Custody Chikambure is an entrepreneur passionate about developing profitable financial schemes and igniting the potential of business to drive social good. His incubator project is G.O.E.L Computer Educational Initiative, a set of online platforms he will share information related to Covid-19 and how best young people can stay safe by practising safety precautions. He is also working on software that can help notify healthy practitioners about possible Covid-19 cases.
Descent Dube is the Founder and the Executive Director of a youth organisation called Matobo Youth Development Initiative (MYDI). Based in Matobo, Descent is passionate about community mobilisation through active youth participation. His incubator project is aimed at ensuring young people can access information and participate in community dialogue and policy making processes. Ultimately, he wants to equip young people to become responsible citizens and occupy leadership positions in civil society.
Hassan Raza is a student of entomology at the Agriculture University Multan. He is an active participant of Young Students Peace Society and he is inspired by a University program at his sister University that works to provide free education to children who, due to poverty, fell into child labour. As a result of the impact of Covid-19 on society, there has been an increase in illiteracy levels in Pakistan. He is now working to replicate a similar initiative within his university. Hassan hopes to expand his idea called Tumhy School Jana hai which seeks to eradicate child labour and [...]
Shah Khalid Shah Jee hails from the Bajaur District, in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Shah Jee completed his post graduate degree in Journalism & Mass Communication in 2008 and Persian Literature in 2012 at the University of Peshawar. He is a Senior Reporter for the Radio Pakistan Peshawar programme "Qadam Pa Qadam", Tribal News Network and culture and environmental writer for the online website Waziristan Times, an independent news website established by a group of experienced journalists from Tribal District on a mission to bring untold and unheard voices of Tribal Areas. His Incubator idea aims to [...]
Sabir Ali is a human rights activist working with women and girls to improve their political participation and access to family planning and sexual reproductive health services. He is an advocate for the rights of women and children, and has dedicated himself to working to ensure the prevention of gender-based violence, improved access to GBV response services and improving civic spaces including youth engagement.His incubator idea is aimed at providing digital civic spaces for discourse around issues faced by youth of Pakistan focusing on youth engagement and ensuring sufficient representation in policy formulation. Follow him on LinkedIn.
Iyanuoluwa Moyinoluwa Shittu is an SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) advocate based in Ondo State. Driven by her passion to ensure access to clean water for all, Iyanuoluwa carried out a borehole project in her host community during her time in the The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Her incubator project is Water Works, an initiative that will link vulnerable communities to sources of clean water and also allow Iyanuoluwa to advocate for water sanitation and hygiene in Ondo State, particularly as a containment measure for Covid-19. Follow her on Twitter.
Halima Idris hails from Bauchi State and is an alumnus of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth and Exchange Study program of the United States Department of State. She's passionate about holding elected representatives accountable and, through the incubator, is developing the Beyond Election Candidate Accountability Project (BECAP) for this purpose. BECAP is a sensitization and awareness campaign that aims to help communities hold political candidates accountable for the promises they made during their election campaigns by equipping citizens with knowledge and training.
Catherine Ugochinyere Stephen is an Education Counselor and women's advocate based in Abuja. She is also a member of the Young African Leaders Initiative Network and likes to counsel children and adolescents. Through the incubator, Catherine is building Cathy Ventures, an anonymous accountable platform that can raise tuition for children from poor backgrounds who would otherwise not be able to access education. Her project was inspired by her own childhood experiences. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
Anne Obode is an entrepreneur, startup business coach, speaker, blogger and podcaster based in Abuja. She is also the founder of the SecureMe initiative that aims to use digital methods to solve the problem of insecurity in Africa. Through the incubator, Anne is developing an application called Secureme.ng that will combat crime in Nigeria by using technology to enhance the means of communication between victims of crime and the police. The impact of this project would be increases in both the levels of security in Nigeria and accountability on the part of the Nigerian Police.
Ezekiel Opeoluwa Oyeyemi is a social entrepreneur and climate change advocate based in Kwara State. He is the Chief Executive Officer & Founder of the social enterprise Freedom Recyclers. Through the support of the incubator, Ezekiel aims to use climate change awareness and sensitization of the youth in his community to promote a sustainable COVID-19 recovery that benefits both the people and the planet through the circular economy. Follow him on Twitter.
