Changing the narrative on Africa.
Jennifer Gache has built a career at the center of the country’s evolving energy sector, helping pioneer wind energy projects while mentoring a new generation of women engineers.
A Nairobi lawyer started a free running club to get a few friends moving on Saturday mornings. Three years later, We Run Nairobi has become the city’s largest free running community, with a global brand partnership and requests to expand across Kenya.
Khadija Sambe was 13 when she first stood up on a surfboard, an experience that would set her on a path few women in Senegal had ever taken.
Fifteen years, three mixtapes, three ExPs, and a debut album later, Angell Mutoni has become the defining female voice in Rwanda’s rap scene.
Béatrice-Nicole Kouadio began taking photographs as a young journalist because she needed images for her stories. What began as a practical tool then became a long-term career – one she has persevered with and succeeded in, despite the barriers of prejudice.
“Tech Sister” Longa Andrea Mbuyamba is working to change who gets to shape West Africa’s tech ecosystem.
Golf has long been defined by its quiet landscapes and a reputation for exclusivity, often leaving women on the periphery of its networks. In Kenya, this narrative is shifting as fairways evolve into hubs for mentorship and community. Leading this charge is entrepreneur Jackline Cherop Sirai, whose initiative, Girls Who Golf NBO, is dismantling barriers to ensure the next generation of female players finds a true sense of belonging on the green.
Investment in sport is taking off across Africa. Yet for Patricia Lorougnon, it has always been about investing in far more than her sport – basketball. It’s been about investing in young women and their capacity to transform society itself.
Artist and curator Jemima Kakizi is bringing energy and international connections to Rwanda’s burgeoning contemporary arts scene – and her impact is effectively rewriting the country’s arts narrative and opening the way to improved opportunities for artists in the country.
Ivorian entrepreneur and master chocolatier Viviane Kouamé is leveraging her country’s global leadership role in cocoa production and years spent in Europe to build her “Made in Africa” dream.