Tijesunimi Olusola Agbaje

Nigeria

She/Her

Tijesunimi, or T-J to her friends, is a graduate in forestry and wood technology. Her passion for forestry comes from experiencing first-hand challenges related to climate change in her local community. She currently lives in Ibadan, Nigeria. She strongly believes that achieving environmental sustainability depends on the choices we all make daily.

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Muindi Samwel

Kenya

He/Him

Muindi is an exuberant software, water and environmental engineer who is changing lives and inspiring a new generation of environmentalists and farmers. Muindi was born in Kenya, and he enjoys working with a team that advances in terms of expertise, mitigation and adaptation actions, socioeconomic development, and innovation.

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Emmanuel Gichuru 

Kenya

He/Him

Emmanuel is a young environmentalist from Nairobi, Kenya. He is currently working with CIFOR-ICRAF on youth engagement strategies for the Regreening Africa project. He is also a part of the African Youth Initiative on Climate change. He is also a master’s student in environmental studies with a major in climate change and environmental sustainability) at Kenyatta University.

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Elivis Omoit

Uganda

He/Him

Elivis is the Youth in Landscapes Network Intern for Africa at the Global Landscapes Forum and coordinates the GLF Africa Project Team. He is currently finalizing his studies in conservation forestry and has a strong passion for sustainable finance and community development. He is the Head of Sub-Commission for CIFOR/YIL at the International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) and a member of the Youth in Landscapes Steering Committee representing IFSA.

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Godsway Asamoah

Ghana

He/Him

 Godsway is a versatile and enthusiastic young professional based in Accra, Ghana. He is the Co-founder of the University of Ghana Makerspace, an internet of things researcher and a corporate social media consultant. He is excited to contribute to the activities of the Africa Project Team to the very best of his abilities.

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Hannah Gathoni Kuria 

She/Her

Hannah’s expertise is in resource conservation, with a solid background in natural resource management and agribusiness. She strongly believes that there is a need to invest in the sustainable use of natural resources for future  generations. With her passion, she convinced her neighbors to restore degraded sites by planting trees. Her hobbies include tree planting, hiking, bird viewing and community engagements.

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Bebel Nguepi

Country: Cameroon

Bebel Nguepi is a YPARD Cameroon country representative and a specialist in knowledge management and agribusiness, with practical experience in the agricultural value chain. With a Master's degree in Seed Technology, he founded his company, SEED FOR AGRICULTURE, in 2019, where the main services are seed production and distribution, farm and orchard planning and management, ICT services for agriculture and irrigation systems. He has over six years of experience in development organizations, including Cameroon Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (CAMFAAS), PROCASUR Corporation, African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) and Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) network

Facebook: Bebel Nguepi 
Twitter: @bebelnguepi
Youtube: Seed for Agriculture

Charles Anayawa

Country: Zambia

Charles Anayawa is an environmental activist and a strong supporter of the United Nations SDGs. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in ICT and Geography. Charles strongly believes in collaborative climate action and has found his greatest joy networking with youth from YIL and GLF.  Charles has attended YIL and GLF trainings and conferences, where he has gained remarkable knowledge, which he has been able to share with community members in Zambia. He has a strong vision for creating change in both rural and urban landscapes which will be the best gift to leave for future generations who now have little or no hope of living in a sustainable world.

LinkedIn: Charles Anayawa 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-anayawa-02867712b 

Facebook: Charles Anayawa

https://www.facebook.com/charles.anayawa.9?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Amadou Tall

Country: Guinea

Amadou is a second-year Business Administration student and a member of the board of directors at his university. He is also the Manager of Nimba SMS, a startup he co-founded in March 2022. Amadou is an advocate for education, climate action, and youth empowerment. He is also an accomplished writer, having authored four books, out of which two have already been published, including one on eco-citizenship. Amadou was a delegate for the AYM4COP at COP27 and also a member of the delegation of Ecolotrip, the Francophone climate actor network, where he now serves as a volunteer project assistant.

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Amasada2 
Twitter : https://twitter.com/amasada2 
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/amasada2/ 
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/amasada2/ 
Blog : https://monmoign.home.blog/

Tahina Roland Frédéric

Country: Madagascar

Tahina Roland Frédéric is a young Malagasy agronomist who specialized in forestry at the Higher School of Agronomic Sciences (ESSA) at the University of Antananarivo Madagascar. He has over four years of experience in conservation in the Menabe region of Madagascar, his native region. He has been involved in park management, habitat and species conservation, law enforcement, and sustainable livelihood activities. He is currently the president of Taniala Regenerative Camp, which aims to connect local communities with practitioners, scientists and other stakeholders involved in ecosystem restoration. His project focuses on soil restoration in order to create living soil that will enable the natural restoration and regeneration of other ecosystems, including agricultural and forest landscapes, in order to create a landscape with permanent inclusion of people rather than a landscape that needs permanent protection from people.

Facebook: Tahina Roland Frédéric (Taniala Regenerative Camp), https://web.facebook.com/frederic.tahina 

Instagram: @tahina_rolandfrederic, https://www.instagram.com/tahina_rolandfrederic/?hl=fr 

Linkedin: Roland Frédéric TAHINA, https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-frédéric-tahina-b65aa1166/ 

Twitter:  @Tahina_Roland, https://twitter.com/Tahina_Roland

Levis Sirikwa

Country: Kenya

Levis Sirikwa is a value creator, a landscape restoration entrepreneur, and an ocean restoration steward, experienced in natural ecosystem management. Professionally, Levis is a marine ecologist, and for the past five years,  he has worked in Kenya to actively restore degraded mangrove ecosystems.. As a co-founder of the Ceriops Environmental Research Organization, his desire is to see the communities living adjacent to mangrove forests sustainably manage these resources and equally benefit from them as the only natural resource available. His policy statement to the community groups he works with is, “The mangrove trees are more helpful to us when alive than when they are dead or cut down”. This statement is to urge them not to log mangroves for short-term benefits but rather to think of or embrace alternative livelihood solutions, keeping the forest intact.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levis-sirikwa-094015109/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/levi 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LevisSirikwa 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirikwalevy/

Franklin Nango Kwenah

Country: Liberia

Franklin Nango Kwenah is  a Bachelor’s degree Candidate at Cuttington University studying Nature Resource Management with emphasis in Economics. He holds certificates in Project Management/Monitoring and Evaluation, Business Skill Development,International Environmental Impact Assessment, Control of Hazardous Waste Disposal, Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Animal Health and Warfare. He has experience working as a Research Assistant, Field Supervisor, Data Encoder, Field staff, Computer Trainer and Program Coordinator, Journalist / Risk Communicator, and Program Lead. 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/franklin-kwenah  

@kwenahn

Facebook: www.facebook.com/frankli.kwenah

Mwanzia Jacinta Muthini

Country: Kenyan

Mwanzia Jacinta Muthini is an entrepreneur and procurement officer by profession. She has worked at different organizations, her last position involving working with an NGO dealing with drilling of boreholes. Through this job, Mwanzia developed the desire to do more for affected communities after witnessing suffering caused by the lack of precious resources for life, things such as food and water. Faced with this reality, she became a climate activist championing tree planting and modern farming to fight food insecurity, having educated her community on Zai pits and encouraged them to plant trees alongside farming as a way of curbing climate change. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088671791365&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Eugene Precious Femi

Country: Nigeria

Eugene Precious Femi is from Nigeria, and is currently a final year student at the Federal University of Technology Akure in Ondo state, Nigeria, studying Forestry and Wood Technology with a focus on Natural Resources conservation. Eugene has interned at four different locations, namely the Centre for Space and Research Applications, Federal Research Institute of Nigeria, Ondo state Ministry Natural Resources, and the University of Jaen in Andalucia, Spain. He is also the outgoing Regional representative of IFSA for the Northern Africa Region. He has also volunteered at the Edenworld initiative as one of its event planners for most online and offline environmental education programs. His interests lie in Climate change mitigation and Natural resources conservation, and he is eager to learn and adapt to new working environments.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-precious-femi-160328200

Kiptoo Chemoiwo 

Country: Kenya

Kiptoo is a climate change and engagement enthusiast who holds working with communities and research work as his highest responsibility. His interests lie in promoting solutions to various problems in communities, sustainable agriculture, landscape restoration, climate action, community engagement, and sustainability. Currently, he is the Youth in Landscapes Intern at Global Landscapes Forum. He also serves as the Community Engagement Lead at GLFx Nairobi where he has assisted in growing the chapter’s membership in leaps and bounds. For his part time, he works with Greenpeace Africa as their Community Manager. Before, he has been part of the Fundraising team at Inuka Foundation for Development. Kiptoo also writes blogs on environment and general societal issues and is a highly sought-after moderator for both online and offline engagements. Previously, he has volunteered with Ewaso Lions and served as the chairman of Chiromo Environmental Awareness Club. He’s currently pursuing his MSc in Climate Change and Sustainability at Kenyatta University and holds a BSc in Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources Management from the University of Nairobi. In his free time, he loves spending time with family, reading, watching series, and hiking.

Raphael Mwisa 

Country: Zambia 

Raphael Mwisa holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Certificate in Data Analysis from the  University of Zambia, in addition to being a member of the Economics Association of Zambia. He is an alumnus for the Young African Leaders Initiative YALI-RLC-SA under the Civic Leadership Cohort. He is currently working as the Projects Coordinator for an organization called Scientific Initiatives for Healthy and Developed Zambia (SiHDZ), which is a community based organization whose major objective is to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through scientific initiatives and approaches. He is also the Projects Officer for the Zambia Youth Environmental Network (ZYEN), in addition to serving as the Project Lead on Sustainable Development Goals for the Young United Nation Association (YUNA) and the Zambia Vice-Treasurer for the Zambia Association of Catholic Professionals (ZACP).

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kingrafa.mwisa.75

Chrispus Ongom

Country: Uganda

Chrispus Ongom is currently a student at Makerere University, pursuing a Science in Forestry degree. He is the current regional representative for southern Africa at the International Forestry Students' Association. He is passionate about conservation, climate action, and sustainable land use, in addition to being proficient in social media content creation, climate change activism, and motivational speaking.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrispus_ongom?t=59Cq-iJr3mhCpxA0MiEt1g&s=09

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispus-ongom-7a3868226

BAKOLIARIMISA Tsiorisoa Mihanta

Country: Madagascar

Mihanta Bakoliarimisa is committed to work for real sustainable development in her country, Madagascar. After studying accounting and finance, she volunteered and worked part-time and full-time for national and international civil society organizations. She joined organizations working on natural resource management and biodiversity, anti-corruption, election governance and youth.

Professionally, Mihanta is proficient mainly in technical and financial project management, grant writing and fundraising, and advocacy. Her first contact with local communities inspired her to switch her career on addressing environmental issues while enhancing local communities’ livelihoods.Believing in the impact of local actions to address global challenges, she has been working for eight years with local communities on natural resource management. In 2022, she co-founded the non-profit organization Taniala Regenerative Camp which supports local communities through regenerative actions. She has a strong will to share experiences and learn from peers about the challenges of implementing environmental projects for youth in the African context.

Mims Arim

link: https://web.facebook.com/mihanta.arim/

Babatope Toluwani Victoria

Country: Nigeria

Babatope Toluwani Victoria, originally from Ekiti state in Nigeria, is currently based in Lagos state, Nigeria. She is currently in her final year at The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo state studying Forestry and Wood Technology. She has interned at Universidad dé Jaén, as an Erasmus KA+ 107 student where she learned about environmental education and creating awareness about the environment.Babatope is passionate about the restoration of degraded lands, forest ecosystems, managing the forest sustainably and the environment. She currently volunteers at Africa Cleanup Initiative, focused on raising environmentally responsible citizens. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, using social media, watching movies, and meeting people.

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toluwani-babatope-213718224 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/babatopetoluwa3?t=jETgVsNf2nJGsMWWH6DL8A&s=08 

Instagram - https://instagram.com/t_oluwanimi?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=

Marina Fenka

Country: Kenya

Marina Fenka, is originally from Cameroon but currently lives in Kenya. She holds a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree in urban planning and design from the Ecole Africaine des Métiers de l’Architecture et de l’Urbanisme (EAMAU) in Togo where she was a recipient of a Cameroonian Government Scholarship. She has a diverse background in energy efficiency with a focus on clean cooking solutions to address cooking needs for municipalities and grassroots communities, on policy development in infrastructure, access to clean and affordable energy, climate change, and sustainable urbanization for local government, municipalities and civil society organizations. She is currently a youth and gender advocate in the energy and climate change sectors with several organizations including UNMGCY – SDG 7 Youth Constituency as a capacity-building working group member, Women for Sustainable Energy and Climate Action as the secretary general, and UNIDO as a member of the youth advisory group. Prior to S2 Services, she worked as a community planner at a consulting company based in Cameroon, DK International, in addition to having worked at UN-Habitat..

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-fenka-6b15981b8/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marina.Fenka 

Olusegun Michael Ogundele

Country: Nigeria

Olusegun Michael Ogundele is a research scientist with a very broad interdisciplinary research capacity with specific interest in environmental health, waste management, biodiversity conservation, biodiversity and climate change, sustainable development studies, managing science-policy interfaces, and climate change and its adaptation in Africa. He has demonstrated research skills, knowledge and capacity through participation in national and international conferences and projects, building science – policy interfaces and policy programmes that will enhance biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and improved environmental governance in Nigeria, especially its local communities. His research activities have been able to develop workable initiatives and operative agendas for the development of science-policy interface in Nigeria targeted at building the capacity of community policy makers and sustainable development. He is the Founder of the Nigerian Youth Biodiversity Network. Ogundele is also a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Commission on Education and Communication - IUCN CEC, and also, he is a member of the British Ecological Society.

https://web.facebook.com/michfaceael/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/olusegun-michael-ogundele-bba1a63a/

Lauriane Archange Tchinda Ninla

Country:Cameroon

Lauriane A. TCHINDA is a Cameroonian Research Assistant at the laboratory of Plant Organisms, University of Douala. With a Master of Science in Plant Biotechnology and a Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology, she is interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding. Her goal is to become a plant breeder capable of solving problems related to low crop productivity and soil degradation that negatively impact the global population and increase food insecurity using molecular techniques. 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriane-tchinda-730bb01aa?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BQWotIW1SQ9aJ5lkzH8XjDQ%3D%3D

Jane Agola Odhiambo

Country: Kenya

Jane Agola is an Environmentalist and SDGs advocate from Kenya. She is a graduate from Kisii University with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science. She is a programs assistant at Local Empowerment for Good Governance (LENGGO), an organization that is working to promote Good Governance, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice.Additionally, Jane is a budget champion working to ensure everyone, especially youth and women are not left behind in the budgeting process. She is also a volunteer mentor working with different primary schools to promote environmental education at early stages in ensuring the achievement of SDGs 4 and 13.

Twitter: @Agolahjane

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/jane.wasamah

Sheka Ahmed Sesay

Country: Sierra Leone

                                                       Sheka Ahmed Sesay is a highly motivated individual and a recent graduate with an Honors BSc in Business and Information Technology from Central University, Sierra Leone. He was born and raised in Masiaka Town, Sierra Leone, and has taken an active role in a number of organizations that support youth development and works to establish enduring peace in his neighborhood. Sheka has  served as the Head of Research and Development for the Creative Young Programmers Association—Sierra Leone. Currently,  he holds the positions of Technical Officer for Youth with Creativity and Positive Mindset and acts as the Membership Service Officer for the Young Global Leaders Network-Sierra Leone chapter. Additionally,he is a member of the Central University Youth Mappers—Sierra Leone and the Youth Alliance for Democracy and Accountability and serves on the technical committee and as a member of the secretariat for the international Africa Youth Forum. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shekaahmed.sesay 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheka-ahmed-sesay-470521207/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShekaAhmedSesa1