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Meet the growing global network of visionary change-makers reimagining the future for Africa and the world.
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The Ijeruka community is a global network of 1400+ business and nonprofit leaders, thinkers, activists, creatives, and healers with diverse wisdom and expertise.
Our members span diverse sectors and geographies, from emerging visionaries to seasoned leaders in governance, technology, media, health, and more, but they share a common mission: to create a life-affirming future rooted in dignity, equity and hope. They believe that true change starts from within and radiates outward into the systems and stories we create. They are building businesses that prioritise people and the planet. They are social architects crafting systems, spaces, and stories that heal and inspire. They know that the future of our countries and communities is ours to shape—and they are determined to act.
Whether you’re an individual or part of a mission-driven organisation, Ijeruka welcomes anyone that's driven to solve problems and create a positive impact. This is a space for those who embrace the complexity of our interconnected world and who are ready to lead from the intersections of systems, stories, and spirit.
Whether you’re an individual or part of a mission-driven organisation, Ijeruka welcomes anyone that's driven to solve problems and create a positive impact. This is a space for those who embrace the complexity of our interconnected world and who are ready to lead from the intersections of systems, stories, and spirit.
Dr Lesley-Ann Noel
Liberatory Designer
Trinidad & Tobago
Lesley-Ann is an educator and designer who practices design through emancipatory, critical and anti-hegemonic lenses, focusing on equity, social justice and the experiences of people who are often excluded from design research. Her research also highlights the work of designers outside of Europe and North America as an act of decolonizing design.
Dr Bayo Akomolafe
Philosopher & psychologist
Nigeria
Bayo Akomolafe is a philosopher, writer, activist, professor of psychology, and executive director of the Emergence Network.
Dr Wunpini Mohammed
Feminist Scholar-activist
Ghana
Dr. Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed was born and raised in Tamale. She is an Assistant Professor at the College of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
Fati Abubakar
Photojournalist
Nigeria
Fati Abubakar is a documentary photographer, photojournalist and public health worker in Nigeria who specializes in documenting cities and towns, using photography as a medium to highlight problems at the community level.
Hakim Adi
Historian
Nigeria / UK
Hakim Adi is a British historian and scholar who specializes in African affairs. He is the first historian of African-descent to become a professor of history in the UK.
Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah
Liberatory Designer
Nigeria / USA
Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah (she/her) is a racial wellness visionary and healing-informed designer.
Jessica Horn
Women's Rights Advocate
Uganda
Jessica Horn is a feminist activist, strategist and writer with roots in Uganda. With a background in medical anthropology her activist organising and writing has been rooted in the movement for embodied liberation. She has worked in women’s rights for two decades, supporting the struggle for women to live healthy, autonomous lives in their own bodies. With a passion for documenting African women’s lives and resistance, Jessica was co-founder and commissioning editor of Our Africa on openDemocracy.
Neema Iyer
Artist and Technologist
Uganda
Neema Iyer is an artist and a technologist. She is the founder of Pollicy, an award-winning feminist civic technology collective based in Kampala, Uganda.
We host online and in-person gatherings to bring community members together through collective learning and exploration.
From unconventional themes like Radical Hope, Digital Kinship, and Meeting Our Griots, to courses blending critical inquiry with embodied practices and creative exploration, we create sacred learning spaces where big questions can be asked, assumptions challenged, and purpose rediscovered. Designed by and for people of African descent, our events are deeply nourishing, allowing for authenticity, joy, and intellectual rigour to coexist. Whether virtually or in-person, Ijeruka is a playground of possibilities.
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Exclusive discounts on all online learning programs
Members-only content and programming
Host your own activations through our network
20% discount on select events with our partners
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