Welcome 2024 Ashoka Fellows elected in Africa

Data collection has predominantly been through the government lens, prioritizing government perspectives and agendas hindering genuine development progress. Al foresees a world where citizens steer...

Umra is at the forefront of transforming healthcare in remote Kenya, delivering high-quality services directly to underserved communities. Through youth health ambassadors leading outreach and mobile...

Janet represents a new era in agricultural development in Tanzania by centering small scale farmers as the key drivers of change. Through the Farmer Training Centre (FTC) and farmer field schools...

Grace is improving the educational outcomes of children from underserved and marginalized communities in South Africa by recruiting, training and equipping unemployed individuals from local townships...

Alef is transforming marginalized township communities by providing local individuals with multiple pathways and opportunities to improve their socio-economic outcomes.

Blessing is helping communities in Cameroon fight deforestation by showing them how to protect their forests from illegal activities while helping them improve their livelihoods without damaging their...

Funke is actively working to transform the Nigerian prison experience from a punitive to a restorative one.

Gideon has created a system of learning hubs for displaced children in internally displaced people’s camps. These hubs offer unique educational opportunities, employment for family members, and...

Vanessa envisions a society in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where women are empowered to lead agricultural initiatives, thereby addressing critical issues of malnutrition, food security, and...

Nicole is incubating new solutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by leveraging social media to test and scale plastic recycling initiatives rapidly, focused on creating social benefits...

Sage is revolutionizing value chains for entrepreneurs by establishing public production facilities which function as incubators that enable the utilization of previously wasted produce and generate...

Jacques Mbusa, through his organization UPDECO, developed a comprehensive step-by-step blueprint for the full reintegration of child soldiers with their families. In 2023, 30,000 former child soldiers...

Three-quarters of citizens in the DRC lack access to bank accounts and microfinance services. Beginning with community savings groups in 2014, Héritier has created an innovative incentive system for...

Henoc is pressing for full economic citizenship rights for African Pygmy communities. He secured their rights to citizenship and education by organizing a movement that led the government of the DRC...