The Climb Podcast

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 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 testament to young people that anything is possible and dreams really do come through. Listen to Khouloud's Story on The Climb Podcast.   

Episode host: Jewel Atedou Bright

Musical Credits:
Old Soul by Jonny Easton
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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 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 only companies building electric vehicles in Nigeria, and he is prime to break further grounds. Listen to the story of Mustapha on the climb podcast.

Episode Host:      Jewel Atedou Bright

Music Credits:      Old Soul by Jonny Easton
Link:    • Old Soul - Soft Piano Music - Royalty...  

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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, 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: 

Beautiful Girl by Jason Show
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Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com 

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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 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 do it? Listen to the Christian's Story on The Climb Podcast. 

Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright 

Music Credit: 
'Life Is' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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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's leading development organizations.  So how did she do it? Listen to Karabo's Story on the climb podcast.

Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright

Music Credits:

 'Childhood' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Follow 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 Credits:

African Party Theme Song Kukyeza
Music promoted by The Free Cat: http://tiny.cc/50cnpz

 

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At 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 part of today despite being in the diaspora.  Listen to the Story of James on the Climb Podcast. 

Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright

Music Credits:

'Undertow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 

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Derick 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 Bright

Music Credits:

 'The Things That Keep Me Here' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 

 'Undertow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 


 

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For 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

Music Credits:
Song: "Scott Buckley - Growing Up [Piano]" is under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY)
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Follow 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 Cisse
Episode Credits: Jewel Atedou Bright

Music Credits: 
andante
by Jean Toba
Free Music Archive
CC BY-SA

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