Category Archives: TRUE Africa 100

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. For our two last TRUE Africa 100s of 2015, here are Victor and Lily the peer leaders and co-founders of Men Against AIDS Youth Group (MAAYGO). Lily, a transwoman, and Victor, whoContinue reading “MAAYGO: grassroots Kenyan activists fighting for the rights of LGBTI people”

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. Souleymane Bachir Diagne is a Senegalese philosopher. He has studied at l’École Normale Supérieure, l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Harvard University and is currently a professor at Columbia University. He previously taught inContinue reading “Souleymane Bachir Diagne: the Senegalese philosopher on the post-colonial world today”

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. Racha is a banker turned fashion designer based in Paris. From Djibouti, she previously studied at Ottawa University and the Panthéon-Assas University. After working in finance, for six years, Racha isContinue reading “Racha Farah: the banker turned fashion designer”

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. Tony Meloto is a Filipino entrepreneur and founder of Gawad Kalinga (Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation) which means to ‘give care’. It is a poverty alleviation and nation-building organisation based inContinue reading “Tony Meloto: founding farming universities in Togo and the Philippines”

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. Akon is a Senegalese-American businessman and musician. He’s the only artist to hold the number one and two positions simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts two times. Akon founded AkonContinue reading “Akon: the international star playing his part to combat climate change”

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. Amal is the newly-appointed CEO of the Africa Centre. Founded in 1964 as a space for Africans across the globe to come together, the charity ‘exists to promote Africa’s cultural diversityContinue reading “Amal Medani: the new CEO on the Africa Centre and its future”

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. Samia Cherif has been the director of Al Huffington Post Maghreb since June 2013. Samia and her team have launched three versions of the Huffington Post in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco overContinue reading “Samia Cherif: Al Huffington Post Maghreb director on Tunisia’s digital revolution”

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. Chioma is the fashion news director of vogue.com. Chioma has previously worked at The Evening Standard, TRACE and as style editor at The Fader after completing a degree in English and French literature atContinue reading “Chioma Nnadi: the Vogue It girl”

The TRUE AFRICA 100 is our list of innovators, opinion-formers, game-changers, pioneers, dreamers and mavericks who we feel are shaping the Africa of today. Kiran is the co-founder of online boutique Styled By Africa. She has a masters in development studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Styled by Africa was initiallyContinue reading “Kiran Yoliswa: online African fashion is a click away at Styled By Africa”