This category is purposely for inspiring African stories and stories of change-makers in Africa.
Wangari Muta Maathai, a Kenyan, founded the Green Belt Movement and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She became the first African woman and the first black woman to win the Noble Peace Prize.
Matome Cynthia Mokgobu, 29, started a little garden in her backyard in the Limpopo village of Bochum, South Africa, five years ago. Today, she now owns a three-hectare farm where she grows spinach, butternut squash, and cabbage for local and Gauteng markets in South Africa.
Who says students can’t equally be changemakers? Oluwadamilola Akintewe is a typical example of a definitive student-leader. Oluwadamilola Akintewe was
At the age of thirteen, Adenah Bayoh managed to flee Liberia’s civil conflict. She is a living embodiment of the American dream. Many people have travelled to America from third-world countries in search of a better life; Adenah Bayoh’s tale is no exception. However, her indomitable spirit, which has been responsible for her enormous successes, maybe the lone difference.
My Information and Communication Technology lessons in high school were mainly dominated by details and references to Charles Babbage and
Mustapha Gajibo, a Nigerian university drop-out born in Borno State, Northeast, has made history by becoming the first Nigerian and the first in Sub-sahara Africa to locally produce electric vehicles from scratch with the goal of promoting clean, efficient energy development in conformity with environmental regulations.
Emeka Okwuosa, a Nigerian philanthropist, has built a world-class cardiology centre in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria, to strengthen the country’s health care sector.
On May 25 2022, on Africa Day at the Future Africa Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa, the second edition of the 2022 African Genius Awards took place virtually where winners of the second edition were announced. The event was hosted by one of South Africa’s biggest media personalities Bongani Bingwa. 31 out of 69 nominations from 10 African countries made it to the final shortlist.
Professor PLO Lumumba, Dr Akniwumi Adesina, Vusi Thembekwayo Among 11 Africans Awarded The Outstanding African Achievers For 2022 By The African Genius Awards In South Africa
Two Sierra Leoneans – Kelvin Doe and Dr David Moinina Sengeh have been awarded at the just concluded 2022 African Genius Awards the Oustanding African Genius Awards for 2022
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