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 founders hoping to raise...
She’s Not Just Fighting Period Poverty—She’s Changing the System Behind It
For Dr. Ugochi Odinakachi Ohajoruka, period poverty has never been simply about the inability to afford a sanitary pad. It is a much larger...
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 between them and their...
BEYOND VISIBILITY: NAOMI OSEMEDUA ON FINDING YOUR IRREPLACEABLE ADVANTAGE
Naomi Osemedua has built a career around a simple but powerful question: What is uniquely yours to see, say, solve and shape?
A leadership thinker,...
Jennifer Uloko Builds YangaBeauty into an African Beauty Brand Rooted in Local Needs and Global Ambition
Jennifer Lisa Uloko, Founder and CEO of YangaBeauty, is building an African beauty brand around a simple but powerful belief: Nigerian women should not...
