Nabila Aguele to Succeed Lena Alfi as CEO, Malala Fund’s first Africa-based leader
Nabila Aguele will become Malala Fund’s next Chief Executive Officer, the organization announced today, following a long-planned leadership transition. Aguele, who currently serves as Chief Executive of Malala Fund Nigeria, will begin in her new role on April 1, 2026. Aguele will become Malala Fund’s first global CEO based in Nigeria — one of the […]
When the Internet Becomes a Weapon: Understanding TFGBV Through Real Stories
Modupe was 16 when she first joined Facebook. Like many teenagers, she was curious, excited, and open to connection. When someone reached out, she didn’t think much of it. They spoke every day. He asked questions, she answered. It felt like friendship, maybe even trust. Then came the request. A photo. Then another, more intimate […]
Stripped Naked, Molested by Mobs, Left Traumatized: When Nigerian “Culture” Becomes a Hunting License
Picture this: you step outside your house to buy food. Maybe you’re a student heading to class. Maybe you need to get to work so you can feed your family. Normal things. Everyday things. Then you hear them. Men. Running toward you. Before you can process what’s happening, they’ve surrounded you. Hands grabbing. Pulling. Tearing […]
12 Lessons Onobiren Is Teaching Us About Breaking Barriers, Building Empires and Never Walking Alone
The best stories about women don’t just tell you what happened. They tell you what is possible. They take the things that have been accepted for so long that nobody questions them anymore, the rules, the labels, the limits and they hold them up to the light until you can see exactly how thin they […]
Speaking Up, Showing Up, and Not Backing Down: 7 Lessons From Onyinyechi Nwachukwu
There is a particular kind of tired that Lagos commuters know. The kind that sets in at 6am, standing in a queue that isn’t moving, watching buses that aren’t coming, calculating how late you are already going to be. Most people swallow it. They put their heads down, endure the commute, and go about their […]
Abosede George-Ogan Unveils WILAN Women’s Leadership Institute to Advance Women’s Leadership in Africa
Lagos, Nigeria | March 2026 The WILAN Women’s Leadership Institute (WWLI) has officially launched, ushering in women’s history month and marking a significant step in advancing women’s leadership development across Africa through a values-driven, formation-focused approach. The Institute was unveiled at an intimate leadership dinner in Lagos, bringing together senior women leaders, founders, creatives, professionals, […]
An Open Letter to Early-Career Women Living with Sickle Cell and to the HR Leaders Designing the Workplace
Dear women managing chronic illness in corporate spaces, From someone who has spent years building, leading, and navigating corporate systems while living with sickle cell, your diagnosis is not your identity. You were a human being before a laboratory result carried your name. Your intellect, discipline, ambition, and capacity existed before any medical classification. Diagnosis […]
An Update From Our Founder: Closing The Curtains on #LLA100Women
Some things start as an idea. Some start as a feeling. The #LLA100 Women list started as both, a feeling that would not leave our founder Francesca Uriri alone, a quiet, insistent voice that said: the world is not seeing what you are seeing. Do something about it. So she did. In 2015, Francesca Uriri […]
I love My Mother Too Much To Repeat Her Life- An essay by Anita Damina
There is a strange kind of guilt many African women carry, even if we do not name it. It is the guilt of wanting more than our mothers had. The guilt of choosing differently. The guilt of looking at our mother’s life, loving her deeply, and still thinking, I do not want this. We are […]
Tosin Oshinowo, The Woman Who Gave 500 Displaced Families a Reason to Return Home.
In 2015, Boko Haram came to Ngarannam and left nothing standing. The small community in Mafa Local Government Area, Borno State, had been alive with the kind of ordinary richness that only makes sense when it is gone, Fulani, Kanuri, Shuwa, and Gamargu families living side by side, markets humming, homes full, children growing up […]