Jun 24, 2018
Lucia Bakulumpagi-Wamala describes herself as an outlier, a young woman, a local developer a refugee, an entrepreneur, a mother
Lucia is the founder and CEO of Bakulu Power - a Ugandan power company focused on generating renewable energy for under-served rural areas in Uganda. Forbes Magazine as one of the '30...
Jun 17, 2018
Frustrated by the lack of authentic representation of African women in media and advertising, Chule Gobodo co-founded Brainbow Conscious Creatives with two of her film school classmates.
Their focus is connecting brands to African women through authentic storytelling. And everything they do is driven from LOVE - an...
Jun 10, 2018
With her debut film having it’s premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, Nigerian filmmaker Abbesi Akhamie can officially call herself a filmmaker!
Her film ‘Still Water Runs Deep’ is a moving exploration of the emotional complexities of one African father. But what is interesting is that...
Jun 3, 2018
When her marriage fell apart, and the economic and political situation in her native Zimbabwe started rapidly declining, Thembi Bheka was forced to leave her home country to move to Canada as a refugee. Although it was heartbreaking, she had to leave her young children behind. She arrived in Canada with a whole lot of...