The Climb Podcast

On this episode of the climb podcast, public health professional Ayobami Borishade takes us on a powerful journey into the complexities of teenage pregnancy and how it can be managed and curtailed. Through a heartfelt and wide-ranging conversation with a teen mom who rose above her circumstances to become a powerful voice on teenage motherhood, Ayobami explores salient ways of avoiding, managing a...

On this episode of the climb podcast, Rosalia Haufiku, a young professional from the southern African nation of Namibia takes us into a conversation with her friends about corruption, and the challenges it has thrust upon her country. Corruption is a problem plaguing countries across the world, and especially in Africa where it has deprived millions of people the opportunity to access basic amenit...

Following on from our previous episode centered around Liberia's drug crisis and its negative impact on the youth; on this episode, we follow up by placing the spotlight on a youth-led event that is seeking to proffer solutions to Liberia's drug crisis and other related issues plaguing the youths. Learn about the impact of Liberia's National Youth Dialogue on this episode of the cli...

The West African nation of Liberia is in the midst of a drug crisis that is spreading beyond its borders. A number of synthetic drugs, including a popular variant known has Kush is wreaking havoc across the young population, leading to addiction, mental health disorders and severe physical illness. Delvin Aaron Mentee, a young Liberian activists takes us behind this growing epidemic and explores w...

Africa produces the least carbon emissions globally but suffers the brunt of extreme climate events. From floods to droughts, the results of climate change are becoming more present and deadly across the continent. Young climate activist, Vanny Kasajhi, from Zambia, has made it his mission to raise awareness about climate change, bringing to bear the humanitarian consequence of climate disasters,...

Climate change is one the most important issues facing our World today. Activists and environmentalists have spoken extensively about the dangers of unchecked climate change and the effect it's having on developing countries which contribute the least to global emissions. On this episode of the climb podcast, Hope Kachery, a young activists from Tanzania takes us on a journey to explore a uni...

Hadija Abdul-Majeed is a youth advocate from Ghana with a particular passion for female education. Over the past few years, Hadija has mentored several young girls who've experienced difficulties in accessing education and advancement in life. One of these girls is Amina, a girl from northern Ghana, who had to sell on the streets to fund for her education. Throughout Amina's difficulties...

Memory Tapela Banda is a young human rights defender from the Southern African country of Zambia. In April 2025, she joined other activists in Zambia to lead the largest peace march in the country's history against child sexual abuse - a scourge that has almost become commonplace. In this episode, Memory speaks about her experience on the pivotal march, she also speaks to others who took part...

Growing up in Kenya, Haizol Mutuamba, always wanted to help others and do great things in her community, but she didn't know how. But after attending several conferences and meeting some truly inspiring people, she discovered what she wanted to do and set out on a journey to do it. Today, she is an activist who is helping to foreground marginalized people and issues in her country, and she ha...

In this episode, Timothy, a student residing in the central Nigerian city of Ilorin takes us on a journey into the lives of street kids whose disadvantaged backgrounds have denied them the opportunity of an education. Timothy runs a small charity called "speak for a child" and he uses this episode to truly speak for these children, who are often overlooked by authority figures and the ma...

The second season of the climb podcast kicks off with the riveting story of Yasmin Bawa, a young physically challenged Nigerian who takes us on a journey into the life of a physically challenged person in Nigeria. Through interviews and reflections recorded with her cellphone, Yasmin relives her disability journey and foregrounds some of the major challenges the disabled community in Nigeria face....

After witnessing her classmate use her school beret to sustain her period, Ruth Egbedi set out on a journey to fight period poverty and ensure that every young girl has access to sanitary pads. It hasn't been an easy journey, but it has been a remarkable one. Follow the epic journey of Ruth Egbedi on the final episode of the climb podcast first season. Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright   Cont...

Oladotun Ajayi is a graduate nurse and social entrepreneur from Oyo State in South-West Nigeria. As a University student, Oladotun stumbled upon LinkedIn, an online professional networking platform, and in a short time, he was surprised at the impact the platform had on his career.  Seeing how impactful the platform had been for him, Oladotun decided to introduce it to other young people whose car...

Memory Tapela Banda is a young social entrepreneur from the southern African nation of Zambia. Growing up in her local community, Tapela became friends with two girls who were living with Albinism, and in the course of their friendship, Tapela witnessed first-hand, the intense discrimination and exclusion these girls suffered from their community. This encounter was one that would change Tapela&ap...

Dr. Nicholas Addae Mensah is a doctor and youth-health campaigner from the West African nation of Ghana. Born to a hardworking single mother, Dr. Nicholas grew up facing serious financial difficulties that almost scuttled his dreams of becoming a doctor. But against the odds, Nicholas made it through medical school, and today, beyond being a doctor, he has also dedicated himself to help educate yo...

Leonie Mills is a young communications professional and youth activist from the west African nation of Ghana. She is the founder of the African Youth Security Network, an organization aimed at connecting youth across Africa and placing their voices at the heart of the continent's political and economics discourse. Born in the United Kingdom, Leonie returned to her native Ghana to pursue her l...

Uma Abu is a young Nigerian software engineer working with Microsoft in the United States.  As a child, Uma was fascinated by airplanes and wanted nothing more than to be a aeronautical engineer. Unfortunately, While studying for a degree in aeronautical engineering at Iowa State University, something happened that changed the trajectory of his life and career, sending him on a career defining jou...

Dr. Atsu Dede Latey is a young medical doctor from Ghana. In 2017, he launched an innovative toll-free short code mental health support helpline from his University dormitory, and today, what he created has gone on to help thousands of people across Ghana. For his incredible work on this largely overlooked issue of mental health in Africa, Dr. Atsu has received several awards and features on inter...

Since the age of 13, Ayomide Akran has been teaching young girls about menstrual hygiene while also advocating for improved access to affordable sanitary pads for underserved girls and young women across Nigeria. Her foundation, the Pink Diva Organization is dedicated to tackling the issue of menstrual poverty, a troubling phenomenon affecting over 500 million women across the world, with 30 milli...

Deborah Benjamin is a young changemaker from the western Nigerian town of Ibadan. She is also the Executive Director of Save a Girl Africa, a charity dedicated to helping young people stand against Gender based Violence in their communities. After supporting her friend through an awful and truly appalling sexual assault, Deborah began her changemaking journey towards ensuring that no other girl su...

Khouloud Ben Mansour is a young Tunisian development professional with a fascinating career story. While studying chemistry at the University, she stumbled upon an opportunity to attend the Model United Nation, an encounter that ignited her passion for development and diplomatic issues. Following that encounter, Khouloud found herself obsessed with starting a career in development, a career journe...

From a young age, Mustapha Abubakar Gajibo developed a deep passion for technology and entrepreneurship. As a secondary school student, his passion for technology led him to conduct research which enabled him build innovative products he deployed to earn money in his local community in Northern Nigeria.  By the time he got to the University, Mustapha was already blazing the technological trail and...

This episode follows Aboubacar Sidiki Komara’s story. This young Guinean architect founded Kaloum Bankhi, a non-profit organisation which aims to provide affordable and sustainable housing for underserved communities in the central neighbourhood of Kaloum in Conakry. As a recipient of the Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize and First prize winner of UC Berkeley’s Big Ideas competition, Aboubac...

Growing up in a small town in the Central African Republic of Cameroon to witness immense depravity and youth violence had a great impact on Christian Achaleke. It made him want to contribute towards ensuring a better future for other young people like him, and at the age of 17, he did just that when he joined a local youth charity as a volunteer. Over a decade later, Christian has grown himself f...

Karabo Mokgonyana is a lawyer and passionate development activist. Growing up in a small village in the South African province of Limpopo to witness the high levels of underdevelopment ignited Karabo's passion for development. Today, apart from running her own not-for-profit organization, Karabo is an accomplished development consultant and sits on the advisory boards of some of the world&apo...