Martin Odongo

Martin is a 28-year-old, Pan-African from Uganda, who has worked in the social change movement since 2014, He is the founder of Generating Rural Opportunities for Women (GROW), a community-based microfinance organization operating in the impoverished rural Kumi District in North Eastern Uganda, promoting rural financial inclusion. He specializes in public policy analysis with particular focus on; rural development policy, urban planning and housing policy, technological policy and cyber security. Through the Budget Lab project for the Incubator, he aims to influence the government of Uganda to uphold the decision of domestic resource mobilization and utilization for equitable and sustainable [...]

2021-02-09T12:47:51+00:009th February 2021|

Nancy Ongom

Nancy is a Law Graduate (LLB) from Uganda Christian University-Mukono. She is very passionate about Human Rights and working against Sexual Gender Based Violence. She is currently an active member of National Youth Engagement Network (NYEN Uganda) and a global Youth leader on the Youth Compact Champions program for Young people in Humanitarian Action which is currently being coordinated by Restless Development, Action Aid, the UN Group for Children and Youth and UNFPA with support from other compact organizations. Her Incubator project involves actively volunteering to train young girls on how to make reusable sanitary pads with the aim of [...]

2021-02-09T12:47:51+00:009th February 2021|

Lilian Elochukwu Efobi

Lilian Elochukwu Efobi is a Lagos-based advocate of quality education for all, good governance, accountability, transparency, and youth inclusion in the governance process. Through the incubator, she is developing the Governance Barometer Project, a monitoring and evaluation mechanism which will collect and measure data that contributes to the overall national development of Nigeria. Through her Governance Barometer, she will measure the performance of elected political leaders and appointed public servants through certain defined metrics.

2021-02-09T12:47:43+00:009th February 2021|

Yusuf Temilola Nurudeen

Yusuf Temilola Nurudeen is Senior Associate at the Legal Hub Partnership in Lagos. He is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Young Lawyers Forum, Ikeja Branch, where he administers the implementation of ideas and policies related to capacity development, mentorship, and the welfare of 500 young lawyers. Through the support of the incubator, he is developing The Pro Bono Centre, an initiative that provides pro-bono legal services to victims of injustice including those who have been wrongfully incarcerated.

2021-02-09T12:47:43+00:009th February 2021|

Rachel Affiong Umoh

Rachel Affiong Umoh is a psychotherapist, counselor, disability advocate, humanitarian aid worker and a freelance journalist with freedom radio in Kaduna State. She is also the founder and CEO of TWIM (The Wonder In Me) an NGO that supports the rehabilitation of the most vulnerable including persons with disabilities (PWDs), internally displaced people and persons living with psychological disorders. Through the incubator, she is developing a project that will increase access to participation in elections for PWDs in Nigeria.

2021-02-09T12:47:43+00:009th February 2021|

Ibrahim Muazzam Shehu

Ibrahim Muazzam Shehu is a certified teacher, activist, gender advocate, and policy ambassador based in Abuja. He is the founder of Society For Gender Equality, Educational Advancement & Struggles Against Educational Injustices. Through the support of the incubator, Ibrahim plans to keep using his organization to carry out COVID-19 awareness campaigns and distributing essential supplies such as face masks to vulnerable communities.

2021-02-09T12:47:43+00:009th February 2021|

Ajeeba Aslam

Ajeeba Aslam is a social development professional with over two decades of professional and volunteer experience of working on development and humanitarian issues in Pakistan, Malawi, Tajikistan, Syria and Jordan. She is the founding chairperson of Foundation for Ageing and Inclusive Development (FAID-Age Friendly Pakistan), an initiative working for the wellbeing of older people in Pakistan. As part of the  incubator, her  idea is to build  a platform for the inclusion of aging citizens in development processes and addressing their immediate issues.Follow her on Twitter.

2021-02-17T11:18:54+00:009th February 2021|

Alisha Sherazi

Alisha Sherazi holds a Master of Philosophy in Educational Planning Management from Bahauddin Zakariya University - BZU and she is the 2nd MPhil scholar in the transgender community of Pakistan. She is a board member at the Youth Active Alliance Foundation and a Coordination Consultant for Gender Minorities at the UNDP Youth Empowerment Program. She is the first transgender person in Pakistan who is recruited by United Nations as a Coordination Officer. She is also involved in activism activities; supporting her community through different endeavors for the betterment of their life. Her incubator idea is to develop a support program [...]

2021-02-15T09:51:55+00:009th February 2021|

Aamer Hayat

Aamer Hayat is a farmer from the small district of South Punjab and was an elected member of the district council's third tier of the government in Pakistan between 2016 & 2019. In his role as a farmer and district council member, he served as member of various district and divisional level committees of the Agriculture Department, Price Control Committee, and district Aman committee of Punjab government. His areas of interest include rural development, tertiary level governance, community politics and sustainability of small and landless farming. As a grassroots politician, his activism is focused on health, education, climate & food [...]

2021-09-30T17:19:21+00:009th February 2021|

Hassan Raza

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 [...]

2021-02-15T10:03:00+00:009th February 2021|
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