Taman’Art: Cultural Entrepreneurship For Change
By Hicham Bekkali - Aissa Joud, a local artist based a few kilometers from the Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco, challenged himself as he set out to create a space for art and culture in his region. A work of art in itself, Taman’Art Space houses original artwork and today is a residency for artists, a cafeteria for locals and bystanders, and a place to connect with others.
Djebli Club: the Moroccan ecolodge raising social and educational consciousness
By Hicham Bekkali - Allae Hammioui is one of these ambitious youth that decided to stop hoping and start building positive change. After a few years in France working in the famous La Défense in Paris, he decided to go back to Morocco and start his journey as a social entrepreneur in the land of his grandfathers. Dejbli Club is an ecolodge situated in a small village in the north of Morocco called Mokrisset.
Ghanaian entrepreneur Salma Abdulai: empowering marginalized women by producing fonio — a nearly-extinct West African grain
By Pearl Akanya Afori (bird) - Ghana’s Salma Abdulai is empowering marginalized women in her country by encouraging them to produce fonio - a “miracle crop” and one of Africa’s “ancient grains”.
Lola Åkerström’s Journey from Nigeria to Sweden
Meet Lola Akinmade Åkerström - the Award-winning Geotraveler dedicated to helping the next generation of travel storytellers.
South African social entrepreneur Dintle Nkosi: Promoting equal opportunities by striving for information access
Dintle Nkosi first considered pursuing social entrepreneurship during a session with her mentor, where she expressed that she would like to join Africa's population of innovative problem solvers. Spending time raising her children outside South Africa brought her to appreciating different education systems. She was motivated by education systems that provide a good standard of education to citizens, regardless of their household income.
Kenyan Entrepreneur Jessica Colaço Defies “Luck” By Networking with Intention
Kenyan entrepreneur Jessica Colaço, 37, believes in shaping one’s own career through intentional serendipity. Make your own luck. She co-founded Brave Venture Labs, a data-driven company helping African companies find the right talent. She also co-founded iHub, the first tech-hub in East Africa. Colaço is a computer scientist, speaker, TED Fellow and bass player.