Young Changemakers

Erick Mutura | A Future Where Disability is no Barrier

Erick Mutura is the Head of Research and Policy at the Nala Center, a youth led think tank advancing sustainable development across Africa through research, policy engagement, and inclusive dialogue. As a Young Changemaker, he argues that the defining question facing the continent is not whether Africa possesses potential, but…

2 Oct 6 min

Nafisat Abdullahi Balarabe | Protecting Education During Conflict

Nafisat Abdullahi Balarabe is a Nigerian youth activist, education advocate, and sustainability practitioner driven by the belief that no child should lose the opportunity to learn because of conflict. As a Young Changemaker, she believes Africa’s future depends on more than ending the conflicts, but in ensuring that every child…

2 Oct 6 min

Bekithemba Ntoni | Africa's Moonshot in the Second Space Age

Bekithema Ntoni is a South African policy practitioner, researcher and strategist working at the intersection of governance, international relations and African development. As a Young Changemaker, he argues that Africa’s relationship with outer space is a defining strategic choice for the twenty-first century. The decisions governments make today about whether…

2 Oct 7 min

Ndum Charlotte Ayeah | Overcoming Africa's Political Design Problem

Ndum Charlotte Ayeah is a Cameroonian civic engagement practitioner, community organizer, and founder of the Association of Adolescent Girls and Young Women Cameroon. Through years of community-based civic dialogue with young people and local councils in Cameroon's conflict-affected North West Region, she has come to understand that Africa does not…

2 Oct 13 min

Immanuel Kiilu | Continental Choice

Immanuel Kiiluis the Head of Research and Policy at the Nala Center, a youth led think tank advancing sustainable development across Africa through research, policy engagement, and inclusive dialogue. As a Young Changemaker, he argues that the defining question facing the continent is not whether Africa possesses potential, but whether…

2 Oct 4 min

Bouakkaz Aymen | Security for the Sahel

Bouakkaz Aymen is a Political Science and International Relations student from Algeria with a strong interest in strategic foresight, regional security, and technology-driven governance in Africa. He grew up witnessing the gap between how policymakers discuss security and how communities actually experience it. His vision for Africa, as a Young…

2 Oct 12 min

Ann Nyagah | Overcoming Invisibility

Ann Nyagah is a Kenyan economist and public finance specialist with nearly a decade of experience across Kenya's national government institutions. As a Young Changemaker she points out that Africa loses billions every year to climate-related disasters, yet when the national budget is written, climate risk is essentially invisible. She…

2 Oct 7 min

Elijah Koome | The Translation Generation

Elijah Koome is a founder and senior education professional with experience designing and scaling initiatives across edtech, higher education, and the nonprofit sector. As a Young Changemaker, he explains how helping young Africans to understand and engage with the law, perhaps through an AI-assisted legislative translation platform, can unlock paricipation,…

2 Oct 5 min