African Visionary Fellows

Charlotte is the managing director and co-founder of Teach For Uganda.

Claire is a dreamer and a strategist and interim executive director of Resonate.

Humphrey is a youth activist and the founder and CEO of Reach A Hand Uganda.

Ian is co-founder and executive director of Tai Tanzania.

Isabelle is the founder and president of Solid’Africa.

James is a Kenyan technologist and founder and CEO of LakeHub.

Jean Michel co-founded iDebate Rwanda, training secondary students in the art of debate and public speaking.

Award-winning disability inclusion advocate Maria Omare is the founder and executive director of The Action Foundation.

Micheline Barandereka is the founder and executive director of Shekinah Center in Burundi.

Moses is a passionate educator. He is the director of Rwamagana Leaders’ School/ Rwanda School Project.

Nicholas is co-founder and CEO at Max Dental, an entrepreneur, and a passionate dentist.

Through her passion for youth and community development, Wangiwe founded Mzuzu E-Hub and currently works as managing director.

Pediatric occupational therapist Brenda Shuma is co-founder and director of the Gabriella Centre in Moshi, Tanzania.

Dan is the executive director of the Foundation for Community and Capacity Development (FOCCAD).

Dan is the founder and CEO of Matibabu Foundation, a charitable health organization.

Hastings is the co-founder and CEO of ACADES, the largest network of youth in agribusiness in Malawi.

Jennifer is the country director for Jitegemee.

Joel is the program director at Tumaini International Trust.

Naomi is the director of operations at Village HopeCore International.

A lawyer by profession, Rebeca is the founder and executive director of Msichana Initiative.

Dr. Dolo, founder of New Sight Eye Center, serves as executive director and the head cataract surgeon.

Public health specialist Susan Babirye serves as deputy executive director of Kabubbu Development Project.

Butoto Bigiri Naum is CEO of UGEAFI, supporting rural communities in DRC.

Cynthia is co-founder and CEO of UCBUM.

Dorcas leads vision, strategy, and growth as executive director of Moving the Goalposts.

Edgar serves as managing director of Anza.

Emmanuel is a co-founder and executive director of Biraturaba.

Joseph leads a team of health workers as director of programs at St. Francis Health Care Services.

Ko is the founder and Head of Growth at GGEM Farming.

Maanda is a Maasai woman from Loliondo and co-founder and executive director of the Pastoral Women’s Council.

After seeing the devastation AIDS had wrought in her home village, Marie founded the Jacaranda School for Orphans.

Mercy Chikhosi Kafotokoza serves as founder and executive director of Wandikweza.

As executive director, Patience oversees Fount for Nations' operational, programmatic, and financial activities.

Racheal is the grants coordinator and communications officer of Father Alex You Memorial School.

Solomon Makuza is the executive director of Gardens for Health International.

Anande is the managing director at Jifundishe in Arusha, Tanzania.

Rogue nun Anastasia Juma is the founder and director of Our Lady of Perpetual Support (OLPS).

Cathreen is the executive director of There Is Hope, a Malawian NGO that works with refugees.

Kwame is co-founder and programs director at Hatua Network.

Trailblazer Linda Kamau is the co-founder and managing director of AkiraChix.

Pauline champions alumni engagement in Kenyan schools as executive director of Future First Kenya.

Solomon is co-founder and executive director of Wezesha Impact.

Virginie is the co-founder and national coordinator of Faith in Action.

Ange Muyubira is the founder and executive director of Kaz’O’zah Art, an organization that trains and employs over 144 Burundian artisans.

Barbara Birungi Mutabazi is the founder of Women in Technology Uganda.

Charles serves as executive director of Ujima Foundation. He has helped over 2,500 orphaned young people access jobs and achieve self–reliance.

Evans serves as executive director of Kesho Kenya, advancing access to education and employment for vulnerable young people.

Faraja established Shule Direct, providing comprehensive web and mobile educational platforms to over a million in- and out-of-school youth.

Grâce-Françoise Nibizi founded SaCoDé in 2010 to empower underprivileged women and youth to take charge of their own lives and live in dignity.

Jade is executive director of Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH).

Joachim is co-founder and CEO of Shona, which grows East African good businesses.

Joseph Kandiyesa has served as director of Kindle Orphan Outreach since December 2014.

Khadija is an educational psychologist and founder of the Pepo la Tumaini Jangwani.

Lou Louis established Kajo Keji Health Training Institute in 2013 and is the first South Sudanese founder of a health training institute.

Molade Adeniyi is CEO of WAVE, leveling the playing field for young people to access skills and opportunity.

Monica is the co-founder and executive director of Girl Up Initiative Uganda.

Olivia, the executive director of PeerLink Initiative Uganda, is empowering women and youth.

Grassroots champion Dr. Robert is the founder and president of ACCESS Uganda.

Sarah Lindeire serves as co-founder and executive director of Tingathe.

Solomon is the founder and executive director of Fundi Bots, providing hands-on, practical STEM education to Ugandan youth.

Spès Nihangaza is the co-founder of FVS-AMADE and has also been its executive director since the organization's inception in 1992.

Wendo Aszed is the founder of Dandelion Africa, which works to provide sexual reproductive health and entrepreneurial support for girls, women, and youth.

Willie Mpasuka leads Rays of Hope, a local NGO that has the biggest teacher network in Malawi.