Lydia Matte

Lydia is a lawyer by profession and works as a Country Director for SEMA - a not-for-profit organization that aims to increase transparency and accountability of public service institutions by providing citizens with various platforms to give feedback that in turn improves public service delivery. Lydia is passionate about governance and creating change in her community. Her work involves making sure that SEMA's strategy, operating structures, partnerships and human capital structures are well aligned to effectively support the realization of SEMA's long term aspirations in Uganda.

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

Nompilo Jacqueline Nkomo

Nompilo Jacqueline Nkomo is a social and economic justice enthusiast and the Director at YIELD, an organization working to ensure young people are at the forefront of development processes. Based in Bulawayo, Nompilo's work focuses on mobilizing and engaging the youth to meaningfully participate in governance processes. Her incubator project is 21 Questions with Jacqui, a podcast that will raise questions about human rights, accountability and transparency including in Zimbabwe's Covid-19 response and recovery. Follow her on Twitter.

2021-02-11T13:41:17+00:009th February 2021|

Ezekiel Opeoluwa Oyeyemi

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.

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

Moses Albert

Moses Albert is a child protection and welfare expert and a social entrepreneur based in Edo State. He has a passion for community engagement and awareness campaigns. He is currently supervising the Living Your Dreams Initiative, a project that focuses on protecting the rights of children. He is also a Co-founder of the Icare African Initiative. Through the support of the Incubator he is developing the Justice4her project, which is aimed at building an effective reporting and evidence gathering system that will increase the rate of getting justice for survivors of child defilement/rape and reduce child defilement through a community [...]

2021-02-19T10:43:58+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|
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