Justina Mutale empowers African women and girls through education, leadership training, mentorship, and advocacy for global gender equality. Justina Mutale has spent over 30 years working to dismantle …
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Jackie Odhiambo is empowering thousands of widows in Kenya.
Jackie Odhiambo is dedicated to empowering Kenyan widows. Her initiatives focus on leadership development, health education, access to justice, and economic transformation programs. Jackie Odhiambo is the Founder …
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Winnie Byanyima is Steering the Global HIV Response at UNAIDS.
by Faith Jamesby Faith JamesAt UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima balances progress in HIV prevention with persistent funding gaps and inequalities. Winnie Byanyima, a Ugandan engineer, politician, and human rights advocate, has served as …
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Vivian Onano champions education and equality for African people.
Vivian Onano empowers African youth and women through education, advocacy, and global leadership for equality and inclusion. Vivian Onano is a Kenyan social entrepreneur, activist, and global youth …
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Mwape Chimpampa boosts life expectancy for underserved Zambians.
Mwape Chimpampa develops affordable organic sunscreen to protect people with albinism from deadly UV radiation. The unforgiving African sun poses a severe threat, particularly to individuals born without …
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Tlaleng Mofokeng champions health, rights, and justice in South Africa.
Tlaleng Mofokeng advances global health equity through medicine, advocacy, policy reform, education, and human rights. Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng is a South African medical doctor, bestselling author, and internationally …
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How Zainab Bangura rose from activism in Sierra Leone to leadership at the United Nations.
Zainab Bangura leads the UN Office at Nairobi, advancing governance, peace, gender justice, and accountability. Zainab Hawa Bangura, born in 1959 in Yonibana, a rural town in Sierra …
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Kosmotive 11-year push brings hygiene solutions to 120,000+ African women.
For 11 years, Blandine Umuziranenge has advanced women’s health, dignity, and economic empowerment across Africa with Kosmotive. In 2014, Blandine Umuziranenge took a bold step that would change …
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How Sara Aziz built Egypt’s first line of defence against child abuse.
Sara Aziz is protecting Egypt’s children by breaking the silence, preventing abuse, empowering families, and influencing policy. Child molestation is one of Egypt’s most silenced crises, yet its …
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Teresa Njoroge is restoring dignity to formerly imprisoned women and children.
Teresa Njoroge reforms Africa’s justice system by rehabilitating and empowering formerly imprisoned women and children through economic independence and advocacy. In 2009, Teresa Njoroge was a senior bank …