Monthly Archives: August 2015
Success Story from South Africa: Sinazo Didiza Advocates for Females’ Reproductive Health Rights
Sinazo “Qaqamba” Didiza was born to a teenage mother in September 1989 in Mthatha, a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Like many teenagers who give birth out of wedlock Sinazo’s mother was unable to raise a child and finish her studies. Nonetheless, she strongly encouraged Sinazo to get an education. Funds […]
Success Story from Sierra Leone: Dr. Sylvia Blyden, an Advocate for Women and Youths
Sylvia Olayinka Walmina Oreshola Blyden was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in October 1971 to a family of achievers. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Edward Wilmot Blyden, who is considered the “father of Pan-Africanism.” Her maternal grandfather is the politician Solomon A. J. Pratt, and her paternal grandfather is the late diplomat Edward Wilmot Blyden […]
Success Story from The Gambia: Alieu Jallow Supports Young Entrepreneurs
Alieu Jallow was born in Ker Ardo, in the North Bank of the Gambia in 1990. His childhood memories are of being a herdsman and of hardship, especially in years when the rains failed. Through his mother’s perseverance to obtain sufficient funds, Alieu was fortunate to be able to graduate from Masroor Senior Secondary School […]
Success Story from Tanzania: Amnah Ibuni’s Sure Steps School
Amnah Feisal-Amin Ibuni is a young Tanzanian woman who was born in 1987 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. When her father passed away when she was only eight years old she and her family moved back to Tanzania. Growing up in Zanzibar, Amnah was distressed when she witnessed many of her female friends drop out of […]
Success Story from Kenya: Kelvin Macharia, Young Entrepreneur
Kelvin “Kevo” Macharia Kuria was born in June 1990 in Nakuru, Kenya. As a student at Nakuru High School Kelvin was distressed by the ants, cockroaches, and flies that would make their way into his dorm room. He began to experiment with mixing extracts from shrubs that might deter the invaders and wound up inventing […]
african development successes 