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When 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.

A 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.

Three 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.

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.

Sunny 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.

Born 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.

Before virtual reality became trendy in African tech conversations, Daliso Ngoma was already building around it. From dismantling computers as a child to founding African Technopreneurs, his journey is a story of curiosity, resilience, and bringing future technology closer to African creators and businesses.

As AMVCA buzz builds, we take a look back at OC Ukeje’s historic 2013 win as the first Best Actor in a Drama. His performance in Two Brides and a Baby helped shape the standard for excellence in Nollywood today.

WrestleMania season has a new name in the spotlight—Oba Femi. From Lagos to WWE’s biggest stage, the Nigerian powerhouse is stepping into the biggest moment of his career and changing the narrative along the way.

Did you know Femi Koleoso — the Nigerian-British drummer and bandleader of Ezra Collective — first played drums publicly in his father’s Pentecostal church in Enfield? He learned rhythm as a toddler on pots and pans