Oluwagbenga Ajongbolo is an anti-corruption crusader, good governance advocate and development enthusiast. He is the founder of Open Sunshine Initiative, an organization working with the people, especially from rural, underserved and marginalized communities to engage relevant stakeholders in the use of public funds using new technology.
Bishir Dauda is a human rights activist, development work advocate, public affairs analyst, essayist and champion of Open Government Partnership in Nigeria. He coordinated the campaign tagged “Vote Not Fight, Election No Be War" in Katsina state during the 2019 general elections. He is also the Ambassador of Freedom of Information Act (FOI) in Katsina under the platform of "The Future Project." Based in Katsina, Bishir founded a non-profit organization called Citizens Participation Against Corruption Initiative, aimed at promoting citizen participation in the fight against corruption. It also conducts advocacy around achieving transparent, open and accountable government in Nigeria. He is currently working [...]
Weng Dung is a gender justice advocate and a peace promoting fellow, who has for the past 3 years been working on countering gender-based violence with the Centre for the Advocacy of Justice and Rights (CAJR) in Jos Plateau State. She has trained over 50 women and youths on advocacy for policy change, gender equality and women empowerment. Through the incubation program, Weng will be training more women and youths on advocacy for policy change, create a distribution platform and also empower more women through skill acquisition.
Grace Hosea is a social worker, media expert and an advocate for women and girls. She is based in Kaduna, Nigeria. She is the founder of the Women for Peace Initiative that aims to increase women and girls’ participation in peace building, politics and security in Nigeria. Through the incubation, Grace will educate women and girls on how to be active agents of peace and security in their communities, as well as improve their political participation by using digital media to encourage active governance participation.
Juliana Olayide is a podcaster, change advocate, writer, socio-preneur, and brand strategist. She is the founder of She and Her Finances, an initiative focused on building financially independent young women, especially Small-Scale Female Entrepreneurs. She is also the founder of the Changemakers Africa Initiative that aims to raise purposeful emerging young leaders in Africa. Through her project, young people’s attitudes towards leadership and financial literacy will be challenged and supported.
Joshua Dilawar is a young activist and artist from Lahore, Pakistan. He is a National Focal Point In-charge of Y-PEER Pakistan and a member of Prime Minister’s National Youth Council. He’s very keen to work for adolescents and youth to bring positive and substantial change in the society. He has contributed in different fields of development and social domains like local development, human rights, minority rights, youth empowerment, health and wellbeing, social inclusion and development communication amongst other areas. As an advocate, Joshua is proud to have received The Most Active Volunteer Award by UNDP Pakistan, The 120 Under 40 [...]
Michael Adigam is a youth leadership advocate and community development enthusiast based in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. He is the founder of All in Initiative (AI), an organization focused on women and girls’ inclusion in public participation and politics in the society by inclusion in decision making processes, stakeholder engagement and community development processes. Through this Incubation, Adigam will gain collective ideas, resources and pointers needed to promote and upgrade this Initiative to create a better stance in the society for women and girls in line with the SDGs.Contact: ' +2348149510690, Email: talk2terna003@gmail.com
Hasnain Akber is a final-year student of International Relations at National Defense University, Islamabad. While having belief in the “learning-by-doing” philosophy, he has been engaged with both domestic and international development, humanitarian, and business ventures in the previous three years. Hasnain is the founder of Factracker, which is aimed at specifically targeting two major issues plaguing the world of 21st century; fake news and lack of credible news platforms to address real-world problems by empowering the individuals to inform themselves about the veracity of any piece of information
Victor Terhemba is a civil society advocate, communications manager, and talk show host based in Abuja, Nigeria. He also doubles as the program's assistant at Raising New Voices initiative where he is leading the development and deployment of a civic-tool initiative that will leverage technology to help citizens to hold their federal legislators accountable through civic engagement. With the training and assistance from the incubator program, Victor and the team hope to expand the Call Your Reps portal to give the citizens a wider exercise of their civic responsibility to hold all elected and appointed public officials accountable. The initiative [...]
I am a human rights activist & social entrepreneur, i am leading Network of Peace ambassadors at Punjab Women Protection Authority, this network aims to reduce violence against vulnerable groups and raise awareness regarding the rights, freedoms and protections granted to citizens. I am a trainer of Life skills-based education and i have conducted many sessions, trainings to sensitize young people to deal with their SRHR Challenges and to make informed decisions. The project that i aims to develop through this incubator is about reducing harassment or abuse that happens in educational institutions through sessions & theatre performances and this [...]
