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.

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 [...]

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wilson Atumeyi is an anti-corruption activist and a communication specialist with over 5 years of experience working across diverse sectors in the development space to achieve better life outcomes for marginalised and vulnerable communities. Wilson Atumeyi is the founder of WaterWide, an initiative that tracks government spending for water and sanitation and amplifies the voices of people living in rural communities in Nigeria. Poor access to water and sanitation are linked to the transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio. Absent, inadequate, or inappropriately managed water and sanitation services expose individuals to preventable health [...]

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 [...]