Interviews

Diakhoumba Gassama, who was at therecently held African Youth SDGs Summit in Accra, Ghana, is the Africa regionalactivism and youths coordinator for Amnesty International. She speaks about howthe goals of the Summit align with that of Amnesty as well as the absence ofthe African Union at the Summit    …

Azna Fall Ndiaye is the Senegal country representative of New Faces New Voices (NFNV), a network of African women entrepreneurs under the Graca Machel Trust aimed at bridging funding gap for women-owned businesses in Africa     By Adam Alqali and Abdullahi Tsanni   The NFNV Senegal Chapter was established…

Appiah Adomako is the West Africa regional director for CUTS International, a research and public policy think tank that aims to build local, national and regional capacities of multiple stakeholders on issues around trade and competition.     What role can trade play in West Africa’s economic growth and what…

 Eze Eluchie is the Sub Saharan Africa representative at civil society taskforce of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs and a board member of the World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD); a group of individuals and non-governmental organizations working towards a ‘drug-free’ world As representative of Sub…

Mitchell Toomey is the global director of the United Nations SDG Action Campaign, a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General administered by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), mandated to support the UN system-wide and the Member States on advocacy and public engagement in implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

Dr Priscilla Achakpa is the executive director of the Women Environmental Programme (WEP), one of 6 regional women and gender networks implementing the Women2030 project aimed at gender mainstreaming in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals across the world   Your organisation is one of 6 regional organisations working…

Ruth Oniang’o, chair of the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and Sasakawa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE), was recently awarded the 2017 Africa Food Prize, the continent’s most prestigious prize in agricultural development in terms of numbers and scope, in recognition of her role as a leading voice on nutrition in…

Thirty-one-year-old Runcie Chidebe is a youth activist and founder of Project PINK BLUE – a cancer nonprofit, engaged in reducing the incidence of cancer and phasing-out the late or advanced diagnosis of cancer in Nigeria. He speaks about his work creating awareness about cancer, providing free cancer screenings, and supporting…

Ashraf Swelam is director general of the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA). Here, he speaks about the Centre’s Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism Leading to Terrorism (PRELT) project in Nigeria and Somalia     CCCPA uses Islamic Shariah to provide alternative narrative to the narratives…

Kop’ep Dabugat is the coordinator of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme’s Non-State Actors Coalition which was launched in 2015 to unite relevant farmers’ groups, civil society organizations, and private sector actors towards enhanced agricultural productivity in Africa.