She went from being Cross River State’s Most Beautiful Girl to grooming others to live their best lives!
One day I will be a best selling billionaire author, I will be on Forbes, I will be a New York Times Bestseller, my books will sell out on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, Okada Books etc.
I want to tell stories, make documentaries, and highlight issues
Put in the work! There are five million other people as hungry, as beautiful and as able as you. You have to do the work, put in the hours, hone your craft, find the thing that makes you unique and then practice that until you are the best you can possibly be.
Yasmine Ouirhrane’s fight for women & peace
Yasmine tells that, “as the daughter of an Italian mother and a father who immigrated to Italy, I’ve struggled all my life to be integrated and accepted. This award symbolises a milestone and a big step towards the integration of all young European citizens.”
Malawi, Tiwale and Ellen Chilemba! Cheers to the Love and Fire in her!
You might know her as Ellen Chilemba while others know her as DJ Chmba! But how can you miss this lady with fire on her head and in her soul? Red, fiery passion flows through Ellen and you can see this right from her red braided Mohawk, down to her cool dress sense. Ironically, though she has all the fire in her, on your first meeting with Ellen, she might appear to you as someone quiet, cool, calm and coordinated. But hey! Doesn’t a lioness always look that way? Feline, quiet and graceful until she rises to go for her kill! Then you can see all her strength and power! That’s Ellen for you too, constantly out growing past laurels and moving on to greater things. “Ellen has participated in the Global Changemakers Annual Youth Summits, Forbes 5 Creative Young Africans, Africa Rising, the Powell Exemplary Leaders, the Commonwealth Youth…
Is she too young to run an empire for women and children in Northern Nigeria? Definitely not Wadi Ben-Hirki
Wadi Ben-Hirki is the brilliant 22 year old founder of WB-H foundation, working in Northern Nigeria. She’s involved in policy influencing / development work. She’s currently a country representative for a Chatham House Project to Connect youths in Africa & Europe on policy issues.
What kind of Doctor sips Zobo while saving lives? Dr. Zobo?
Saving lives has got to be super cool! Dr Onyedikachi Chioma Nwakanma is also known as Dr. Zobo, an entreprising young woman who gives medical advise and saves lives through preventive medicine.
Do you think Chidinma Okoli can create a financially literate Africa?
Young Chidinma Okoli understands that if you don’t learn to bridle your expenses and learn to plan your budget at a young age, you might just end up killing yourself and your future wealth!
AJ Oti’s Suicide Note
“Memories of sunsets lingered on longer than I expected, longer than I wanted; Long enough to plant the same feeling from last December, the night confusion swept through the hairs on my skin. Cold or fear sinks in the same way such that when you’re hit by one, it leaves you with more questions as the other. Today, I sit indoors still reminiscing _ what could have gone wrong might have only been a matter of perspective, ha!… The lies I tell myself. I knew she was right all along. And I miss her, and I hate myself each time, for missing her more everyday. I hadn’t thought of preparing my heart for such emotional suicide. After all, I was the singular most immune human being to the aftermaths of emotional dead ends . I would never look back after a failed relationship, never! A year has passed now and…
The stories he tells using his movie posters will make you marvel
I remember calling over 30 movie producers and offering to do a free design for their project and also send some sample designs I had created, but none of them ever got back to me. Yes disappointed…
This Ethiopian woman might be leaving photographs for you and your next generation to continue changing the world
Martha Tadesse might be leaving photographs for you and your next generation to continue changing the world, from Ethiopia to the rest of Africa & beyond
He’s teaching in this community, creating smiles and shaping kids’ lives!
… Well, he didn’t just end his former job, he actually gave into his mission and walked straight into his purpose. Watching Henry Anumudu’s Instagram feed would make you yearn so deeply to become a teacher yourself, making kids smile and changing their lives. Meet Henry Anumudu, a graduate of Philosophy from the University of Ibadan and a Teach For Nigeria Fellow at Ebenezer African Christian Primary School, Itaoshin (Abeokuta North). Teach for Nigeria recruits Nigeria’s most promising future leaders from varied disciplines to teach in Nigeria’s underserved schools in low-income communities through a highly selective, two-year Fellowship. Having graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2014 with a degree in philosophy, Henry moved on to study Information Management System at the National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT), Abuja in 2015. By 2017 he already secured a job as a Communications and Media Liason for a media company in Abuja.…
Think you’ve got an issue? Blessing Sam of Teens’ Issues Africa has got your back!
The first person I shared my TV program idea with did not see the possibility, I was walked out of the first TV studio I went to start up presenting because I was not qualified, my first 3 recorded audios for radio were not aired because the producer said it wasn’t good enough for airing…