After losing his Twitter account twice and rebuilding an audience of 100,000 followers each time, Dayo Adedeji turned his understanding of digital attention into Dynasty Africa, a growing marketing and creative agency.
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Segun Adaju Is Building the Off-Grid Power Africa’s Small Businesses Run On
by REFINEDby REFINEDFrom energy access consulting to leading Consistent Energy and advocating for renewable energy policy, Dr. Segun Adaju is helping build a more reliable power future for Nigeria.
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Charles Ayere is Giving Independence Back to the Visually Impaired
by REFINEDby REFINEDMeet Charles Ayere, the Nigerian innovator behind EyeGuide, an AI-powered navigation assistant helping visually impaired people navigate their surroundings with greater safety, confidence and independence.
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Charles Antwi-Boahen Built Kab-Fam by Learning to Sell Before He Learned to Build
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Charles Antwi-Boahen started out selling air conditioners on commission. Today, he leads Kab-Fam, a growing Ghanaian retail chain with 16 stores across the country.
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Jean Lobe Lobe Built Waspito After Losing His Father. Here’s Why
by REFINEDby REFINEDWhen Jean Lobe Lobe lost his father because specialist care was too far away, he decided no family should face the same reality. Today, through Waspito, he’s connecting doctors, pharmacies, laboratories and patients across Africa, proving that technology can make healthcare more accessible when it matters most.
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When Survival Inspired Innovation: The Story of Derick Nwasor
by REFINEDby REFINEDA hospital power outage nearly cost Derick Nwasor his life. Instead of accepting it as another unfortunate reality, he built a solution. Discover how the Nigerian physicist transformed personal pain into “Just Add Water,” a breakthrough helping hospitals generate electricity and medical-grade oxygen from water.
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From Educare to Rome: How Alex Onyia Is Making Academic Excellence Exciting Again
by REFINEDby REFINEDThree Nigerian students made history in Rome, but behind their success was someone who believed in them before the world noticed. Meet Alex Onyia, the education advocate using technology, opportunity and bold action to help shape Africa’s next generation of innovators.
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From surviving Kibera on a dollar a day to receiving one of the UN’s highest honours, Kennedy Odede’s journey shows what community-led change can build.
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Sunny Dolat Is Rewriting the Rules of African Fashion, One Exhibition at a Time
by REFINEDby REFINEDSunny Dolat wrote a book called Not African Enough after a Kenyan designer was told her work was not colourful enough to be African. That was 2016. Since then, he has co-curated the landmark Africa Fashion exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, helped build Heva Fund and landed on the BoF 500 list of people shaping global fashion.
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Wally Adeyemo: From Ibadan to the White House Corridors
by REFINEDby REFINEDBorn in Ibadan and raised in California, Wally Adeyemo has become one of the most influential figures in global economic policymaking. From the Obama administration to the U.S. Treasury, his journey reveals how African-origin leaders are helping shape the world’s financial systems.
