i saw this with my own eyes and guess what was surprise when not just one person but 3 people came out from the aero-cycle....

You wont believe the design.
see the interior for yourself: http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/05/a-nigerian-from-anambra-state-built-and.html

It was a marvelous sight to behold , expecting to see a car drives in, and then you see something else, a tricycle that has the body of an aeroplane .

Thumbs up to Nigerian...they are indeed creative.

See more pics of the outside and interior of the designed aero-cycle here : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/05/a-nigerian-from-anambra-state-built-and.html

Freeman Osonuga is a Nigerian-born, who is on the verge of becoming the first Black African to travel to space. A Medicine and Surgery graduate from Olabisi Onabanjo University...

Read full story about his feat here : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/05/this-nigerian-may-become-first-black.html?m=1

The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University. The term Ivy League has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism.

Ivy League schools are generally viewed as some of the most prestigious, and are ranked among the best universities worldwide.
These 3 young Nigerian were all accepted in all the 8 Institutions, they were left to choose which of the Institutions to attend.

1.Victor Agbafe

Victor Agbafe was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools, as well as Stanford University. In the end, Agbafe decided to attend Harvard University, setting him on the path to his dream of becoming a neurosurgeon.

Agbafe, a student at Cape Fear Academy in Wilmington, North Carolina, is the son of Nigerian immigrants. The high school valedictorian says his mother and father raised him with a strong support system and always encouraged him to push himself to do his best.

Agbafe says that his parents never put limits on the amount of success he could achieve.
“My parents know that here in America, the educational opportunities and opportunities for social advancement are just unparalleled,” he says. “From the very beginning, they’ve always said, ‘You’re the only person who can limit yourself.’

From the sacrifices they made to come here and create a good life for me, to the sacrifices many social advocates here in the US made 50 years ago — [my parents] have always told me that there’s no excuse not to do well.”

Read more here : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/04/3-young-nigerians-who-were-accepted.html

See Victor Agbafe pic after the cut...

Nneoma Nwankwo has become “Virginia Tech Undergraduate Student of the Year” – This prestigious award recognizes undergraduate students who have achieved overall excellence during their career at the university – Nwankwo studied the negative effects of poor menstrual hygiene management on the education and socio-economic empowerment of girls in Africa

Nneoma Nwankwo from Lagos is making all Nigerians proud as she has become “Undergraduate Student of the Year” in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech. According to the information on the official website of Virginia Tech, the young girl will graduate in May with a degree in political science in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

Nwankwo is minoring in public and urban affairs and creative writing. She is also engaged in domestic and international service and research on issues facing girls and women in developing nations. “At Virginia Tech, I have been challenged to live in service to others. I have learned how to lead boldly as I pursue my global development interests,” she said.

The girl noted that by serving those around her, she create a meaningful life for herself. “Virginia Tech Undergraduate Student of the Year” award recognizes undergraduate students who have achieved overall excellence during their career at the university. Only students with exceptional and balanced achievement in academics, leadership, and service can win the award.

In autumn 2013, Nwankwo undertook an independent study supervised by Ralph Hall, the assistant professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, School of Public and International Affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies.

Her research topic was negative effects of poor menstrual hygiene management (MHM) on the education and socio-economic empowerment of girls in underserved areas of sub-Saharan Africa. “Nneoma’s ability to lead her own research in Nigeria and develop and deliver workshops on MHM and adolescent sexuality provide some insight into her unique set of skills and capabilities. “I believe Nneoma’s focus on MHM in schools is one of the most important issues facing young women in developing countries.

Her future research and engagement in this area is likely to be transformative for her and for those she is able to touch,” Hall said. Speaking about her research, Nwankwo said: “For me, it was necessary for women’s voices to be heard; thus, in Nigeria, I conducted focus groups and workshops with young women.

In the Republic of Niger, I participated in the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and United Nations Women menstrual hygiene trainings, which were aimed at lobbying national policymakers to establish MHM as a top priority in water and sanitation legislation. Through these unique experiences, I found passion in working in the service of others.”

Despite being so young, Nwankwo has already held many leadership positions across campus. She served as the fundraising chair for the African Students Association and raised money for a local charity in Ethiopia.

Read more http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/04/nigerian-girl-becomes-student-of-year.html?m=1

37. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” -John Maxwell, Motivational Speaker and Author

38. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” -Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist and Philanthropist

39. “Screw it, let’s do it.” -Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group

40. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” -Aristotle, Greek Philosopher and Scientist

41. “If you are offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” -Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

42. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein, Physicist

43. “If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.” -Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker

44. “Goals aren’t enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn’t much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.” -Ben Feldman, Actor

45. “Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States

46. “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” -Jerry Rice, Legendary Wide Receiver for the San Francisco 49ers

47. “We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.” -Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon

48. “If you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.” -Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook

49. “If you’ve got an idea, start today. There’s no better time than now to get going. That doesn’t mean quit your job and jump into your idea 100 percent from day one, but there’s always small progress that can be made to start the movement.” -Kevin Systrom, Founder of Instagram

50. “Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.” -Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker

51. “Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.” -Sam Walton, Founder of Walmart

52. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” -Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder

53. “Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.”-Albert Einstein, Physicist

54. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou, Author and Poet

55. “Whatever you do, be different—that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.” -Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop

56. “Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese.” -Billie Burke, Actress

57. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” -Bruce Lee, Martial Arts Expert

58. “I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”–Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

59. “The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” -Oprah Winfrey, Entertainer and Entrepreneur

60. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” -Steve Martin, Comedian and Actor

61. “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” -Conan O’Brien, Talk Show Host

62. “When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t put in the time or energy to get there.” -Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple

63. “Customers don’t expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.” -Donald Porter, British Airways

64. “Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.” -Samuel Johnson, Writer and Editor

65. “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” -Jack Welch, Former CEO of GE

66. “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.” -Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple

67. “Social media is here. It’s not going away; not a passing fad. Be where your customers are: in social media.” -Lori Ruff, Chief Brand Evangelist

68. “People want to do business with you because you help them get what they want. They don’t do business with you to help you get what you want.” -Don Crowther, Social Media Expert

69. “Always deliver more than expected.” -Larry Page, Co-Founder of Google

70. “You must be very patient, very persistent. The world isn’t going to shower gold coins on you just because you have a good idea. You’re going to have to work like crazy to bring that idea to the attention of people. They’re not going to buy it unless they know about it.” -Herb Kelleher, Founder of Southwest Airlines

71. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” -Mark Twain, Author

72. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” -Brian Tracy, Entrepreneur and Author

73. “Do an evening review at the end of the day to reflect on what went well, and what you’d do differently next time.” -Marilyn Suttle, Author

74. “Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night.” -Marian Wright Edelman, Activist

75. “You must take the time to do something that brings you joy. If you are saying to yourself, ‘I can’t do that because I have to pick up the kids, and run my business, and … and … who’s got time for fun? Are you insane?’ If you don’t have time for fun, you’ll be forced to take time for illness. Then what?” -Beth Ramsay, Author

Every entrepreneur knows that the success of their business ultimately rests on their shoulders. This is especially true in the early days. Yes, the product you build and the team you hire are important, but your ability to lead is what carries your company.
With that kind of pressure, it’s easy to feel stressed, lonely and overwhelmed at times. Every great leader has faced a challenge that defined their greatness, which is why we often turn to their advice when needed.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business owner, or team leader, here are 75 inspirational quotes when you need a little pep talk.


1. “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” –Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple

2. “Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius, Philosopher

3. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein, Physicist

4. “Stay self-funded as long as possible.” -Garrett Camp, Co-Founder of Uber

5. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister

6. “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.”-Michelangelo, Artist

7. “Business opportunities are like buses: there’s always another one coming.” -Richard Branson, Chairman and Founder of Virgin Group

8. “Done is better than perfect.” -Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

9. “When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” -Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

10. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” -Tony Robbins, Motivational Speaker

11. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” -Socrates, Greek Philosopher

12. “If you want to build a successful business, make sure you have three things—a big market opportunity, great people, and more than enough capital.” -Richard Harroch, Venture Capitalist, Author, and Entrepreneur

13. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” -Vince Lombardi, Famed Football Coach

14. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”-Mark Twain, Writer

15. “Everyone has an idea, but it’s really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you with the idea.” -Jack Dorsey, Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Twitter

16. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business. And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.” -Mark Cuban, Entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” Judge

17. “Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.” -Seth Godin, Author

18. “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’” -Dave Barry, Humorist

19. “Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.” -Ted Turner, Entrepreneur and Businessman

20. “The price of inaction is far greater than then cost of a mistake.” -Meg Whitman, CEO of HP

21. “If Plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters.” -Claire Cook, Author

22. “I stand up on my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.” -Robin Williams, Actor and Comedian

23. “If you had asked people what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.” -Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company

24. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” -Thomas Edison, Inventor

25. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” -Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion

26. “Never tell your problems to anyone … 20 percent don’t care and the other 80 percent are glad you have them.” -Lou Holtz, Football Coach

27. “You can have everything you want in life if you just help enough people get what they want in life.” -Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker

28. “There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don’t like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don’t spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.” -Michael Dell, Founder of Dell Computer

29. “100 percent of the shots you don’t take, don’t go in.” -Wayne Gretzky, Hockey Legend

30. “Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.” -Dale Carnegie, Author and Motivational Speaker

31. “Make your team feel respected, empowered, and genuinely excited about the company’s mission.” -Tim Westergen, Founder of Pandora

32. “Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.” -Seth Godin, Author

33. “You must put your head into the lion’s mouth if the per­for­mance is to be a suc­cess.” -Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister

34. “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” -George S. Patton, U.S. General

35. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” -Albert Einstein, Physicist

36. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”-Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Read more : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/04/75-must-read-quotes-for-entrepreneurs.html

At 23, when many people around the world are still at university, Gossy Ukanwoke, from Abia State Nigeria, had already started one.

The young entrepreneur who is now 27, is the founder of Beni American University (BAU), Nigeria's first private online university. Launched in late 2012, the school allows students to access their classes at any time of the day with any internet-enabled device.


"We are providing executive programs for graduates who are looking for employment and want to build up their resumes, or managers who want to climb up the hierarchy of their companies," says Ukanwoke. "We also have courses targeted at people who want to start their own business", he also said.

Read Full detail here : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/04/meet-nigerias-mark-zuckerberg-he.html#more

Link Up TV is one of the U.K’s premiere online music and talent platforms. With millions of monthly YouTube views and hundreds of thousands of subscribers, Rashid’s bold vision of becoming ‘Number 1 for talent and entertainment’ is becoming a reality.


The online broadcasting channel focusses on unsigned and emerging artists, showcasing their many talents. Since it was founded, Link Up TV has continued to evolve, creating a thriving business for the 25 year old Entrepreneur.

Rashid developed an insatiable passion for media production which began during his early teens in Uganda, where he witnessed a video shoot taking place. He was instantly inspired to build his own media empire. Upon graduating in the U.K, he worked tirelessly towards his dream and founded Link Up TV. The rest is history.

Link Up TV is arguably responsible for the recent and rapid rise of UK music stars such as: Section Boyz, Bugzy Malone (**Chip) Tion Wayne and MoStack.

Rashid is also a producer, director, song writer and editor. He started making videos in 2006, and has created a vast array of short films, documentaries and commercials. Rashid has created a young vibrant team of videographers, editors and writers who are all conscious of the unique brand and goal: becoming the No. 1 platform for talent & entertainment.

When asked what inspires him, Rashid discusses having being brought up in Uganda, where he witnessed acute levels of poverty. As a result, upon arriving to the UK he had a clear plan and considered made the most of every opportunity. His humble upbringing has influenced his relentless work ethic. Rashid is a supremely talented yet unassuming and charismatic young entrepreneur.

His advice to young people aiming to achieve their goals is, “NEVER procrastinate, just wake up and do it”. Discussing his obstacles when starting out, he expresses the difficulties growing up in an area where everyone thinks you owe them something. He believes that rather than having a sense of entitlement, young people should seek to create their own opportunities.

He also spoke about his previous job at John Lewis, where “all you had to do was fill in gaps; you turn up and do your shift”. Whereas, when you’re self-employed you create those gaps and then you have to fill them in yourself. This, as he explains requires a lot of sacrifice.

Read more here : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/04/young-ceos-man-behind-link-up-tv.html

Ozwald Boateng born to a Ghanaian parents, was the youngest and first black tailor to have a shop on London's prestigious Savile Row, a street renowned for its fine tailoring, where the world's royalty come for their attire.

Boateng also dresses athletic and Hollywood royalty. Actor Laurence Fishburne once said, "When you wear an Ozwald Boateng suit, you become a statesman of cool." Boateng is also a statesman for something else: the future development of Africa.

He joined Tell Me More host Michel Martin to talk about style and diplomacy.

Interview Highlights
On discovering his talent
"I fell in love in college with this really amazing girl who could paint and draw with both hands. And she is the reason why I design clothes. She basically pointed me in the direction to discovering my talent."

On dressing men
"I think men dress for women, definitely. But also they dress for themselves — if they understand that what they are wearing makes them feel better about themselves. I mean, the big thing for men is confidence. And so I like to believe that what I create enables men to be more confident about who they are."

On investment in Africa
"It's funny. So someone always asks me a question: 'So how did you get into this passionate place on infrastructure?' And it's, you know, quite simple: I just want to open shops back home."

On President Obama's trip to Africa
"I think Africa has always been very excited about Obama. You know, he just demonstrated the possibility and he allowed many Africans to dream. So bearing that in mind, and bearing in mind that he goes to Africa carrying that lantern of promise, he needs to use that. ... He needs to engage in Africa in really unlocking its potential. I think he should invest in Africa infrastructure the same way the Chinese are doing. And he needs to be more involved. And I actually think that if he can get Africa to a place where it's a proper partner for the world, I think the world will be in a much better place. So if we get it right in Africa, we get it right for everybody."

Source : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/04/meet-ghanian-who-sew-suits-for-p.html

The Crystal Palace and Togo footballer, Emmanuel Adebayo shared the video on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, showing the astonishing talent of the young boy.


The video shows the talented African boy play his flute via his nostrils, even as Adebayor hailed his talent and expressed his love for young talents.

Adebayor shared the video, commenting:
''SEA, always great to see young talented Africans. Africa has the largest youth population in the world, so lets take advantage of that ! I would really like to get in touch with this young fella, so if anyone knows him let me know directly or contact @team_adebayor."

Read full story : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/04/popular-footballer-offers-to-help-boy.html

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Four brilliant young high-school girls: Praise David-Oku, Sonam Kumar, Nmesoma Ogbonna, and Grace Akpoiroro, representing Team Charis from Nigeria, won the Technovation Challenge held in San Francisco in 2015.

These talented girls developed a mobile app to tackle the waste disposal challenge in Nigeria. Their app, called, ‘Discardious’, was pitched against 400 other apps that were submitted to this year's Technovation Challenge from 28 countries. The girls managed to triumph over the competition and their innovation won them the High School section.

This exciting competition brings the finalists together from the Global Technovation Challenge, a technology entrepreneurship competition for girls. 64 countries participated in the competition with 380 apps submitted. World Pitch selected 10 finalist teams from India, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, and the United States who were all flown to San Francisco for the final World Pitch Events.

On June 24 last year, all teams pitched their apps to an audience of tech professionals and a panel of judges from Yahoo, Yelp, Google, Hackbright Academy and the Salesforce.com Foundation, and on June 25 learned which two teams would be awarded $10,000 to develop their app and bring it to market.

The year 2016, the four young girls are not slowing down. They are pursuing their various interest in their respective chosen field. They are indeed doing Africa proud.

Read more : http://www.africafuturestars.com/2016/04/4-brilliant-young-nigerian-school-girls.html

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One of the reasons tennis is unpopular in Nigeria is the fact that it is relatively expensive and is perceived by many as a sport for the elites. In spite of this misconception and many other challenges, Nigerian players have been able to rise to the challenge against their more marketable foreign counterparts, especially during international competitions. The most popular tennis tourney Africa, the Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship, which will hold in about two months’ time, has been a veritable platform for aspiring Nigerian players to showcase their talents against more exposed players from across the globe.

Below is a look at some of Nigeria’s finest tennis players and how they could take African tennis by surprise in the nearest future:


Sarah Adegoke
She is barely eighteen years but already had the physique of a woman in her mid-twenties. Adegoke shot into limelight at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Open in 2012 when she was being referred to as a ‘giant killer’ with the way she brushed her opponents aside. Having played and won a lot of tournaments in the country and having represented Nigeria at various championships outside the country, Adegoke has showed anyone who cared to know that she was ready to take Nigerian tennis by storm as she raced to the final of the Women’s Singles at the 2012 CBN Open. She, however, succumbed to the superior fire power of former Nigeria’s number one female player, Abinu Fatimah, in a keenly contested grand finale. Since then, there has been no looking back for Sarah. She won the Dala Hard Court tournament a year after and only lost by the whiskers to Christie Agugbom at the 2014 CBN Open final. “Dad forced me to play tennis,” she recalls. “But I’m enjoying it now. “I only try to enjoy my game and don’t think of my opponent. But I get better when I’m losing because I get angry and tend to hit the long, fast balls harder then,” she told newsmen during an interview. Adegoke is currently Nigeria’s number one female tennis player and she has not hidden her desire to keep hold of it for as long as possible. She also won the inaugural Ekiti Governor’s Cup All Nigeria’s Tennis Open that took place in June this year.

Clifford Enosoregbe
Enosoregbe prides himself as the only Nigerian tennis player with a ‘one-hand backhand’, similar to that of Stanilas Wawrinka, Roger Federer, et al. The former Holland-based Nigerian star is vastly experienced and is widely travelled. He won a Doubles Medal with Onyeka Mbanu at the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, as a relatively unknown player, but that was just the beginning for him. Shortly after his heroic in Maputo, Enosoregbe started to defeat established players like Abdul-mumuni Babalola, Shehu Lawal, among others, and ended the year 2013 as Nigeria’s number one male tennis player. Apart from the respect he commands from his colleagues, he wears a smile whenever he is not playing. “I know my abilities and I believe that I have not gotten there yet. But I’ll keep trying my best. “Tennis is not really appreciated in Nigeria, that’s our biggest bane. However, I will be travelling outside the country to play a couple of tournaments before we have another national tournament,” he told naij.com reporter recently. Enosoregbe was among the selected ‘top 500 aspiring tennis players in the world’ after he gave Indian player, Jeevan, a run for his money during the Governor’s Cup late last year. He was Nigeria’s best player at the tournament and complemented that effort by winning the Dala Hard Court Tourney in Kano weeks later.

Sylvester Emmanuel
Nicknamed ‘Major’ by his fans and friends, Emmanuel is another player who is ready to shake African tennis. At the age of 16, he had already travelled to more countries than some of his more experienced colleagues. Emmanuel played his first senior tournament last year and created upsets at the event where many began to take note of his predatory talents. Early this year, he was responsible for the scalp of West African opponents at the African Junior Tennis Championship that took place in Abuja, where Emmanuel showed great composure to see off strong opposition from Benin Republic and subsequently represent West Africa in Morocco a few months later. The Nigerian prodigy returned from the tournament where he lost out in the Quarter finals only to win the inaugural Mid Western Oil & Gas tournament in Lagos. Emmanuel’s great prowess did not go unnoticed as he was subsequently given a scholarship by the International Tennis Federation, ITF, to play in Switzerland (where he is presently) and was subsequently called up to represent Nigeria at the World Team Cup which will start in Cairo, Egypt on 8 September, 2014. Since his emergence, Emmanuel has won every junior tournament in the country.

Mary-Love Edwards
Edwards has a look which betrays her ability on the tennis court but the confidence she exhibits shows that size doesn’t matter when it comes to action. The young girl, barely eight, has been to every tennis tournament in the country and was recently referred to as a “Phenomenal” player by a South African website due to her performances. Edwards was invited to Australia this year based on her performance and was also in South Africa last year on a training tour. She plays in categories above her age because her coach feels she is too good for those younger categories. True to the coach’s observations and recommendations, Edwards has only lost in the final of U-16 rated matches to opponents twice as huge as she is. “I’m never scared of anybody whenever I get into the court,” the petite player told journalists recently. With American star, Serena Williams as her role model, Edwards is aiming for the top and believes that in the next four years, “I’ll be able to defeat anybody from anywhere”. For Nigeria to return to the days on Ndukar Odizor, Late Thompson Onibokun, Jonathan Igbinovia, among others, the aforementioned Nigerian talents have to be nurtured by tennis authorities in the country to ensure that they reach the heights of their abilities.

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Born in Los Angeles in 1994, Kimberly’s dream of flying began when she was a pre-teen (12 years old). She was inspired by a group of airmen and the first African American female to travel in space among others. She had attended lessons from the Compton-based Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum (TAM) run by Tuskegee Airmen Foundation, a foundation that has a history of fighting in the World War II. The foundation is made up of a group of African American pilots. Her journey into the world of piloting commenced with a 20-minute demo flight.

TAM offers aviation lessons as well as youth mentoring in a programme it organised after school hours for disadvantaged youths. The organisation assists to urge youths to embrace aviation rather than turning wayward through drugs, violence and so on.

This group of airmen officially made up the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Corps (United States Army Air Forces after 20 June 1941). The Tuskegee 332nd Fighter Group was reported as the only operational unit first sent abroad as part of Operation Torch, then also active in Sicily and Italy, before subsequently deployed as bomber escorts in Europe where they were very successful.

Kimberly had determinedly paid her way through the lessons through several regular jobs and odd jobs. She was reported to have washed airplanes as well as done other errands to earn what was called, ‘museum dollars,’ which she traded in for flight lessons. All this she did while still focused on achieving her dream of flying. She maintained an outstanding academic record during this period which was a criterion for remaining in the programme.

And then she made Nigerians proud by flying from Compton, California to Newport News, Virginia without much technical support. The journey took her 13 days and she covered 2,342 miles using a Cessna C-172. Kimberly did not go the miles alone, she was in the company of safety pilot Ronnell Norman, a certified commercial pilot and Major Levi H. Thornhill, a retired US Air Force pilot, aged 87 and a member of the elite Tuskegee Airmen who served during the World War II.

She told the media regarding the super cross-country journey that brought her to fame that, “Flying over Texas was the most fun because there were a lot of summer rainstorms. I wasn’t scared; I’m never scared. I remained focused. And before every flight, I pray,” she had commented, hoping that her achievements would be an inspiration to other young people.

Earlier in life, Kimberly had the opportunity of engaging in other extracurricular activities such as being a junior lifeguard at Venice Beach for five years, and also learning to surf at the time. Having an interest in dancing, she had gone ahead to attend the Lula Washington Dance Academy. While she was there, she learned ballet and hip-hop and tap dance.

She was also active in church activities and took up the role of a youth leader. During that time in the church, she engaged in more learning, especially how to read music. She is also learning how to play the piano, violin and guitar.

Completing a course in Los Angeles Trade Technical College at the Saturday Science Academy at Charles Drew University, she took a variety of art courses at the Plaza De La Raza. Kimberly has also been involved in some charity work as a volunteer to feed the homeless in downtown Los Angeles while maintaining her Grade Point Average (GPA) so that she would be able to attend Stanford, Yale or Harvard University. We do hope Kimberly keeps up the fantastic work and that she would achieve all that she has lined up for her future.

This story should inspire young people in Nigeria, Africa and all over the world that the sky is not even their limit but the beginning. They can achieve all the good things they want to with prayers, focus, determination and discipline. Kimberly wishes to inspire other young people with her story and hope this story of her achievements has inspired you to go out there and succeed.

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At first glance Esther Okade seems like a normal 11-year-old. She loves dressing up as Elsa from "Frozen," playing with Barbie dolls and going to the park or shopping. But what makes the British-Nigerian youngster stand out is the fact that she's also a university undergraduate.

Esther, from Walsall, an industrial town in the UK's West Midlands region, is one of the country's youngest college freshmen. The talented 10-year-old enrolled at the Open University, a UK-based distance learning college, in January and is already top of the class, having recently scored 100% in a recent exam.

"It's so interesting. It has the type of maths I love. It's real maths -- theories, complex numbers, all that type of stuff," she giggles. "It was super easy. My mum taught me in a nice way."
She adds: "I want to (finish the course) in two years. Then I'm going to do my PhD in financial maths when I'm 13. I want to have my own bank by the time I'm 15 because I like numbers and I like people and banking is a great way to help people."

And in case people think her parents have pushed her into starting university early, Esther emphatically disagrees. "I actually wanted to start when I was seven. But my mum was like, "you're too young, calm down." After three years of begging, mother Efe finally agreed to explore the idea.

Esther has always jumped ahead of her peers. She sat her first Math GSCE exam, a British high school qualification, at Ounsdale High School in Wolverhampton at just six, where she received a C-grade. A year later, she outdid herself and got the A-grade she wanted. Then last year she scored a B-grade when she sat the Math A-level exam.

Esther's mother noticed her daughter's flair for figures shortly after she began homeschooling her at the age of three. Initially, Esther's parents had enrolled her in a private school but after a few short weeks, the pair began noticing changes in the usually-vibrant youngster.
Efe says: "One day we were coming back home and she burst out in tears and she said 'I don't ever want to go back to that school -- they don't even let me talk!'

"In the UK, you don't have to start school until you are five. Education is not compulsory until that age so I thought OK, we'll be doing little things at home until then. Maybe by the time she's five she will change her mind." Efe started by teaching basic number skills but Esther was miles ahead. By four, her natural aptitude for maths had seen the eager student move on to algebra and quadratic equations.

And Esther isn't the only maths prodigy in the family. Her younger brother Isaiah, 6, will soon be sitting his first A-level exam in June.

Not content with breaking barriers to attend college at just 10 years old, Esther is also writing a series of math workbooks for children called "Yummy Yummy Algebra."
"It starts at a beginner level -- that's volume one. But then there will be volume two, and volume three, and then volume four. But I've only written the first one.
"As long as you can add or subtract, you'll be able to do it. I want to show other children they are special," she says.
Meanwhile, Esther's parents are also trying to trail blaze their own educational journey back in Nigeria. The couple have set up a foundation and are in the process of building a nursery and primary school in Nigeria's Delta region (where the family are from). Named "Shakespeare's Academy," which is now opened.

The curriculum have all the usual subjects such as English, languages, math and science, as well as more unconventional additions including morality and ethics, public speaking, entrepreneurship and etiquette. The couple say they want to emulate the teaching methods that worked for their children rather than focus on one way of learning.

"Some children learn very well with kinesthetics where they learn with their hands -- when they draw they remember things. Some children have extremely creative imaginations. Instead of trying to make children learn one way, you teach them based on their learning style," explains Efe.

The educational facility has a capacity of 2,000 to 2,500 students with up to 30% of students being local children offered scholarships to attend. Efe says: "On one hand, billions of dollars worth of crude oil is pumped out from that region on a monthly basis and yet the poverty rate of the indigenous community is astronomical."

While Paul adds: "(The region has) poor quality of nursery and primary education. So by the time the children get secondary education they haven't got a clue. They haven't developed their core skills.” The school is designed to give children an aim so they can study for something, not just for the sake of acquiring certifications. There is an end goal."

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7. Assane Gueye, Senegal, Cyber Security, University of Maryland
Assane’s current research focuses on investigating a science-based approach to the security and the performance of large-scale information and communications systems. His aim is to establish theories, develop models, and propose algorithms that can be used to design and operate information and communication systems for which (a) global behaviour can be predicted, (b) the risks of catastrophic events can be managed and mitigated, and (c) the effectiveness of control actions can be measured. Assane also dreams of implementing the Enabling African Universities (EAU) project. The goal of EAU is to “develop a collaborative platform that enables knowledge exchange and technology transfer between African researchers and researchers across the world.”

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THE first global gathering of African scientists, the “Next Einstein Forum”, is taking place in Dakar, Senegal. With over 1,000 people from more than 100 countries in attendance, it is shaping up to be the most significant global discussion yet in harnessing Africa’s scientific talent.

Among the delegates is a small group of 15 young African “fellows” who were selected for the impact of their work and to showcase some of the incredible research that Africa’s scientists and technologists are doing.


Their biographies, to the lay-man, look like something akin to the work of a superhero. Their resumes include; research on the ability to predict biological outbreaks that are bound to happen, the use of green chemistry to solve fresh water issues, the creation of bioreactors that could save a city’s water supply, the causes of disease and immunity and predicting global behaviour through IT systems.

Others are Challenging Einstein’s theories on quantum properties, developing better therapeutic and diagnostic tools to fight Tuberculosis and other HIV-related opportunistic infections and intelligent applications that can bridge humans and large amounts of data.
But just who are they? Meet these incredibly talented scientists:

1. Noble Banadda, Uganda, Makerere University, Bio-processing engineering
Noble’s area of research is bioprocessing engineering, specifically mathematic modelling of biological systems and interactions. The ability to predict what is bound to happen based on current biological observations before it happens is very important for prevention and control especially in countries that lack the resources to contain outbreaks. Noble led a team that has pioneered the first ever farmer-based low cost multiple purpose vehicle in Uganda and in 2015 he was honoured as a young scientist at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China. In waste management research, Noble is ranked 35th globally and 2nd in Africa according to Google Scholar rankings

2. Ghada Bassioni, Egypt, Ain Shams University
In terms of research, Ghada has been interested in a variety of sub topics within chemistry and chemistry related subjects. In her undergraduate, she dabbled in inorganic chemistry, then went into organometallic chemistry during her masters only to end up in physical chemistry and interfacial science phenomena in her postdoctoral studies in the field of construction materials and petroleum chemistry. Ghada plans to spearhead initiatives around chemical safety and the use of green chemistry. She hopes to use interdisciplinary approaches to solve societal challenges like fresh water supply.

3. Sherien Elagroudy, Egypt, Environmental Engineering, Ain Shams University
Shrien is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at Ain Shams University in Egypt and the founding director of the first Solid Waste Management Center of Excellence in the country. For her PhD studies at Ryerson University, Sherien modelled the settlement of bioreactor landfills and then built a field-scale prototype of that novel landfill in Cairo. Her new bioreactor stopped methane emissions and the leaching of wastewater into Cairo’s water supply. Sherien is currently engaged in several research grants of more than $3.5 million in the fields of solid waste management, biochemical waste treatment technologies and waste to energy.

4. Mouhamed Moustapha Fall, Senegal, Mathematics, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
In terms of research, Moustapha started in applied mathematics namely fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. Eventually he moved into pure mathematics namely geometric analysis which links partial differential equations and differential geometry. Moustapha believes mathematics can help you understand your surroundings therefore allowing problem solving of important challenges with less funding; a tool developing countries should leverage. Moustapha hopes to understand the interplay between non local geometry and relativistic quantum mechanisms (RQM).

5. Joseph Ben Geloun, Senegal, Mathematical Physics/Quantum Properties, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Albert Einstein Institute
Joseph’s area of research is mathematical physics in particular quantum properties of matter. Today, there is a large consensus among physicists, that at very small distances, much smaller than the parts of an atom, the geometry of our spacetime are no longer in the form observed around us. Thus, this predicts that Albert Einstein’s laws fail at this very tiny scale. Building models consistent with this quantum understanding using mathematical scenarios is the focus of Joseph’s research. For his “pioneering work on Renormalisation on Tensor Field Theory and the discovery of their generic asymptotic freedom’‘, he was awarded a Young Scientist Prize in Mathematical Physics 2015-2017 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (Switzerland).

6. Evelyn Gitau, Kenya, Cellular Immunology, African Academy of Sciences
Evelyn’s studies focused on cellular immunology, investigating the changes in protein levels as markers of severe disease where she employed proteomic tools to identify protein differences in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of children with cerebral malaria compared to children presenting with other encephalopathies (a disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition). It is estimated that around 40-50% of infectious diseases remain undiagnosed in sub-Saharan hospitals mainly due to limitations of classical techniques such as microbiological culture of pathogens from patient samples, as well as the high cost of more sensitive molecular based techniques. This has a devastating impact on childhood survival, but also is a contributory factor to the over prescription of antibiotics with severe long-term consequences for the health of the population as a whole. Knowing the exact cause of disease may potentially improve decisions on therapy, reduce mortality and sequelae and lead to specific protective therapies. To do this, Evelyn believes that Africa needs to embrace new technologies to improve on how common diseases are diagnosed. With this in mind, Evelyn has played a key role in helping establish the technical platform necessary to undertake internationally competitive research on disease pathogenesis and immunity, in Kilifi Kenya.

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Oratilwe Hlongwane, also known as DJ Arch Junior, is the 3-year-old (YES 3 yrs OLD) from Alexandra in South Africa. This smart young DJ who first rose to notoriety after his father began posting videos of his virtuoso on YouTube in January 2015.

Touted as the “world’s youngest DJ,” Arch Junior is fast becoming something of a seasoned artist, currently boasting over 49,000 Facebook followers and endorsements from Guess Kids, Beats By Dre, Mini Cooper and Djay Software…wooow, can you beat that, at 3?

Never has victory been handled with such grace as by three-year-old ‘DJ’ Arch Junior, who triumphed at last year’s South Africa’s Got Talent. His blissed-out beats had both the judges and the audience on their feet, gold confetti firing as he was crowned champion - a Kanye-esque look of indifference on his face.

His father, Glenn, who is also a DJ, when ask ‘what is next for the ‘world’s youngest DJ’?, said “We are just going to keep on doing, what we’re doing.“He’s still young and there is still a lot that will happen as he grows and mature. For now, he’s still a kid and he’s just going to continue as he does. He goes to crèche and DJs because he loves it. Tomorrow is another day.”“I don’t think that winning will affect his life in any negative way. He has great parents and we are here to guide him.”

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Patrick Junior Chukwuemeka Okogwu was born November 7th, 1988 in Plumstead, South London was born in London. His parents are from Nigeria. Until he was 12, Tempah lived on the Aylesbury Estate in southeast London with his parents and three younger siblings: Kelly, Kelvin, and Marian.


The family later moved to Plumstead, with Tempah attending St. Paul's Catholic School in nearby Abbey Wood. After earning 10 GCSEs, he took A Levels in media studies, psychology, and religious studies at St. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College.


At 12 years old, Tempah conceived his stage name after viewing the music video for So Solid Crew's "21 Seconds". He used a thesaurus in class, juxtaposing "tempah" (temper), which he saw under "angry", with "tinie" (tiny), to ameliorate the aggressive sound of "tempah".

Regarding his London upbringing, Tempah states, "London is one of the only places in the world where you can live in a council block and see a beautiful semi-detached house across the street. Growing up around that was inspirational, it kept me motivated." He has said that he has considered furthering his education, stating, "I definitely want to be in a financial position where I can head off to Cambridge or Oxford or somewhere. I would study something like music management or something extremely random like physics, which no-one would expect, as I like challenges.

Tempah's music career began in 2005 when he joined the Aftershock Hooligans (Aftershock Records), recording hundreds of songs with the fellow Hooligans. His first mixtape, "Chapter 1: Verse 22", was released via Aftershock Records in 2005, as a free mixtape. In 2006, Tempah gained a great deal of airplay on British music TV channel Channel AKA for his song "Tears", and later on gained more recognition for "Wifey". Later in the year, he collaborated on a track ("Perfect GCD Hood Economics Room 147" with grime artist Ultra and producers and songwriters Agent X. Tempah stayed on the label until 2007. When asked why he left, he stated that he felt Aftershock didn't respect him as an artist and that it was time to move on.

Tempah, together with his manager and cousin Dumi Oburota founded the independent label Disturbing London primarily as an outlet for Tempah's music, but with the idea of also signing other young artists. According to Dumi: "We wanted to have a platform to put out our music and there wasn't any Def Jam or Roc-A-Fella label equivalent in England. [Also] I wanted to create a major independent label with quality artists. I felt like the major labels had lost the passion for music." The activities of the label were initially largely funded by student loans and the proceeds from buying and selling cars. Disturbing London also produce a clothing range that Tinie wears and promotes.

When scout and music consultant Jade Richardson saw Tempah performing at the 2009 Wireless Festival she called Parlophone Records president Miles Leonard saying: "You've got to check out this guy Tinie Tempah. He came on at lunchtime and there’s about 1,000 kids screaming for him. He's only put out one independent release and he's got this huge audience."

Leonard and A&R Nathan Thompson visited Tempah and his manager Dumi at their studio a few weeks later and were hugely impressed to hear about the work they had already done in developing Tempah's career and by the ambitious plans they had for his future. Leonard told HitQuarters: "I thought it was incredible that an artist and manager were doing so much so soon with so little... That impressed as much as the music."

Tempah announced his signing to Parlophone in October 2009 by running a competition on his blog, with the winner invited to high tea at Claridges to celebrate the deal.

Tempah released his debut single “ Pass out" through Parlophone on 28 February 2010. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 1, having sold just over 92,000 copies in its first week, and sold sufficiently well to stay at the top spot for a second week.

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Vera Songwe is a rising star in the World Bank. An adviser to the managing director of the bank and former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, She is based in Dakar and a Cameroonian who has worked for the World Bank since 1998

Forbes listed her in 2013 as one of the "20 Young Power Women in Africa", and the following year the Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics chose her as one of their "African leaders of tomorrow".


Songwe grew up in Bamenda, in the north of Cameroon, where she attended Our Ladies of Lourdes College, a private Catholic school, and thus formed part of the local English-speaking elite. She obtained her PhD in mathematical economics at the Université catholique de Louvain, in Belgium, and afterward migrated to the United States, where she worked at the University of Michigan for three years.

She accepted a position working for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and simultaneously had a visiting professor's appointment at the University of Southern California. In 1998, as stated earlier, she joined the World Bank, where she worked in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) unit, covering Morocco and Tunisia. Over the subsequent years, she filled several roles in the PREM unit for East Asia and the Pacific region.

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Victor Mugubi Wanyama, born 25 June 1991, is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for English club Southampton and captains the Kenya national team. On the field, Wanyama is known for his sportsmanship and leadership qualities.

Wanyama became the first ever Kenyan player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he scored the first goal in Celtic's 2–1 win over Barcelona on 7 November 2012.
On 11 July 2013, Wanyama moved to Premier League club Southampton for £12.5 million making him the most expensive player sold by a Scottish club, surpassing the £9.5 million Russian club Spartak Moscow paid for Aiden McGeady in 2010.

Wanyama attended Kamukunji High School, which fields a successful football team. Upon leaving High School, he also played with JMJ Academy for three years during which time he also joined Kenyan Premier League clubs Nairobi City Stars and AFC Leopards. In 2007 he joined Allsvenskan club Helsingborg but after the departure of his brother McDonald Mariga to Serie A side Parma in 2008, Wanyama returned to Kenya.

His senior career has seen played for Beerschot between 2008 – 2011 and Celtic between 2011 – 2013. He is currently with Southampton.

Wanyama comes from a very sporting family. His brother McDonald Mariga plays for Parma F.C., also as a midfielder, while his other brothers Thomas and Sylvester Wanyama are also footballers in the Kenyan Premier League. His father, Noah Wanyama, was a footballer for A.F.C. Leopards in the 1980s, and his sister Mercy is a professional basketball player in the USA.Wanyama is managed by ExtraTime and has a boot sponsorship deal with Nike.

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Every African country need's an Mwanji...who is the Mwanji in your country?

His name is becoming synonymous with the in-your-face fearless type of political and civic activism that always rubs up political elites the wrong way. The title ‘activist’ in cities like New York, London or Oakland can carry some progressive prestige. In Kenya, ‘activist’ is a dirty and dangerous word – at least according to Boniface Mwangi, one of the Kenya’s most prominent young demonstrators.

One of the most invincible, indomitable and unassailable men in Kenya, is how one of Boniface Mwangi’s 162,000 Twitter followers described him in a recent tweet, in response to yet another threat of arrest received by this young, rising political firebrand. And what a firebrand he is. Few hold a candle to Mwangi as a critically engaged social and political activist.

With a blend of art, youthful energy and critical expression, he has created a socio-political activism that not only communicates his trenchant critique of Kenya’s political class, but has also brought it global attention.


As a young activist, he has helped the country’s youth not only listen to, see and read his political and social activism, but find their voices of dissent, too.

Mwangi made his start as a photographer with the Standard newspaper in Nairobi and rose to international fame during the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election violence for his up-close and personal photos of the crisis. His images were noteworthy for their graphic portrayals of bloodshed and politically-motivated ethnic violence.

In addition to the 2008 and 2010 CNN Africa Photojournalist of the Year awards, the walls of his office are lined with details of other honours and news articles
about his accomplishments during this period.

After grappling with depression and feelings of helplessness following the political violence in Kenya, he decided to take his frustration at the stagnant political status quo and point it in the right direction.“I’m a human being, I have a right to an opinion. They need to respect that,” he says. “That’s the world we want to live in. And never underestimate the government – people can be intimidated into silence.”

His most recent run-in with the authorities was in January during the Occupy Playground protests at the Langata Road Primary School in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
The school’s students, aged between 8 and 16, were campaigning against a property developer’s land grab of their playground. Riot police were called to the school and fired tear gas at the pupils.

The scenes of armed riot police, with tear gas and police dogs, scuffling with the pupils, were splashed all over the world and social media, to the disgust of many. Mwangi would later write in the UK’s Guardian online: “The use of tear gas and dogs to respond to a peaceful effort to reclaim property rightfully belonging to the school was an unfortunate blight on the triumph of the day.
“It was unnecessary, and innocent children were hurt by the security forces’ reckless response. Children know an injustice when they see one and they react, as we all do, with a demand for justice. I firmly believe the children got that justice.”

His political views are keenly followed both by supporters and critics alike. In a recent post on his popular Facebook page he wrote: “Kenya is 51 years old and [for] 27 of those we have had 3 Kikuyu presidents. The other 24 years we had a Kalenjin president. In 2017, vote for development not tribe. Tribalism will destroy us.”

Mwangi began organising political resistance under the banner Kenya ni Kwetu (Kenya is our Home) in the face of what he saw as “irresponsible leadership and a culture of impunity”.
He is also the founder or Picha Mtaani, a youth-led peace initiative which enables young people to become agents of peace and reconciliation in their respective communities. ... Continue

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Ola Orekunrin, now 30 years from Ilawe-Ekiti in Ekiti State of Nigeria, was born, raised and trained in the UK, where she graduated as one of the youngest medical doctors in England . She is also a trainee helicopter pilot.

While she was studying to become a doctor in the UK, her younger sister fell seriously ill while traveling in Nigeria. The 12-year-old girl, who’d gone to the West African country on holiday with relatives, needed urgent care, but the nearest hospital couldn’t deal with her condition.

Orekunrin and her family immediately began looking for an air ambulance service to rapidly transport the girl, a sickle cell anemia sufferer, to a more suitable healthcare facility. They searched all across West Africa but were stunned to find out there were none in the whole region.

“The nearest one at the time was in South Africa,” remembers Orekunrin. “They had a 12-hour activation time so by the time they were ready to activate, my sister was dead".
“It was really a devastating time for me and I started thinking about whether I should be in England talking about healthcare in Africa, or I should be in Africa dealing with healthcare and trying to do something about it.”

Orekunrin did the latter. Motivated by the tragic death of her sister, the young doctor decided to leave behind a high-flying job in the UK to take to the Nigerian skies and address the vital issue of urgent healthcare in Africa’s most populous country.

Determined to make a difference in medical practice and health care delivery system in Nigeria, Orekunrin decided to set up Lagos-based Flying Doctors Nigeria, the first air ambulance service in West Africa, transporting victims of medical emergencies, including industrial workers from the country’s booming oil and gas sector. It basically provides critical care transportation solutions to both the private and public sector by selling yearly air ambulance cover plans to states, companies and individuals.

Since then, she has successfully steered the company upwards in achieving its corporate goals and ensuring sustained growth.“Against all odds, I passed my A-Levels with flying colors, started my degree at the University of York at 15. I supported myself all through, working. I wrote my final medical examinations at 21, thus emerging the youngest medical doctor in England,” said Ola Orekunrin.

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At 7 years old, in 2013, Zora Ball became the youngest person to create a mobile video game. Now 10 years, the wizard programmer whose parents are immigrants from Kenya, is on scholarship funded by the United State Government.

The app she developed was unveiled at the FATE Bootstrap Expo, held at the University of Pennsylvania. Ball developed the game using programming language Bootstrap, which is usually taught to students between the ages of 12 and 16, to help them learn concepts of algebra via video game development.

According to Mashable, Ball also successfully reconfigured the app when asked to do so at the Expo, silencing anyone who may have thought that her older brother — a STEM scholar of the year — helped her program the game.

Staff at Harambee Institute of Science and Technology, where Ball attends first grade and an after-school program, anticipate she’ll do great things, the Philadelphia Tribune reported.
“I am proud of all my students,” Tariq Al-Nasir, who heads the STEMnasium Learning Academy, told the Tribune’s Damon Williams. “Their dedication to this program is phenomenal, and they come to class every Saturday, including holiday breaks.”...

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