Festus Kiplagat is a charismatic leader, advocate, agriforestry expert, and founder, but, he’s something more: He’s a grower from Kenya and very proud to be one. He wants youth around Africa to feel the same passion he has for the soil and to develop and nurture it in order to save the continent and the entire planet. If you talk …
Fill Your Mind With Namara: Feminist Spotlight on Nankondo Mnyone and Khadija Msumi
It’s women’s history month and we are celebrating the achievements females have made This month we are making the world focus on us (women and girls) as we are breaking the barriers caused by gender stereotypes and “choosing to challenge” as this year’s theme states. Nankondo Mnyone and Khadija Msumi are perfect examples of girls who are “choosing to challenge” …
Fill Your Mind with Namara: Meet Nancy Lazaro, UNSDG Advocate and Writer From Tanzania
“Passions,” a word I would relate to extreme contentment in one’s tasks, is a direction towards your God-given purpose on this earth. Negativity blocks the work that the passion would’ve done. So many of us have passions within us that the world shuns out and calls useless. Making your passion a reality creates a life that is characterized by joy. …
Fill Your Mind with Namara: What’s So Good About That?
Namara Lwansa is a young student from Tanzania whose speaking and writing talents have already started carving a leadership path for her in areas of Africa. The youngest Frontrunners League member is now the first African blogger in the new section of this magazine dedicated to African Influencers and Innovators. Fill Your Mind is Namara’s contribution in blog form, often accompanied by video interviews …
Feature: Saray Khumalo Climbs Peaks to Raise Education in South Africa
Saray Khumalo is a remarkable young woman mountaineer and adventurer who is on a mission to climb the world’s highest peaks in order to raise funds to build libraries and offer educational opportunities to areas of South African in need. She’s accomplishing that mission quite well, as the first black African woman to summit Mount Everest. That’s not the only …
Fill Your Mind With Namara: Human Trafficking Interview with Survivor Francisca Mbuli
Modern slavery: it exists, and that isn’t the only problem, a lot of us don’t know it…and that’s why I’m here. We will learn about it together. Now, many of us would be surprised by the fact that slavery still exists, especially after having an entire topic in our history classes dedicated to how it was abolished. But unfortunately, it …
After 2020 – A Poem By a Young African Influencer and Empowerment Advocate
Namara Lwansa is the youngest member of The Frontrunners League (global group of influencers, innovators, and advocates). An up-and-coming leader in Tanzania, Namara works hard at her studies and studies hard at what is becoming her “work.” Better said…her “impact.” Namara is the first young blogger to have her own spot here within Frontrunners Innovate. We hope you will encourage …
Dr. David Ajibade Uses Nutraceuticals to Effectively Treat Sickle Cell Anemia in Nigerian Youth
While in the United States sourcing funds for his government-approved study, Dr. David Ajibade, Executive Director of the Brain and Body Foundation of Nigeria, sat down for a conversation with Frontrunners Innovate Publisher, Mary Kurek, to talk about the study and how his work with nutraceuticals is impacting youth with sickle cell anemia. The study is an important first step …
Jolyne Jelimo on Developing Youth Leaders in Education Cohorts Around the Globe
Jolyne Jelimo is the country head and Vice President of Global Goodwill Ambassadors (GGA) for Kenya. Her rise to this leadership position shows you exactly where her values lie as a rising influencer in her country, especially when it comes to impacting education, economic development, and youth mindset. The latter is more important than you may think, especially, within the …
Dr. Osita Aniemeka, Champion for Entrepreneurship in Africa
“African Education System has surprising outcomes. The smartest students pass with 1st Class and get admission to medical & engineering schools. The 2nd Class Students get MBAs and LLBs to manage the First Class Students. The 3rd Class Students enter politics, and rule both 1st and 2nd Class Students. The failures join the Army and control politicians who, if they …