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African ChangeMakers Initiative (ACi)

CATALYST FOR TRANSFORMATION & IMPACT.

Africa is the gateway to endless possibilities. Investing in African Continent, the Youth, Women, & Girls isn’t just about basic human rights; it’s about fully unlocking the potentials of one quarter of the world’s population.

54
African Countries
10
Focus Areas
5000
Fellows/Mentee's/Alumni
100000
Impacted

“Africa is RISING from WITHIN"

- Olutope (Topsie) Olatilewa E., Founder

Our Vision

Our vision amplifies leadership, entrepreneurial ingenuity and social innovations in every community across Africa and around the world, harnessing values-driven innovative solutions with sustainability in mind to champion transformation & impact across the world.

Our Slogan

African ChangeMakers, YES WE CAN.

Our Values

Diversity, Inclusiveness, Collaboration, Knowledge Sharing, and a Connected World.

Our Mission

Our mission identifies, spark new ideas, nurture creative innovation and develop an engaged change-making leaders and communities through online and face-to-face connectivity programs of changemakers, game-changers, impact-makers, agent of change, movers and shakers of enterprise for the transformation of Africa and the world.

Our Mantra

Our Vision Inspires Us, Our Mission Drives Us, Our Purpose Guides Us to Spark Change.

We won 2020 #EQUALSinTech Award in the LEADERSHIP IN SME category for empowering women and girls through digital technology.

In recognition of African ChangeMakers Initiative (ACi) dedication and deliberate efforts in empowering women and girls through digital technology and efforts to close the gender digital divide.

Meet The Founder

It's people like YOU that makes CHANGE possible for people, communities and the continent. THANK YOU

Olutope (Topsie) Olatilewa E. – Business Strategist & Change Leader.
Vital Voices Fellow, Ashoka Changemakers Scholar, Lead City Voices.

Olutope (Topsie) Olatilewa E. – a visionary entrepreneur, business strategist & change leader. She teaches economic empowerment by helping organization and people turn their ideas into reality. She is the Founder/CEO of Business Without Boundaries(BwB), African ChangeMakers Initiative (ACi), Africa Volunteering Week (#AVW) An awardee of AFLI (Project Pakati), 2020 Equal in Tech award (Leadership in SME), WeforGood award (100 African Women Creating a Better Africa), Voices Fellow, Ashoka Changemakers Scholar, Lead City Voices, West Africa Ampioneer for Ampion Venture.

She has led and collaborated with professional teams both locally and globally to execute various project in a timely manner among who are MasterCard Foundation, Ashoka Changemakers Future Forward Program, Global VA Week-Africa, OIVAC, African VA, Global Entrepreneurship Week etc. She actively seeks and establishes business relationship with global companies who want to have a business presence in Africa. Being an African lady, Olutope is passionate about the African people and passionate about transforming it human capital skills. She has trained and mentored thousands of people in various business start-up, career development, growth and expansion. She is championing entrepreneurship, leadership development and social innovation, youth policy, AfcFTA and Africa Union Agenda education for youth, women and girls in 54 African countries..

Olutope embarked on her professional career in USA at the Medgar Ever College (Cuny), New York for Computer Information System, took online certificate and diploma training with Alison and VAClassroom in business and ICT before returning to Nigeria. She is an Ashoka Changemakers Scholar, Vital Voices Fellow, Lead City Voices Awardee 2015, and West Africa 2014 Ampioneer for Ampion Venture.

Get to know her more & present her with global business and career opportunity for collaboration & partnership. LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/iamtopsie