He is someone with so much passion in fulfilling the dreams of a digitalised Africa especially with the coming of the Africa Contintal Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA)
Wesley Ndiath is a Great African leader here in the diaspora in the USA. I run a Nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environment with a focus on Africa
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Wiselady marikhela is a founder and owner of nakie skincare ,the brand that celebrates individuality and diversity in beauty.nakie skincare products give women and girls a healthy alternative of clear and glowing skin.Their products are handmade for African skin .
More than an entrepreneur , standard bank walletwise mentor wiselady is passionate about a girl child.she has 40+ models that she is mentoring under face of nakie skincare,she teaches them about the power of breaking the silence of abuse,confidence , self-love and being comfortable in their own skin.This is an NPO that models join for free.lastly she is a nurse ,LLB student ,ECd practitioner.The reason I penned this I think she deserve the recognition and will encourage her to do even more ,to honour women is to honour who they are.Empower a women , empower a nation.
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SMMEs experience high customer churn and are constantly faced with legal scrutiny and the need to comply with data retention and privacy regulation. This put them under huge pressure on the bottom line and hampers their ability to focus on their growing business. SMMEs companies generate a tremendous volume of data through new customer signups, call logs, payments, etc. Thus, they deal with terabytes to petabytes of data on a daily basis.
Ishmael Alfred Charles is the co-founder and Lead campaigner of The Sick Pikin Project.
Ishmael Alfred Charles is a survivor of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war. Kidnapped during the war by the rebels at 14-years old, Charles witnessed terrible horrors but this did not defeat him and from this experience he “always wanted to be someone who will help his community rather than destroy it”. Completed his primary education at the St. Edwards Primary school and his secondary education at the Prince of Wales School then proceeded to FBC. Started his career in serving humanity by working for Network Movement for Justice and Development on the Economic Justice Program focusing on Campaign for ‘Just Mining’, then under the Youth Empowerment Program in the Mano River basin. He later moved to the Center for Coordination of Youth Activities where he worked as a Senior Program Assistant focusing on youth engagement and participation. Championed the review of the 2006 National Youth Policy, served as a crucial voice in the youth empowerment drive and attended the Young Leaders Summit in Oslo. He served as an Adviser to the Women’s Refugee Commission’s “Out of School Youth Initiative program”. During his tenure at both the Network Movement for Justice and Development and the Center for Coordination of Youth Activities, he passionately advocated for young people’s constructive engagement and participation in decision making processes and was a civil society youth representative at the ENCISS board. Currently He is Healey International Relief Foundation’s In-Country Program Manager in Sierra Leone working with Caritas-Freetown where he doubles as the Programs Manager. He manages and monitors all . He studied Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sierra Leone and earned a certificate in International Humanitarian Affairs from Fordham University New York. During the Ebola strike of 2014, Mr. Charles together with his boss Rev. Fr. Peter Konteh, Executive Director – Caritas Freetown, were invited by the U.S. Senate to testify at the Senate and address the US press on behalf of the humanitarian efforts in Sierra Leone. These passionate testimonies of Mr. Charles, one of our most selfless Philanthropists, accelerated the move by the U.S. Senate to reach a decision that saw the arrival of the U.S. Center for Disease Control CDC into all three Ebola stricken countries. When the country was hit by a twin shock of mudslide and flash floods, Ishmael Alfred Charles led the humanitarian efforts from the Caritas Freetown and partner’s angle in providing healthcare support, including basic clothing and wears and other necessities for victims/survivors. He has inspired so many people in Sierra Leone both young and old through his method of service and commitment while working with poor and needy people. He is a worthy figure to emulate as he is very influential in his own unique way. The spirit of humility and selflessness he demonstrates while executing his responsibilities passionately makes him an influential being as he does not wait for others to start, he always leads even if he has to carry things on his head, Mr. Charles will do, this has made many of his staff and others who are following him on TV, radio and social media to copy his method of services as he always say “he is serving humanity with dignity and passion”. In June 2018 he was awarded as one of the Most influential young people in Sierra Leone.
The Sick Pikin/Babies Donation project started as a one off activity with the sole aim to raise funds for baby Mustapha. A group of young people came together to champion the process. The team of Young people were drawn from various fields of work, a Clothing Designer, a Journalist, A humanitarian Aid Worker and the mother of baby Mustapha who was also a Development worker started to champion fund raising in January 2018 primarily to raise funds for baby Mustapha so that we can send him to India where his transplant was done. Baby Mustapha was suffering from Biliary Atresia and needed a liver transplant and his mother volunteered to be the donor.
The challenge was heavy they took almost 5 months trying to raise funds and with the intervention of the First Lady – Fatima Bio after they reached out to her to seek her intervention, she became willing and did a 2 minutes video which went viral and at the given time, we had already raised about $10,000 USD. Her video help moved many to donate including sport betting company Mercury international. This climaxed the campaign and they were able to raise the needed funds and Mustapha went for his surgery, which was successful and he returned.
The Lead Campaigner, Ishmael Alfred Charles, followed baby Mustapha to India and built relationship and partnership with the hospital which has yield a positive collaborative linkage. Upon his return to Sierra Leone, there came baby Marian and that was in June 2018. We reached out to Max Super Specialty Hospital in India where baby Mustapha’s surgery was done and they provided the Sick Pikin Project with almost 20% discount from $ 36,000 USD which was the transplant fee for baby Mustapha to $27,100 USD which is what was paid for baby Marian, baby Marian was also suffering from Biliary Artresia. It was a very difficult process to start again. The Sick Pikin Project raised awareness for almost 3 months without a single donation and after which we were able to start having funds coming in and almost after 6 months month Baby Marian was flown to India for her surgery. There was several challenges. But thankfully it happened and it was successful also.
During the same time when baby Marian’s campaign was still on, then came baby Mariama who was suffering from frontal Encephalocele and needed $ 10,000 USD to do her restoration surgery. They championed both cases, it took pretty long time but at the end we succeeded and baby Mariama was also sent to travel together with baby Marian and both surgeries were carried out and baby Mariama’s surgery was also successful.
After that case, they then saw that too many sick babies were coming up so they decided to set up an organization to standardize things and change from individual cases to collective organizational format. Master Carlos was the first child who benefited from the newly founded baby called Sick Babies Donation Project. And after the official process, the Foundation now have more new cases and the cases increases daily.
Nearly three quarters of the population of Sierra Leone struggle to get access to electricity. Jeremiah Thoronka created a device that harnesses the power of vibrations in bringing light to communities in Sierra Leone in energy poverty. Jeremiah Thoronka developed a more sustainable energy system. Thoronka’s energy solution was to invent a device that would provide people in his community with clean, affordable and reliable energy. Jeremiah Thoronka founded Optim Energy, an innovative start-up that uses kinetic energy – the energy objects have when in motion – to generate clean electricity, when he was 17 and studying at the African Leadership University in Rwanda. He developed a piezoelectric device that harnesses energy from heat, movement and pressure – all which occur naturally in the environment. When the device is placed under a road, in an area with a lot of traffic and passers-by, it absorbs the vibrations they create and uses them to generate an electric current. As nothing is being burned, no emissions are released in the process.
He's the winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Awards and also among the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders.
Dr David Moinina Sengeh is a Research Scientist at IBM Research Africa, Nairobi, Chief Innovation Officer at the Directorate of Science and Technology, Government of Sierra Leone and the current Minister of Basic Education in Sierra Leone. His research is at the intersection of applied analytics/machine learning and healthcare with a focus on Africa. He was born and raised in Sierra Leone, received his PhD at the MIT Media Lab, where his research in the Biomechatronics Group focused on the design of comfortable prosthetic sockets and wearable interfaces. This work was at the intersection of medical imaging, material science, human anatomy, computer-aided design and manufacturing.
David is on Forbes 30 Under 30 in Technology for 2013, a 2014 TED Fellow, on the Wired Smart List 2013, winner of the Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize, and won many other awards. He has been invited to give talks at institutions like the United Nations, corporate and academic organizations on topics related to education, youth innovation, prosthetics design and more
Kelvin Doe is a child prodigy born, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 26 October 1996. The youngest of five children of his parents, Doe comes from a small area in Freetown where a lack of electricity and water is common. Sometimes there is no electricity for weeks. At 10, he started collecting discarded devices, and scrap metal. He started creating something new from that garbage, and built transmitters and batteries from discarded pieces of scrap. He participated in GMin’s Innovate Salone idea competition and became a finalist; in which he built a generator from scrap metals.
He is famous for teaching himself engineering at the age of 13. When Doe became 15, he built a radio transmitter, three-channel mixer, and microphone receiver. It all helped him to create his community radio station in Sierra Leone. He names himself to the name “DJ Focus” where he used to broadcast news and play music.
In 2012 an educational YouTube channel THNKR captured his story in their video which attracted people’s attention. His story became viral in the whole world and then CNN, NBC News, and The Huffington Post covered his story. Seeing his story, David Sengeh who graduated from MIT helped him become one of the known African entrepreneurs. Kelvin won the top prize at Innovate Salone with his team.
He's a self-thought engineer who had so much passion of solving pressing problems in his country
He built a solar power tricycle for person with a disability for them to them to have a friendly environment
He also built a soundless generator that solves air pollution and electricity in his own country
He also built a solar car that would minimise air pollution and help save our planet.
The strides he has taken to enhance the work he does in the office and also save time for both him and his colleagues through the use of intricate coding and programming.
Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya and Tanganyika. Founder of the PLO Lumumba Foundation and a Consultant at Lumumba & Lumumba Advocates, Prof. PLO Lumumba is a Professor of Public Law, a holder of an LLD on the Law of the Sea from the University of Ghent, Belgium, LLM degree and LLB degree from the University of Nairobi. He has been trained on Humans Rights at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies University of London, UK, Humanitarian Law at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of the University of Lund, Sweden and on International Humanitarian Law in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya and Tanganyika and a Certified Mediator. He is a former Director of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), (Now Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)). He is the Founding Trustee of the African Institute for Leaders and Leadership (AILL). He currently practices Law with Lumumba and Lumumba Advocates and coordinates activities under the aegis of the PLO Lumumba Foundation to which he is the founder.
Demba Babaly Ndiath is a Senegalese senior banker and CEO of a rental website called dalakjamm.com.
Demba Babaly Ndiath recently launched dalakjamm.com, an African based rental platform where tourists and visitors to the African continent can book, rent, and buy apartments in Africa. The rental platform named DAL AK JAMM means ‘Calm and Peace’ in Wolof, a Senegalese language. If both words are combined it means Welcome.
The goal of this platform is to help Africans and anybody who visits Africa to find a rental property for a long or short term stay in the continent. In addition to that, Demba Babaly Ndiath wants people to book their rentals and pay with their local digital wallet whether it’s Orange money, MTN money, WARI, etc. because a lot of people don’t have a bank account in Africa.
The platform does not only limit itself to linking renters and homeowners, but it aims to promote African hospitality. DAL AK JAMM thrives to have people who share the company's values joining their community.
Vusi Thembekwayo is amongst the most accomplished authors having sold over 50,000 copies of his various books. His debut book, The Magna Carta of Exponentiality sold 6,000 copies in a single day on debut in Barcelona, Spain and is counted as amongst the rare literary collectables by an African author.
I have been advocating for women and mostly plus size women. My main aim has been motivating and grooming teenage plus size girls by building their confidence and giving them back their voices in our society despite all the pressures surrounding beauty.
Tejan Kamara is a dedicated and committed Cooperative, Academic, Developmental and Entrepreneurial Leader that has impacted the lives of many youth in Sierra Leone. It's as a result of his selfless contribution towards the lives of people that motivated me to nominate him for this award.
Nourane Moluh Hassana Epse Fotsing, also known as Nourane Foster (born December 11, 1987 in Cairo), is a Cameroonian politician and entrepreneur, member of the Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation (PCRN) in the National Assembly since March 2020. She is the founder of the Nourishka brand and heads the companies Nourishka Hair, Nourishka Cosmetics and Nourishka Hôtel.
Abu Bakarr Jalloh is a writer, editor, and storyteller. He is the founder of the online news media website www.theafricandream.info followed by thousands of people on Facebook and viewed in more than 100 countries in the world. Recently, The African dream was featured in Feedspot in the top 30 news media websites on the web. A great achievement. He was born in Bo, Southern Sierra Leone. Started his primary school at the Bo District Educational Council Primary School, Abu Bakarr Jalloh was the top pupil from primary one to three. In 2005, his family relocated to the capital Freetown where he furthered his primary education at the Holy Trinity Primary School, Kissy Road. Abu Bakarr Jalloh became a force to reckon with throughout his primary 4-6 at the Holy Trinity Primary School. In 2008/2009, he enrolled at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Junior Secondary School where he started his JSS 1-3 and went on to top the list of the best student in the 2011 Basic Education Certificate Examination and also 7th best student in the whole of Port Loko District.
In 2011/2012 he attended the Government Municipal Senior Secondary School where he attained his West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in 2015. Abu Bakarr Jalloh is now a student of the Njala University, Njala Campus pursuing a degree in Bsc Agricultural Economics.
He is also keen on highlighting national and international issues affecting Sierra Leoneans.
Arnold is such an inspiring and innovative kind of person I have ever met in my life time. I could remember when I usually have discussion with me. one of the things he always say to me is that, for who so ever that enter for engineering must not only limit himself to the principle but the practical, he said this base on what he has taking note of in our country. engineers only seek principle and not practical. and this has not go down well with Arnold, he stand out to make a difference by applying himself practically to solve the problem we are facing, Using his unique innovative skill in both Technology and Clean and affordable renewable energy. And this has been a great motivation to me and many other student around his, it has been a great motivational personality.
Alhaji Siraj Bah is a 21-year-old years old Sierra Leonean social entrepreneur. He is the first ever Sierra Leonean to be part of the UN Young Champion of the earth award regional finalist (Africa). Alhaji Siraj Bah is a social entrepreneur and the CEO of 'Rugsal Group of Companies' from Kono District, Eastern province of Sierra Leone. He is one of few young Sierra Leoneans that have made positive impact and changes in the society and the lives of others. In the year 2017 at the age of 17 years, he was with $20 only in his pocket and then started his paper bag company and a few months later he expanded into charcoal briquettes which are produced from coconut waste. As of date he runs an environmentally friendly company which is passionate about promoting environmental sustainability in Africa, that was initially started 21 months ago with just $20 in hand and now it employs more than 80 people directly and indirectly
The company has produced more than 250,000 biodegradable paper bags which will reduce the use of harmful plastic bags. And have also produced more than 120 tons of charcoal briquettes from coconut waste which are affordable smokeless and last longer than normal charcoal -- which he says has saved more than 15,000 trees. He is not only trying to promote environmental sustainability in Africa but also trying to combat unemployment as the company currently employs over 80 people. His company is now worth over USD$ 250,000
David During this final year at Fourah Bay College, he developed a flood plain for Regent Lumley channel following the August 14, 2017 mudslide incidence that lid to death to 1000 people, the project was finally recognised and won the first ever year Engineering competition(INFRACON 2019). He is a winner of the inaugural National Debate on the theme " Migration and the right of Migrants" organised by the West Africa Youth Network in Colaboration with NaLDA.
David Co- founded the Africa Green Foundation an Environmental non-Profit organisation based in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Former Volunteer and Data Collector on the world Bank Urban Resilence and Transportation Project Project. He was the lead presenter in the team of seven students from Sierra leone in the Understanding Risk 2019 conference in Abijan Ivory Coast.
David is a great leader and young technocrat, whose impact in the society has been widely reached.
Meet Alhassan Kuyateh.
A final year (honours 2) Mechanical and Maintenance engineering student at Fourah Bay College University of Sierra Leone (FBC-USL).
In 2020 when covid-19 stroked, He was the assistant lead of 8 students to invent Leone Vent (the very first locally made mechanical ventilator in Sierra Leone). This invention was acknowledged by the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Deputy Vice Chancellors and other stakeholders in the country.
He is the cofounder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Leotech Sierra Leone Limited. LeoTECH offers a 3 months certificate in Engineering software training. AutoCAD, Revit Architecture, Python programming, Chief Architect software, Land survey plotting and mapping, etc are some of the programs they offer.
He is the tutor for AutoCAD and Revit Architecture, with 6 years experience in these softwares he has completed several satisfying mechanical as well as Architectural designs for his clients. This idea brought about to bridge the gap that engineering students graduate from the faculty with no software skills.
He did his internship at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) were he did a research on the efficiency use and disposal of lead-acid accumulators used in there mini grids in the production of electricity in the rural communities. He also did an internship with the Sierra Leone Institute of Engineers (SLIE) where he did a research on the fabrication, installations and effective operation of the water chaos of water4ever company.
He is also the present Auditor General of Sierra Leone Young Generation in Nuclear (SLYGN).
In early 2005, Alemu founded soleRebels to provide ecologically and economically sustainable jobs for her community. Seeing that many skilled artisans in her small community in Zenebework were living with chronic unemployment, she wanted to showcase their skill and offer work to those in her community.
She’s among the young Sierra Leoneans that strive to make an impact in society. She’s just 21 years old but she has made a mark by impacting the lives of many young Sierra Leoneans. Fatmata Binta is a public speaking coach, philanthropist and a student Leader. She’s among the females that most girls considers as a mentor.
I am nominating him because his inventions and innovations are remarkable and transforming the lives of ordinary Sierra Leoneans living below $1 a day. He is a huge potential in building a better Africa
Chernor is a writer and motivational speaker who has been using his skill (s) to maximise the welfare of Youths, Women, teenage girls and fellow students, and he has also been motivating many younger folks to believe in themselves; he believes that the youthful population in his country should take the centre stage of the country’s body politics to effect change.
In an effort to promote youth participation and enable young people to take on leadership responsibility to solving existing problems in their communities, Ibrahim created the Every Youth Academy, a Whatsapp based Academy that offers free leadership training and mentorship programs to young people from different communities within Africa
Amb.Abbas Ahmed Abbas
he's a peace, human rights and humanitarian advocate and
country director at International Youth Society for Sustainable Development (IYSSD). Senior member at guardians of AfroArab leadership & international ambassador for World literary forum for peace and human rights. African Ambassador at iDixcover opportunities, delegate representative and country envoy peacX,head of representative mission in Somalia at world peace Committee, executive committee African council of organizations. country coordinator African young leaders for global health, peace ambassador global peace advocacy and empowerment initiative, international model United Nations, also country director United Youth for sustainable globe,global youth assembly and global peace advocacy and empowerment initiative, he's a member at different international organizations such as intercontinental youth connect,mission global peace association, international organization of UN volunteer,Diplomatic time,world federation against drugs, and International social hearing and human rights council, activist international human rights commission,On compus director Hult prize foundation,ambassador of federal republic of Somalia on behalf of world prosperity organization, peace ambassador global peace chain and Somali representative international frontiers for peace and UN humanitarian organization,
Other jobs he has held include
The government of Somaliland has been working in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism for almost seven years as well as civil society organizations where he also been involved in a number of projects such as SEED (Sustainable for Economic and Employment Development) implemented by save the children international and WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) contractor also implemented by Save the children and EGEP (Education Girls End Poverty) led by relief international and implemented by ADRA(Adventist relief agency).Psycho social support, GBV Social worker & enumerator in Somali context funded by UNICEF European Union implemented by CRG also he's SDG campaigner and member UN ECOSOC.
She obtained her PhD in meteorology before the age of 30.
She is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Limpopo.
Shes such an amazing motivation for young females, and her students and peers loves her.
Please see the supporting link:
There was a big talk about her!
https://briefly.co.za/100736-phd-before-30-stunner-celebrates-bagging-doctorate-inspirational-post.html
Dr. Komoda, a former elected youth counselor, is also a women’s empowerment advocate. She demonstrated this by effectively leading multiple entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility projects in Nigeria, Ghana, and many more African countries. In addition, she has an exceptional track record in her 14 years of professional corporate experience promoting the health and wellness industry in the community, has won several international leadership and entrepreneurship awards, and has paved the way for substantial business opportunities and personal development
of her mentees.
• Winner - Ghana Business Standard Awards 2021 for “OUTSTANDING BUSINESS
LEADER OF THE YEAR” (Wellness)
• Winner - The Entrepreneur Africa Awards 2021 for “Corporate Social Responsibility”
• Featured in The Entrepreneur Africa Magazine for “UNCONVENTIONAL
ENTREPRENEURS 2021”
• Winner – AFRICA DUBAI Business Summit & International Honors for “AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE: ENTERPRISE AND LEADERSHIP”
• Academic Honor – DBA, Doctor of Business Administration from American Heritage University of Southern California. Awarded for outstanding contributions to society and contributions to my business management expertise.
People like Mr. Kebe are worth recognizing due to his immense contribution to changing the mindset of young African, he is really a great mentor in the youth space. I gladly nominated him for him to know that his work is not going unnoticed and that we as mentees really appreciate what he does.
The latest Millionaire in Zambia and the Youngest as of 22 September 2021 He now owns a Company worth $2 million dollars built from him innovation and contracts
Arnold Nyendwa is an entrepreneur and inventor who pioneered the first stainless steel stove in Africa. Inspired by personal and family experience in Zambia, the invention aims to reduce the adverse effects of charcoal and wood stoves and addresses the lack of electricity supply in a cost-effective manner. Arnold's invention has won him multiple awards all over the world. Based in Lusaka, Zambia, Arnold is the CEO and Co-founder of Venturas Jumpstart.
When he was just 18 years old, Arnold Nyendwa wanted to help his family cope with a nationwide electricity crisis that resulted in months of rotational load shedding. Using scrap metal sheets from an abandoned school locker, Arnold built a device that would become Africa's first stainless steel stove, capable of using LP gas, electricity and solid fuel. The stove is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled with just 12 bolts. In this talk, Arnold explains how his invention was possible and why other young people in Africa can do the same.
Arnold is a Globally recognized and Multi Award winning Zambian Inventor and Entrepreneur. He is the Founder/CEO; Venturus Jumpstart Ltd, a Stainless Steel Tech company.
Arnold invented the first Stainless Steel Stove in Africa and it uses electricity, gas and solid fuel (3 in one). He holds a Bachelor's in Developmental Studies. He has received many Award nominations
among them, the Africa Genius Awards 2021 finalist alongside Aliko Dangote (World richest black man). Other awards won the Black impact awards in UK for Black innovator 2021 featured on shows such as TEDx, Voice of America TV Africa 54 and Straight talk Africa.
When Arnold was 18years old, he invented the Juvin Brazier, a name derived from his parents
names; Justina & Vincent. The Brazier was unique having 7 functions; braii, warm , fry, roast, bake, dry and cook food. This invention first started as a JETS Project while he was a pupil at Chizongwe Technical Secondary School. He came out first in Eastern Province and 2nd at National Level. This was at a time when Zambia was experiencing rampant load-shedding.
From a young age Arnold had vowed never to seek for employment and the Juvin Brazier became his business focus after completing Secondary School. His breakthrough came when he was given a free exhibition opportunity durring the Copperbelt Agriculture and Commercial Show in Kitwe. Here he had the privilege of showcasing his invention to His Excellence, President Edgar Lungu. This opened many corporate and international doors for him. He was later invited to attend the World Youth Conference among other invitations.
Arnold's invention kept evolving and established him as an Entrepreneur. He later Founded a company called, Venturas Jumpstart and his braizer invention was now upgraded to a Stove.
Africa's first Stainless Steel Stove.
This was through a partnership with Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association. His company manufactures the stoves and they are sold to suppliers. The future plan is to build Stove Assembling Plants in different countries which will later create employment.
This stove avoids the high exposure to respiratory diseases like Asthma through the use of charcoal and fire wood. It has been observed that cooking using fire wood is as good as direct smoking.
Other extra inventions by Arnold are; washable mattress and also a pillow that can be easily dry cleaned without washing.
Arnold's invention and genius mind has not gone unnoticed, he is a recipient of multiple local and international Awards and nominations. From a Juvin braizer to a Stainless Steel Stove; this is the
best example that a genius idea is like a mustard seed.
Other inventions are one Gas burner stove.
-Two Gas burner stove.
- Three Gas burner stove.
- 4 Three gas and + 1
Awards won
(1)AFRICA FOCUS AWARDS best innovative company 2021 NIGERIA
(2) 30 under 30 future of Zambia scienceand Technology
(3) C.E.O Today Africa magazine Award 2021 leadership,visionary and innovative award
United kingdom
(4) Black impact awards in UK 2021
(5) African Genius Awards south Africa finalist 2021
(6) International stainless steel awards 2018
(7)Most Resilient Youth award in zambia citi Bank 2020
(8) Global Student Enteprenurship Awards 2020
(9) Mwape peer awards Outstanding Entrepreneur 2020
(10) Humanitarian awards 2021 idea foundation Cananda 2021
Awards are many till 15 a few i can remember
Below are a few links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91btqNBoco
https://youtu.be/s0uX1pEWxR0
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3938009952955276&id=790613017695001&sfnsn=mo
https://eyegambia.org/meet-the-award-winning-23-year-old-zambian-who-is-inventing-stainless-steel-stoves-in-africa/
https://gsea.org/finalists/arnold-nyendwa/
https://the-african-dream.com/2021/01/11/meet-23-year-old-arnold-nyendwa-founder-of-the-first-stainless-steel-stove-in-africa/
https://sassda.co.za/sassda-provides-vital-springboard-to-zambian-stainless-entrepreneur/
The nominee has changed a school in one year working there. Opened a community club and created a positive environment between parents and teachers. Has sponsored orphans with pre-loved items within during covid-19.
Jessica is the founder and driving force behind the successful International Human Rights NPO. She empowers our team and civil society to be human rights defenders in their communities. On a daily, she inspires people and especially the African child ( who are the beneficiaries of our organisation) to tap into their true potential and provides them with the skills to recognize that they are worthy and can achieve their dreams through hard work, respect and perseverance.
She upholds the spirit of Ubuntu within our organisation and under-served communities, which is a very important African value to the African continent and she does that through her ethos and deserves to be recognized for it!
Anesh has taken it upon himself to to both upskill and mentor both under and post-graduates. He has done so by hosting various career readiness workshops in which educates the youth on skills and pieces of information that help future-proof them. The workshops make use of a new method of presenting information as a resource in the hopes of creating and maintaining engagement over a sustained period,. He has covered topics and facilitated skill-building in areas such as:
- critical-thinking
- effective decision-making
- automation and process improvement
- business intelligence
- career readiness
All session hosted have been made free of charge so as to empower those who may not have access to resources to help them build those skillsets.
Hamilton has been a Math Tutor longer than I have been alive. He has a great passion for tutoring mathematics and desires to become a qualified mathematics educator and mathematician one day.
This recognition would propel Hamilton's dream of becoming a qualified mathematics educator and mathematician into a reality.
Djibril Guisse is the Co-founder and vocal lead of the Guisse Brothers group. With his amazing voice he was able to lead one of the greatest acoustic group in Senegal and in Africa. Djibril's song focus on African unity, promote the fight against apartheid and talk about the beauty of the African continent
Symbion Yawe is a SELF-aware, conscious and innovative individual who is initiating a rediscovered (new) system to place Africa onto a course that elevates the continent from Her position as the bottom follower of the world within a ‘pre-set,’ global-enterprise framework to that of the top-global-guide and into Her awaiting destiny as a purposed land of Origins. Africa (Origin’A’Land) has offered so much (and can offer much MORE) to the world, and the best reward the world can, deservedly, offer to Africa is to grant the ‘Mama’land’ Her last and only wish of SELF-identification; instead of just loans, arms, donations and markets, etc., while Her ‘Soul’ (Ubuntu) is eternally drained. Symbion Yawe believes that only the power of human-kind –Africans (Origin’A’Lites), as opposed to machine-kind (sentient botic-beings), can ‘save’ Africa as a ‘Souled’ and not a sold-out land. Symbion has dedicated his life towards this SELF-initiated African cause. It is His ONE-Dream that Africa will arise from its Rugs to reach Her purposed Destiny.
Olabanke has been able to upcycle more than 2500+ tyres and sensitize millions of people via social media and other media channels in 3 years since founding Cyrus45 Factory.
Nominating a great achiever, a well written poet , someone that began tertiary education at 15 and graduated with a Bachelor’s Business in Human Resources Management. Incredible creative talent (singer and rapper). A true force to reckon with.
Runcie C.W. Chidebe is one of the leading voices advocacy for better cancer control in Africa, he has been doing some measurable work in cancer advocacy, prevention, access to treatment for Africans and control of cancer in Africa. If awarded, I believe that he will inspire other young Africans across the world to lead advocacies in their communities. Please find below my work and that of his organization.
1. The Organization
Runcie C.W. Chidebe founded Project PINK BLUE – Health & Psychological Trust Centrein 2013. He has been leading the organization to change way African think about cancer, reaching over 25million of people through our awareness and advocacy projects, training for 185 doctors and nurses, 950 volunteers and have implemented over 50 funded projects for the past 6years (www.projectpinkblue.org ).
2. Mobilizing Women to Lead Advocacy for Cancer Control
In Nigeria, people rarely believe that Nigerians survive cancer. In 2017, he founded Abuja Breast Cancer Support Group (ABC-SG), the first breast cancer support group in Abuja, bringing women living with breast, cervical and womb cancer together to connect, share their stories, interact, and advocate for better cancer care in Nigeria. In 2019, we founded Network of People Impacted by Cancer in Nigeria (NPICIN), as a national umbrella to advocate for cancer patients in Nigeria. He believes that it is injustice to see women dying in pain because they cannot afford to buy morphine, a pain drug which is less than $20 because of poverty. On this premise, he led his nonprofit to launched Show Love: a music & comedy show to raise funds for people impacted by cancer (http://bit.ly/ShowLove2018). We raised over N6million ($17,000) in 2018 and raised over N30million ($82,000) in previous years to support cancer patients and cancer care in Nigeria. To bring human face to cancer, we hosted an amazing flash mob with cancer patients; ( Please click here to learn more: http://bit.ly/CancerSurvivorsFlashMob2017b , http://bit.ly/CancerSurvivorsFlashMob2017a , http://bit.ly/PinkSundayLagos2017 , http://bit.ly/ComfortOnGuardianUK , http://bit.ly/PatientNavigationTrainingInNigeria ). In 2016/2017, largely through his efforts, he got the Nigeria National Assembly to pass the bill to establish the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment and got President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the bill into law in December 2017.
3. Supporting Women Psychological Wellbeing
Art Therapy for Women Living with Breast Cancer: to provide psychological care for women battling with cancer, he partnered with U.S. Embassy, to organize Art Therapy to get cancer patients to draw and engage in therapy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v82EU6N8uMw).
4. Awareness & Prevention
Every year, he leads Project PINK BLUE to hosts advocacy and policy activism across Nigeria to demand for better care for women battling with cancer patients and awareness creation across the country. He have been hosting World Cancer Day since 2015, mobilizing over 3,000 citizens to speak out, organize and take action against cancer in Abuja through walk: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci1lC0mioto , http://bit.ly/WorldCancerDay2018Walk , http://bit.ly/WorldCancerDayWalk2017 , http://bit.ly/WorldCancerDay2016Walk , http://bit.ly/WorldCancerDayWalk2015 ). He mobilize over 2,000 people every year to walk during Pink October (http://bit.ly/PinkOctoberWalk2017 ).
5. Metastatic Breast Cancer Advocacy
Over 70% of women diagnosed with cancer in Nigeria present at stage III or IV due to a lack of awareness of the disease, and a limited number of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients can subsequently access treatment and palliative care. In 2015, he lead his team to start secure a $59,000 grant from Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to start the Breast Cancer Patient Navigation & Palliative Programme (BCNPP), a programme focused on training nurses on patient navigation and palliative care for MBC patients. Through this project, he led his team to train 34 nurses on patient navigation and palliative ( https://ng.usembassy.gov/u-s-fulbright-specialist-trains-34-nigerian-nurses-cancer-patient-care/ )
He also established the first patient navigation in Nigeria in 2015, as at today, patient navigation exists in Lagos, Enugu, Oyo, Kebbi, and Niger states (https://www.uicc.org/case-studies/establishing-navigation-and-palliative-care-services-metastatic-breast-cancer-patients ).
6. The Champion: The Struggle of Women with Cancer in Nigeria
To increase awareness on the need to support women battling with cancer in Nigeria, Chidebe, directed a documentary known as “The Champion”. The Champions is the real-life story of three African women who had breast cancer - Comfort was diagnosed of HER2 positive stage II breast cancer, painfully she could not raise the N15m that she needed for her treatment on time; her breast cancer progressed from stage II to stage IV, the breast cancer spread to her brain and lungs. While, Gift was diagnosed of breast cancer and she was pregnant, she needed to choose between her pregnancy or her own life. Mama Nnenne came with hope. Preview of the Documentary: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YdDFHP1GIzfC8hjf4GnqKWqTDyEkE65t/view
7. Supporting Women Battling with Cancer to Learn Advocacy
In 2019, he secured funding to support two breast cancer patients to travel to Lisbon, Portugal to attend the 5th Advanced Breast Cancer Conference.
8. Global Collaboration
A. He is a Member, Metastatic Breast Cancer Global Peer Navigation Programme Steering Committee by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. He is the only African on this steering committee focused on designing, developing and disseminating peer navigation support to women living with metastatic breast cancer. He has provided training for women cancer groups in Split, Serbia and other countries.
B. American Cancer Society (ACS) BEACON Initiative Patient Navigation Toolkit Advisory Committee: He is also a member of the American Cancer Society committee for patient navigation, providing advisory support to the ACS in Africa.
9. Inequity in Cancer Control in Africa
In May 2019 when he was invited by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to Chicago for the 2019 ASCO Meeting, Chidebe made a very strong advocacy point at one of the panels and also put his position in the ASCO testimonial. He said: “a cervical cancer patient in Dallas, Texas is same as a woman living with cancer in Lisbon, Portugal and same as a cervical cancer patient in Lagos, Nigeria. The only difference is access to care. We all gathered and discussed extensively on diverse clinical work to improve better care for ‘every patient’ globally, however, I still see so many patients not having access to this care. I see thousands of patients living in Africa not having access to this great world wonders. I have seen tens of people die of the same cancer that other patients have survived in other part of the world. My dear friend Kay has been living with metastatic breast cancer for the past 7 years and she is doing great, if not even stronger than some people without cancer. In 2017, when I first met with Kay at Advanced Breast Cancer Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Kay said that her greatest fear was if she would be able to see her beautiful daughter graduate from college. As a result of access to better care, Kay has seen her graduate and will still be here to see many great achievements of her daughter. There are many Kay in sub-Saharan Africa, who hoped for another chance in life, but never had one. There are many Sharon whom sold their land, houses and other valued properties to get a second chance to see their daughters and sons graduate, but never did. All because of not having access to care. In 2017, Project PINK BLUE raised over N11,000,000 ($30,000) in funds and drug support for Comfort Oyayi Daniel a HER2 positive breast cancer, but, we lost her in 2018. I may be wrong but, I think if she was living in United States or Europe, she may possibly still be alive till today. The global inequity to cancer care is a human right issue and we must decide to make it a happen”. His assertion was shocking to many delegates and it generated essentially conversations around access to care globally especially in Africa and other low-and-medium-income-countries (LMICs) like Nigeria.
Runcie is a classic example of advocacy/campaign and should be encouraged to do more for Africa.
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