an opportunity for growth. I'm an aspiring software developer with a growing interest in Data Science and Machine Learning.

I am a graduate of microbiology from the University of Jos, married, a beauty professional/consultant, a network marketer, and an online vendor.

I am a student of the Start'z College Science and Technology. I'm a young volunteer who wants to be a humanitarian.

I'm an ambitious Egyptian man, seeking to develop my society and fight poverty. I am 25 years old, studied engineering, but I have a great passion for business.

I'm an aspiring entrepreneur. I'm a graduate with much interest in business, financial literacy, new skill acquisition, and open to learning, opportunities, and networking.

I want to help Africans.

I am currently a diplomat from Somalia to Pakistan. I have also started my Company Wehel Global LTD.

I'm a graduate of Fisheries and Wildlife, and I run a registered small-scale agribusiness. I also have a Bachelor's degree in Agric Technology.

I am a graduate in Agricultural Engineering. I am currently running a small scale farm of a handful of nursery birds of chicken and two livestock cows.

I'm Sholaja Ayomide, a graduate of Computer Science from the Tai Solarin University of Education. I am certified in PMP, EBD, HSE (1-3), CNSS, and Data Science using Python.

I'm a human capital development professional in the educational sector.

Eric Bakuli is an ardent marketing enthusiast with an entrepreneurial mindset, whose innovation won a global award.

Rita Otu is a sustainable development professional and the CEO of Beau Haven farms. Ms. Otu is a vocal supporter of anti-hunger movement in Nigeria.

Marygold is a social entrepreneur and child safety advocate. She manages an online home and kitchen store where varieties of home and kitchen appliances around the world are sold.

I help businesses leverage data to make actionable insights. Over the past few years, I have helped over six SMEs drive innovation through data analytic tools.

Christopher Atsen Yange is a lawyer called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016. He is the founder of Sagacious Farmz.

A design thinking expert, with experience in 3D printing, product development, training, program management, and technical sales. I'm a storyteller and a technical consultant.

En 2019, j’ai créé une entreprise de production biologique des légumes tels que la tomate, le piment, la carotte, le concombre, le chou, l’haricot vert, la laitue.

My achievements include overcoming morbid obesity, security the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Scholarship by Udacity, and participating in various hackathons in my college.

I'm a writer as well as a public speaker. I'm an environmental activist.

I am intelligent, and I have 9 years of experience in ICT. I am Microsoft Certified, and lastly, I am ready to take the next leap in my development.

I am a renewable energy professional with 9 years of technical and commercial experience. A COREN CERTIFIED engineer.

I am a 40-year-old woman and a founder of a registered NGO in Ghana.

I am a self-starter of projects with an interest in seeing projects succeed.

I am a Google Certified Digital Marketer, with extensive expertise in all facets of Social Media and Influencer Marketing.

I am a Human-Computer Interaction Specialist, founder of bbcmgtai.com, and co-founder of Boldpay Investment Ltd. Both organizations have Africa Development as it's core objectives.

I'm a goal-oriented Product Manager and Software Architect, dedicated to high levels of customer satisfaction and meeting aggressive business goals. I'm also a father to a beautiful girl.