Her Excellency, Princess Tshepi Motloung is a cultural leader in South Africa who builds sustainable pathways for women’s empowerment and community development using her extraordinary communications and project-building skills. Princess Motloung, who is also the founder of the Future Lift Foundation, involves herself in many youths and women’s education and training organizations globally. She shares her story of …
Maha Jouini Opens Pathways to AI and Digital Tech for African Women
Maha Jouini is an AI expert and passionate advocate for women interested in working in technology and developing digital skills. Her challenging journey from Tunisia to Mauritania to founding the African Center for AI and Digital Technology is filled with hard-won points for women like herself. She shares her story and her passionate plea for women everywhere to stand …
Dr Osita Aniemeka Shares Event Details of the Youthgether Global Second Anniversary Celebration
Youthgether Global (a youth development organization) chaired by Dr. Osita Aniemeka, Chancellor of the Sub Saharan Open University, Nigeria, talks with Frontrunners Innovate Producer and Host, Mary Kurek, about the August 12, 2022 event celebrating Youthgether’s second anniversary and the UN International Youth Day. Dr. Aniemeka shares details of the agenda and speakers that will be on the roster for …
Angela Unufe-Kennedy Takes Innovative Solutions to the Source of Impact
Dr. Angela Unufe-Kennedy is the Founder of the Migrant & Minority Disability Network Europe and the CEO of MENÀ Humanitarian and Healthcare Awareness Foundation (AFRICA). She is a leader in creating and facilitating innovative solutions where she sees the gaps to be filled. Relentless in her pursuit of solving communications issues between migrants and health professionals, she started an …
Chukwuemeka Orukwowu Delivers New Global Platform for Youth Opportunities
Click here for Audio Podcast Chukwuemeka Orukwowu is a young leader in Africa who is using his talents to help other youth around the world find their path and create sustainable success. As the founder of Audacious Agenda Youth Network, Chukwuemeka realized as he was growing into his own role in society that it was quite challenging knowing …
Geofrey Julius is Creating a Competitive Education and Entrepreneurship Environment in Tanzania
Geofrey Julius is a young entrepreneur and dedicated solution provider when it comes to education that brings the best opportunities to youth. As the Chairman and CEO of ICESA-AFRICA headquartered in Tanzania, Geofrey Julius aims to build leaders with skills and experiences that matter in upper-level business settings. Through a combination of training, conference events, and programs, ICESA-AFRICA is bringing …
Olusiji Aina is a Development Economist Working to Improve Financial Inclusion and Sustainability
Ambassador Olusiji Aina has a collective string of years in finance, energy, and economic development that puts him at the top of governing leaders’ list for go-to on anything that touches the economy in Nigeria. As a Board Member of the US-Africa Trade Council, Co-Chair of the Kogi State Economic Advisory Council, and the founder of Optiss Ventures, an agribusiness …
Bill Shevlin Creates Impact By Closing Gaps in the Renewable Energy Space
Bill Shevlin is the CEO of Mavericks Microgrids (and the founder of newly launched Net Zero Beyond) with an aim at filling gaps and solving issues that are inherent in new energy technologies. In so doing, he’s created turnkey systems and packaged energy tech in a way that is more user-friendly. He’s also been partnering with companion technologies that create …
Kemisola Bolarinwa is Paving the Way for African Women in Tech by Innovating in Women’s Health
Kemisola Bolarinwa is a Nigerian bundle of female fire. She’s passionate and excited about using tech to innovate for impact and she’s started with a wearable to help detect breast cancer. She’s taken her own family experience and knowledge of the pain and death caused by this cancer and moved it into the lab where she has put her skills …
Omar Bah is a Former African Refugee Running for the US Congress on a Platform of Humanitarianism
Omar Bah lives in Rhode Island and is the Founder of the Refugee Dream Center, a place of resources and opportunities offering a hand up as opposed to a handout. Omar is also a former journalist who endured captivity and torture before escaping from his homeland in Africa. Now, an accomplished trauma counselor, author, and a visible advocate for creating …