Tag : Afrispora News

HealthSouth AfricaSouthern Africa

Professor Kovin Naidoo: The African Vision Scientist Who Moved Eye Health into Global Public Health

Aminatta S. Diallo
From anti-apartheid resistance to global vision policy, Professor Kovin Naidoo shows how African leadership turned basic eye care...
HealthNigeriaWest Africa

Professor Oye Gureje: The African Psychiatrist Rewriting Mental Health Policy from the Ground Up

Aminatta S. Diallo
From ICD-11 reform to community mental health policy in West Africa, Professor Oye Gureje shows how African expertise...
Civil Rights & Social JusticeNorth AfricaTunisia

Sami Ben Gharbia: How a Tunisian Activist Helped Invent Digital Dissent in the Arab World

Aminatta S. Diallo
From exile in the Netherlands to the heart of Tunisia’s digital uprising, Sami Ben Gharbia’s story reveals how...
BusinessEast AfricaRwanda

Ghislain Irakoze: Building Circular E-Waste, AI Governance, and Digital Inclusion From Kigali

Aminatta S. Diallo
From a near-fatal landfill incident to founding Wastezon in Kigali, Ghislain Irakoze’s journey reveals how Africa’s next generation...
NigeriaPolicy & ThinkTankWest Africa

Amina J. Mohammed – Architect of the Sustainable Development Goals

Aminatta S. Diallo
Behind the world’s most influential development framework stands an African woman who helped redefine how progress, justice, and...
Academia & ResearchEast AfricaKenya

Calestous Juma and Africa’s Influence on Global Science and Innovation Policy

Aminatta S. Diallo
Development debates often overlook the role of knowledge itself. This piece highlights the contributions of an African thinker...
East AfricaPolicy & ThinkTankUganda

Mahmood Mamdani: The African Thinker Who Reframed How the World Understands Power and Conflict

Aminatta S. Diallo
Mahmood Mamdani’s scholarship reshaped global debates on citizenship, violence, and colonial legacies, placing African intellectual traditions at the...
Economy & FinanceNigeriaWest Africa

Adebayo Ogunlesi: From Sagamu to the Global Architecture of Infrastructure Power

Aminatta S. Diallo
From Nigeria to Wall Street and the world’s busiest airports, Adebayo Ogunlesi’s rise reveals how African-born leadership quietly...