Since 2017 · changemakers across Africa & diasopra
Don't just tell us about impact. Show us.
A Pan-African institution that develops people, builds practical solutions, and connects talent to opportunities.
Years of building African changemakers, and the evidence behind it. Here is what ACi has done, what we are doing now, and where your support goes.
Africa has the talent. It needs the path.
Every year, capable young Africans, women and girls run out of road. Not because they lack ideas or will, but because nobody gave them the training, the mentor, the network or the first real problem to solve.
For years African ChangeMakers has put that path in front of people across the continent and the diaspora: learning that is built for Africa, mentors who have done it, and a community that stays with you after the certificate.
Catalyst for transformation and impact.
At a glance
Our vision inspires us. Our mission drives us. Our purpose guides us to spark change.
Catalyst for transformation and impact.
[2,000]Fellows who completed a cohort
[5,000]Alumni Combined Programs
[35]Mentors
[1000]Mentees
[1,000 ]Women and girls reached
[10,000]People reached throughout ACi programs
[50,000]All Social Media Platforms
How we count
- Fellow: a person who completed a full Fellowship cohort.
- Alumnus: a person who has graduated from any of our programs and joined the network.
- Mentee: a person who participated in any of ACi mentorship.
- Reach: a person who took part in an ACi programs, event or activities.
Years of milestones
African ChangeMakers was founded
Founded by Olutope Olatilewa Egbetokun (Lady Topsie) as a platform for African ChangeMakers.
Cohort 1 and the first mentorship program
The first four-weeks Fellowship cohort. The first issue of African ChangeMakers Magazine in May.
Growing the community
Fellowship Cohort 3, the ACLeads conference, and our founder selected as one of 150 changemakers in AFLI's Project Pakati.
Registered and recognised
Registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission. Fellowship Cohort 4 done. African ChangeMakers wins the #EQUALSinTech Award, Leadership in SME category.
Conferences, awards and girls' mentoring
ACLeads2021, the #ACiAwards and #WOMENtoringGIRLS Week.
Cohort 6
The Fellowship runs online across Africa, June to July.
African ChangeMakers Mentorship
The mentorship runs online across Africa.
Cohort 7
A five-week virtual cohort for changemakers aged 21 to 40, from any of the 54 African countries and the diaspora.
ACi 2.0
An AI-native Fellowship, real-world Changemaker Challenges, and a network that keeps growing with its people.
What we do
Fellowship
An AI-native, project-led program that builds changemakers.
Mentorship
Experience matched to potential.
Changemaker Challenges
Real problems become real projects.
Women and Girls
Leadership, digital capability and economic agency.
Network
Alumni, mentors and ambassadors across borders.
Future Africa
Research and intelligence on Africa's next decade.
Recognised. Registered. Accountable.
#EQUALSinTech Award
Leadership in SME category, for empowering people through digital technology.
100 Women Creating a Better Africa
Recognised by We For Good.
World Pulse Digital Ambassador
Named for work on digital inclusion for women.
AFLI Project Pakati
One of 150 changemakers selected across Africa.
Vital Voices Fellow · Ashoka Changemakers Scholar
Global leadership networks that open doors for ACi Fellows.
Registered in Nigeria
Corporate Trustee, Corporate Affairs Commission, 2020.
Registration no: [CAC/IT/NO 154594]
Recognised & Committed.
WINNER
#EQUALSinTech Awards
Leadership in SME category, for empowering through digital technology.
Where our Alumni come from
All 54 African countries and the African diaspora from other continent they reside.
North Africa · 6
West Africa · 15
Central Africa · 9
East Africa · 14
Southern Africa · 10
The African Diaspora
Africans living outside the continent who choose to build, lead and give back to it. They are Fellows, mentors and ambassadors, and they are Africa's longest bridge to the rest of the world.
NORTH AMERICA - AUSTRALIA - EUROPE- ASIA -SOUTH AMERICA.
Our journey in pictures.
African ChangeMakers Fellows across Africa and the diasporas.
In their words
"The ACiFellowship gave me something no MBA program ever did — a network of peers who actually understand the complexity of building something on this Africa continent. Three years later, those connections are still the most valuable professional asset I have.
Adaeze Okonkwo
Social Entrepreneur
Nigeria ★★★★★
"I was a government official who had never been part of a peer program that actually included Africa at the centre of every conversation — not as a problem to be solved, but as a continent full of leaders solving problems. That shift in framing alone changed how I show up in every room I walk into."
Fatima Nkemdirim
Ministry of Education
Cameroon ★★★★★
"I was a government official who had never been part of a peer program that actually included Africa at the centre of every conversation — not as a problem to be solved, but as a continent full of leaders solving problems. That shift in framing alone changed how I show up in every room I walk into."
Tendai Moyo
Investment Analyst
Zimbabwe ★★★★★
Where we are. Where we are going.
Rebuilding for the AI age
A new African ChangeMakers Operating System, an AI-native Fellowship, Changemaker Challenges and a stronger network.
The flagship pilot
The 6-weeks African Changemaker Fellowship, launched as a founding cohort.
Scale what works
More cohorts, more challenge partners, more countries.
The African Changemakers ecosystem
A living network of Fellows, mentees, women, mentors, partners and institutions building Africa's next chapter.
Where your support goes
$300
Sponsors one Professional Fellowship place, with a named feature.
$1,500
Fully funds five Professional Fellowship places, with named recognition.
Custom
Sponsors an entire cohort of 20 to 30 Fellows.
Custom
Co-create a challenge, a cohort or a country program.
What sponsors receive
- Logo on African ChangeMakers Fellowship materials and social media
- Sponsored Fellow profile feature in African ChangeMakers media
- Recognition across all African ChangeMakers platforms
- Access to the alumni network for talent discovery
- VIP invitation to the all event and awards
- Association with a community across Africa
Our accountability standard
- Every sponsor sees who they funded and what they built
- Every figure is sourced and dated
- An annual impact report, published
- Breakdown of how funds are used
Our accountability standard
- Every sponsor sees who they funded and what they built
- Every figure is sourced and dated
- An annual impact report, published
- Breakdown of how funds are used
The network in pictures
Alumni, members, mentees, mentors across africa & the diasporas. Meet-ups, Conferences, Awards and the People who make them.
Help us build the people
who build Africa.
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