Monthly Archives: October 2015
Success Story from Togo: Nadege Afoutou’s Civic Leadership
Nadege Afoutou was born in 1990 in Kpalime, a beautiful town in southern Togo. She spent her early childhood in different rural areas in Togo because her mother was a midwife and civil servant and needed to move frequently for her work. At the age of six, Nadege and her family settled in Lomé, the […]
Success Story from Guinea: Mamoudou Nagnalen Barry, Empowering Future Generations through Education
SPECIAL BONUS POST in honor of October marking one year of African Development Successes. Mamoudou Nagnalen Barry was born in Kankan, Guinea in September of 1985. Barry, as his friends and family call him, was a middle child in a family of 20. With such a large family and very low incomes, it was a […]
Success Story from Tanzania: Allen Kimbelwa is Empowering Young Leaders
Allen Ezekiel Kimbelwa was born in September 1986 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He grew up with his parents, two brothers, and two sisters. Allen attended Mtendeni Primary School and completed his secondary school studies at Loyola High School in Dar. While in high school, Allen met an amazing teacher from India, Mr. Faizan, who […]
Success Story from the Gambia: Momodou Bah, a Local Politician who Cares
Momodou “Inkeh” Bah was born in Sintet Village in the west coast region of the Gambia on the 24th of October 1984. He was raised on his parents’ farm. He attended St. John Bosco’s Primary School in Sintet from 1990 to 1996, Kalagi Junior Secondary School from 1996 to 1999, and Kinderdorff Bottrop High School […]
Success Story from Zambia: Stella Mutale Sata Supports Future Leaders
SPECIAL BONUS POST in honor of October marking one year of African Development Successes. Stella Mutale Sata was born on Valentine’s Day in Lusaka, Zambia in 1994. She is the daughter of His Excellency Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, who served as the fifth President of Zambia from September 2011 until his death at the age […]
Success Story from Sierra Leone: Aruna Kallon Promotes Human Rights, Judicial Accountability, and Good Governance
Aruna Kallon was born in southeastern Sierra Leone in 1985 to modest and loving parents, Theresa Hawa Kallon and Maada John Aruna Kallon. The fourth of six children, he grew up in Kenema, Sierra Leone’s third largest city, where his father lived for most of his life and until he passed away in 2006. Aruna […]
Success Story from Namibia: Heinrich Hafeni’s Social Entrepreneurship
Heinrich Hafeni Nghidipaya was born 33 years ago in Swakopmund, just north of the city of Walvis Bay, Namibia. The first born of five children, he was raised by his single mother, a domestic worker, and his grandmother. As Heinrich grew up he became increasingly impressed and inspired by his mother. Although she had little […]
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