?? Celebrating African Innovation: 2024 Echoing Green Fellows ??

We are proud to highlight the outstanding African innovators selected as 2024 Echoing Green Fellows! These visionaries are driving transformative change across the continent:

Abubakar Mumbu Idris (Nigeria) - Founder of Tech for Inclusion

Abubakar is expanding tech education and career opportunities for the deaf community in Nigeria by establishing a hybrid model tech school and a tailored online platform.

Akonkwa Mubagwa (Africa) - CEO and Co-Founder of Winko Solar, Inc.

Akonkwa is connecting and powering Africa's next generation by providing complete off-grid solar power and internet connectivity solutions for healthcare, education, and commercial facilities.

Amisa Rashid (Kenya) - Founder and Executive Director of Nivishe Foundation

Amisa is improving mental health outcomes for marginalized youth in Africa by expanding mental health services, community-based mental health support, and health education in local languages.

Ashu Martha Egbe (Cameroon) - Founder and Executive Director of For Mom and Baby Foundation

Ashu is reducing maternal and infant mortality rates for women and babies in Cameroon by increasing access to quality healthcare in underserved areas.

Barnabas Nomo (Ghana) - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Goliath Robotics

Barnabas is improving independence and quality of life for wheelchair users in Ghana by creating affordable assistive mobility devices tailored to local context.

Brendah Nantongo (Uganda) - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Veathari Ventures

Brendah is fostering financial independence, business growth, and real estate ownership for African women by offering targeted mortgage loans and savings and credit co-operatives.

Dr. Esperance Luvindao (Namibia) - Founder and National Director of One Step At A Time

Esperance is increasing access to quality sexual and reproductive health education for African women by creating animations in native languages and digitizing access to prescribed medication in semi-rural areas.

Esther Kimani (Kenya) - Founder of Farmer Lifeline Technologies

Esther is improving food security and climate resilience in underserved farming communities across the Global South by delivering transformational AI technology for early prediction and detection of crop pests and diseases.

Ida Solitoke (Togo) - Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Baobaby

Ida is ending hunger for babies in rural Togo and across Africa by producing and distributing affordable, nutritious baby formulas made from local vegetables grown by female farmers.

Ifeoma Uddoh (Nigeria) - Founder of Shecluded

Ifeoma is powering economic prosperity for women-owned and women-led micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria by providing simplified access to credit, market opportunities, and business support.

Jessica T. Ilunga (Democratic Republic of the Congo) - Founder and Executive Director of Ius Stella International

Jessica is restoring the freedom and dignity of victims of unlawful and arbitrary detention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by providing legal aid and people-centered rehabilitation services.

Juliana Busasi (Tanzania) - Founder and Executive Director of Tanzania Health and Medical Education Foundation (TAHMEF)

Juliana is improving health outcomes for Tanzanians by offering digital healthcare services that expand equitable access, including a telemedicine platform.

Lea Kilenga Bey Masamo (Kenya) - Founder and Executive Director of Africa Sickle Cell Organisation

Lea is improving the survival and well-being for individuals with sickle cell disease in rural Kenya by increasing access to high quality, affordable care in local communities.

Lina Getachew Ayenew (Ethiopia) - Founder of Education for Ethiopia

Lina is improving STEM learning outcomes for Ethiopian students by providing tailored digital learning resources in local languages.

Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, DPhil (Africa) - Founder and Chief Executive Officer of 8B Finance Inc

Lydiah is democratizing and scaling African youth access to fair education loans to global universities by facilitating loan financing.

Marie-Reine Seshie, MBA (Ghana) - Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kola Market Inc

Marie-Reine is increasing sales, access to financing, and resources for women small business owners and underserved communities by providing market access, data science, training, and hands-on support.

Maryanne Gichanga (Kenya) - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AgriTech Analytics Ltd

Maryanne is increasing crop yields for smallholder farmers in Africa by leveraging data from AI-powered satellites and solar-powered sensors.

Naom Monari (Kenya) - Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bena Care Ltd

Naom is reducing healthcare costs for chronically ill patients in middle and low-income families in Kenya by building a network of healthcare workers and building caregiving skills for family caregivers.

Nasser Ssenyondo (Uganda) - Founder and Managing Director of Silent Cafe

Nasser is reducing socioeconomic barriers for deaf people in Uganda by providing training and resources for deaf farmers to become certified coffee growers and expand the coffee product market.

Siza Mukwedini (Zimbabwe) - Founder and Creative Director of Matamba Film Labs for Women

Siza is building a creative economy in Africa by empowering creative women in technology and disrupting content development through use of new technology.

Stanley Anigbogu (Nigeria) - Founder of LightED

Stanley is reducing energy poverty and environmental degradation in underserved communities in Nigeria by converting electronic and plastic waste into sustainable, solar-powered solutions.

Sylivia Kyomuhendo (Uganda) - Founder and Director of Infants' Health Foundation

Sylivia is improving healthcare access for low-income mothers and children in remote communities in Uganda by offering free, high-quality mobile clinics and capacity-building for healthcare workers.

Dr. Tabitha Mpamira (East Africa) - Founder and Executive Director of Mutera Global Healing

Tabitha is eradicating childhood sexual violence in East Africa by disrupting societal norms, implementing preventive measures, promoting healing, and ensuring justice for survivors of childhood sexual assault.

Taita Ngetich (Africa) - Founder of Synnefa

Taita is improving climate resilience and incomes for cash crop farmers in Africa by creating modular greenhouses with precision farming technology.

Virtue Oboro (Nigeria) - Co-Founder of Tiny Hearts Technology

Virtue is reducing deaths and disabilities for newborn babies in riverine and inaccessible communities in Nigeria by producing phototherapy devices and providing access to neonatal jaundice treatment.

These innovators, selected from a pool of 2,100 global applicants, this cohort stands out as one of the most geographically diverse in the organization's 37-year history, featuring innovators from 21 countries worldwide and represents the best of African ingenuity and social entrepreneurship. Their work spans crucial sectors, including agriculture, healthcare, education, and renewable energy.

As part of this fellowship, The team will be traveling to New York and Accra to connect with fellow innovators and discuss strategies for transforming smallholder farming in Africa. This presents a unique opportunity to reflect on what's working, what isn't, and how we can truly change the narrative for millions of farmers across the continent.

We are proud and inspired by their commitment to addressing critical challenges and driving positive change across Africa, and making waves on the international stage. Congratulations to all the Fellows!

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