Ismail Auwal is an anti-corruption advocate with a passion for building tranparent, accountable institutions. He was inspired to become an innovator due to his passion for technology, which he believes should be an enabler in fighting corruption. At the age of 25, he became the Anticorruption Thematic Area Co-lead in the Kano State Open Governance partnership (OGP). He plans to mobilize and work with Community members in curbing the menace of corruption. He is among the three winners of the 2020 edition of the SDG 16 innovation challenge in Nigeria organised by Accountability Lab. Through the incubator he plans to [...]

Ajibola Mujidat Oladejo is a sustainability practitioner and women’s economic empowerment advocate. She is the team lead at The Sustainability Hub, an organization that provides social and environmental sustainability education and solutions to organizations, communities and schools. She has worked with different organizations and schools in the last two years, helping them to adopt environmentally smart and socially responsive practices. The Sustainability Hub is a social enterprise that provides environmental management and social inclusion education to schools and organisations to help them incorporate sustainability into their teaching methods and value chains respectively. This is done to develop students, schools, organisations [...]

John Oluwafemi Olla is an information scientist (M.Sc. Information Science), trained at the University of Ibadan. Currently, he provides access to quality education in the rural communities of Nigeria and encourages young people to become active in civic issues. As a multi-talented Community Based Development Expert with proven experience and vast knowledge in areas of Educational Training, Capacity development, Teens’ Mentoring, Research, Analysis and Project Management. I have organized several trainings on Freedom of Information, Tracking, Advocacy and Evidence Gathering for youths in Oyo state. The initiative he wants to develop through the incubator investigates the documentation of EIA and [...]

Arole Mariam Odunayo is a legal practitioner with two years of post-call experience. She is also the Director of Programme for the Pro bono Centre, an emerging public interest litigation initiative. The initiative provides pro bono legal services to indigent, disadvantaged and marginalised residents of Lagos State, particularly victims of gender-based violence, child abuse and unfair dismissals. Through the incubator, she also intends to create an Accountable Endowment fund to cover the out of pocket expenses of pro bono lawyers such as transport, cost of filling, fines and court costs.