Nigeria

Chundung Ashley Dauda has five years of experience as a community development worker. She currently serves as the Program Officer with Women Without Walls Initiative (WOWWI) where she is responsible for coordinating peace building programs for communities living in conflict, including the city of Jos in northern Nigeria. She is also responsible for facilitating dialogue… read more »

Ukinebo Dare trains unemployed youth and connects them to job opportunities; she has over seven years of experience in youth development and job creation. She is the C.E.O. of Poise Graduate Finishing Academy (PGFA), where she designed the PSENSE Employability Curriculum. The PSENSE employability curriculum has achieved a record 87% employment rate and is endorsed… read more »

Seyi is a professional poultry farmer with over five years’ working experience in the field, and currently the president of Ambassador Music Ministry. He holds a postgraduate diploma in financial management from the Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, where he focused on the assessment of employment opportunities and the reduction of poverty in Nigeria. He… read more »

Keight is a post-lingual-deaf person from Nike in Enugu State, Nigeria with over ten years’ experience as an activist and advocate for disability-rights. She majored in special education and law, thereafter observing her NYSC with the Office of Senate Committee on Rules and Business, National Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria for a year from March 2014…. read more »

Glory is a dynamic motivator with over two years’ experience working with the rural and urban poor to reduce hunger and poverty with a major focus on women and vulnerable children. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Glow Initiative, for the Alleviation of Abject Poverty (GIFAAP), an NGO seeking to alleviate the… read more »

Cyndy has over five years’ experience working with organizations on female empowerment and youth leadership. In 2013 she founded Confident Women, now known as the CAMY Foundation, to mentor young women and educate them on home-management, family relationships, and skills acquisition. Cyndy’s first venture was a liquid soap company called Ever Glow that makes an… read more »

Vweta Chadwick is a human rights champion with over 10 years’ experience in working to advance the rights of women and girls. She is the programs director of Project ASHA, an NGO advancing the rights of women and girls in underserved communities across Africa. She, equally, doubles as the secretary of Carrington Youth Fellowship Alumni… read more »

Imrana Alhaji Buba has over six years’ experience in peace building and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), specifically focusing on de-radicalization in northern Nigeria. Currently, Imrana is the Coordinator of the Youth Coalition Against Terrorism (YOCAT), where he focuses on initiating and implementing counter-radical peace education and skills acquisition programs to weaken the appeal of terrorism…. read more »

Alu, a physician since 2010, has distinguished herself in the areas of HIV/AIDS and child survival, working in urban and rural health facilities in North Central Nigeria. She is currently the deputy Reproductive Health Coordinator in the Benue State Ministry of Health, and is involved in the implementation of health programs centered on integrated management… read more »

Sani Dantuni Bello has over eight years experience serving as an investigator, and currently serves as Unit head of the Intelligence and International Cooperation unit at the National Agency for the Prohibition of Persons in NAPTIP Sokoto zonal office. He is responsible for coordinating the collection, analysis and dissemination of intelligence, particularly as it relates… read more »

Jamila Bashir has approximately four years’ working experience as a medical practitioner. She currently works as a medical officer in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, a PEPFAR clinic, where she consults HIV-infected patients, examines, treats and resuscitates if need be, and also follows up with patients. Jamila also volunteers in a primary health center where she… read more »

Bamisaye Folasade holds a Master’s degree in Psychology Counselling from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. She has over eight years’ experience improving the psychosocial wellbeing of girls and women at the grassroots level. Bamisaye is a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with Hygeia Foundation in Nigeria. Folasade Morenikeji Bamisaye is also the creator of Young… read more »

Gloria Mabeiam Ballason is a lawyer and the CEO of House of Justice, Nigeria, a human-rights radio call-in program, of which she is the host. She is also the Law columnist in a national newspaper. She serves at a regional level as a conflict mediator for the herder-farmer conflict that has claimed so many lives…. read more »

Ibrahim Balami, a young engineer and entrepreneur has gained over 14 years’ business experience since he started out aged 18. Ibrahim is the managing director and chief executive officer of Ibba 36 Global Concept, a company incorporated in March 2013, which specializes in wheat milling for the production of wheat grit and semolina, with an… read more »