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The Climb PodcastHope's StoryClimate 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 unique climate change challenge in her community that you probably haven't given much thought to, but its one of the most important effects imaginable. Episode Host: Hope Kachery Contact The Climb Podcast Tea...2025-07-0112 min
The Climb PodcastHadija's StoryHadija 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, Hadija, her mentor, was there to provide support and encouragement, and today, Amina is half way through her university education. On this episode of the climb podcast, Hadija engages Amina in an emotional discussion about her life's...2025-06-0134 min
The Climb PodcastMemory's StoryMemory 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 in the March to find out what they think was accomplished, and what the future holds for this important issue. Listen to her full episode on the climb podcast.Episode Host...2025-05-0131 min
The Climb PodcastHaizol's StoryGrowing 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 has set her eyes on even greater things to come. Listen to her full story on her episode of the climb podcast. Episode Host: Haizol Mutuamba...2025-04-0143 min
The Climb PodcastTimothy's StoryIn 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 mainstream media. Through interviews with educators, charity workers, government officials, and the kids themselves, Timothy shines a bright light on this largely overlooked issue and calls on all of us to take action...2025-03-0219 min
The Climb PodcastYasmin's StoryThe 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. Yasmin hopes that this episode will engender a deeper understanding of people living with disabilities and drive more support for them from governments and NGOs. Listen to Yasmin's episode on the climb podcast. ...2025-02-0247 min
The Climb PodcastRuth's StoryAfter 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 Contact The Climb Podcast Team... Visit our Podcast page @channelstv.com Tweet at us @channelstv @AfricaAtLSE Follow us on Facebook @channelsforum @LSEAfricaInstitute Email...2024-05-0621 min
The Climb PodcastOladotun's StoryOladotun 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 careers and networks also stand a chance to be enhanced. In 2022, he co-founded students on LinkedIn, an organization that aims to introduce LinkedIn and its immense benefits to young people around the world. Since establishing s...2024-04-2918 min
The Climb PodcastTapela's StoryMemory 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's entire life as she could not understand why people would be treated differently because of a condition they were born with and couldn't control. In 2017, Tapela launched the Zambian Albinism Matter Organization, a group dedicated to safeguarding the...2024-03-2428 min
The Climb PodcastNicholas' StoryDr. 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 young people about teenage pregnancy, STD's, depression, and other youth related health issues. Find out how he's doing this by listening to his incredible story on the climb podcast. Episode Host: Jewel Atedou B...2024-02-2523 min
The Climb PodcastLeonie's StoryLeonie 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 lofty dreams of raising the voices of young people in Africa's most youthful continent. So how does she intend to do this in a continent where the vast majority of leaders are over the age of 60...2024-02-1125 min
The Climb PodcastUma's StoryUma 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 journey. Follow this journey by listening to his full story on the climb podcast.Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright Editor: Jewel Atedou Bright Music credit: Emulsion by Gavin Luke. 2024-01-1525 min
The Climb PodcastAtsu's StoryDr. 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 international journals. So how did he do it? How was something so innovative created a University dormitory? Find out on this episode of the climb podcast, Atsu's Story. Episode Host: Jewel Atedou B...2023-12-2527 min
The Climb PodcastAyomide's StorySince 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 million in Nigeria alone. So how does a 13 year old secondary school student establish and run a charity tackling such an important global issue? Listen to Ayomide's Story on the climb podcast. Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright ...2023-12-0325 min
The Climb PodcastDeborah's StoryDeborah 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 suffers what her friend experienced. Today, Deborah's work has impacted numerous young people across her native city of Ibadan, and she is poised to further expand her work. Listen to the remarkable story of Deborah on the cl...2023-11-1226 min
The Climb PodcastKhouloud's StoryKhouloud 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 journey she undertook with great enthusiasm and which has taken her to the top tables of global diplomacy and international development. Today, she serves as the African Union's Youth Ambassador for Peace and she is keen to use her story as a...2023-10-1628 min
The Climb PodcastMustapha's StoryFrom 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 felt University education had very little to offer him so he dropped out of school and launched fully into the world of tech and entrepreneurship. Today, Mustapha's company, phoenix renewables, is one of the first and o...2023-09-2425 min
The Climb PodcastAboubacar's StoryThis 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, Aboubacar remains more determined than ever to provide context-based solutions to housing issues in Africa. In this episode, he explains how he draws inspiration from the rich history of African indigenous architecture in his work.Music Credit: Beaut...2023-09-0526 min
The Climb PodcastChristian's StoryGrowing 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 from a volunteer at that charity to become its Executive Director, Winning numerous international awards along the way, and transforming the lives of thousands. So how did he...2023-08-2029 min
The Climb PodcastKarabo's StoryKarabo 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's leading development organizations. So how did she do it? Listen to Karabo's Story on the climb podcast.Episode Host: Jewel Atedou BrightMusic Credits: 'Childhood' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.co...2023-08-0627 min
The Climb PodcastChido's StoryFollow the story of Chido Cleopatra Mpemba, a former banker who was driven by her passion for sustainable development and advocacy to quit her job as a banker to dedicate herself fully to the service of others. Today, less than two years later, she occupies one of the most important offices for young people on the African continent. So how did she do it? what is this office? and what can young people across Africa learn from her story? Listen to the story of Chido on the Climb Podcast. Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright Music...2023-07-1724 min
The Climb PodcastJames' StoryAt the age of 14, James Okina encountered the problem of out-of-school street children in his home city of Calabar, southern Nigeria. Refusing to accept the grim reality that children as young as 10 were living on the streets of Calabar and fending for themselves, James begins to speak with people in hopes to galvanize help for these forgotten children, but his efforts yields little results. But rather than giving up, James took the bold step of establishing an organization known as Street Priests which has impacted the lives of over 16,000 children till date. An organization he still actively remains a...2023-07-0328 min
The Climb PodcastDerick's StoryDerick Omari is one of the most successful social entrepreneurs in the west African nation of Ghana. At the age of 27, Derick has innovated some of the most significant learning aids for people living with disabilities, and for his work, he has won significant local and international awards. Find out the deep-rooted reason Derick choose to dedicate himself at a young age to the service of others, and learn about his plans to build Africa's largest social enterprise. Listen to the story of Derick on the climb podcast. Episode Host: Jewel Atedou BrightMusic Credits:2023-06-1824 min
The Climb PodcastCynthia's StoryFor almost a decade, Cynthia Nyongesa, a 27 years old storyteller and education advocate has been using the power of storytelling to get much needed support and life-changing opportunities to those in need. Her passion for helping others which was born out of the economic disparity she witnessed growing up in her native Kenya has seen her impact the lives of hundreds of people. Listen to the stories of those she has impacted and find out how her passion really started and evolved. Listen to the story of Cynthia on the climb podcast. Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright 2023-06-0422 min
The Climb PodcastSaidy's StoryFollow the story of Saidy Brown, a young South African woman as she walks us through her life as an HIV activist. After discovering that she was born with HIV at the tender age of 14, Saidy decided to share her unique experience with her community and, so far, she has been on a transformational journey. Now 28, she has become a champion for social justice and health equity in her country. Listen to Saidy's Story on the climb podcast. Episode Host: Khadidiatou CisseEpisode Credits: Jewel Atedou BrightMusic Credits: andanteby Jean To...2023-05-2129 min
The Climb PodcastGideon's StoryIn 2014, Gideon Olanrewaju, a University Undergraduate, encountered some children on the streets as he returned home from class. It was an encounter that marked a turning point in his life, an encounter that will go on to birth one of Nigeria's most consequential educational charities, and earn Gideon numerous local and international awards. Listen to Gideon's Story on The Climb Podcast.Episode Host: Jewel Atedou BrightCredits: Khadidiatou Cisse 🎵 Song: 'Sappheiros - Embrace' is under a creative commons license license.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxLKyBhC6igFhLEb0gxvQNg🎶 Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:https...2023-04-2327 min
The Climb PodcastMavis's StoryAt the age of 18, Namibian born Marvis Elias got her friends together to set up a foundation. The foundation sought to restore the dignity of Namibia's underprivileged, giving them an experience they deserve and fighting the scourge of poverty. A decade later, Mavis's foundation is one of Namibia's most impactful foundations and along the way, she has won a very special award from a very special woman. Listen to Mavis's story of the Climb Podcast. Episode Host: Jewel Atedou BrightCredits: Khadidiatou CisseMusic Credits:Song: Jarico - Island Music supported by #Ba...2023-03-2625 min
The Climb PodcastSteven's StoryBorn in the midst of the brutal Sudanese civil war, Steven Wani's entire life has been shaped by conflict. The Sudanese civil war which stemmed from South Sudan's desire to be independent from the Republic of Sudan claimed thousands of lives, including Steven's father, who fought for the south. Today, South Sudan is an independent country but has failed to live up to the great sacrifices made for its freedom by men like Steven's father. Now a lawyer and young politician, Steven has taken up his father's fight, but not from the barrel of a gun this time, rather...2023-03-0528 min
The Climb PodcastMariam's StoryFollow the story of Mariam Dahir, a Somali doctor, researcher and anti-female genital mutilation activist, whose remarkable life work against FGM resulted in an historic law against FGM in her native Somaliland. How did she start? how was she able to accomplish all these in one of the most conservative regions of the world? and what's next for her? Listen to the Mariam's story on the climb podcast. Episode Host: Khadidiatou CisseEpisode Editor: Jewel Atedou Bright Podcast Hosts: Jewel Atedou Bright and Khadidiatou Cisse Music Credits:African Party Theme Song K...2023-02-1326 min
The Climb PodcastJohn's StoryAt the age of 16, John Oseni, a boy living with his parents in the south-west Nigerian city of Akure had a burning passion. It was a passion his parents could not understand, but that passion was about to make them a very happy family. Now 17, John's passion has catapulted him from his little Nigerian town to the world stage and the gilded halls of the United Arab Emirates, where he received a special award from one of the Emirate's rulers. So what was this passion? how did it come about? and how is John now helping other young Nigerians t...2023-01-2918 min