Project Inspire Africa

From childhood, Ratidzo Mutangadura found her voice and is today using same to help women and girls in Zimbabwe discover themselves and grow beyond the things that seeks to keep them down. In this interview with Project Inspire Africa, Ratidzo shares about her works and its impact in Zimbabwean communities . Can we meet you? My name is Ratidzo Mutangadura, a 23-year-old Zimbabwean. I love watching or reading history documentaries and keeping in touch with the reproductive issues. Tell us briefly your childhood experience. I grew up in Harare, Zimbabwe and had an upbringing of great diversity in an environment that had aspects of both traditional and non-traditional African perspectives. I was raised with the freedom to question the status quo, agree or disagree even at home, however in a respectful manner. Growing up I realized that this was not the case for most young people, particularly women. Regardless there were still circumstances outside my relatively liberal immediate environm...

Dirug Samuel,creator of the first mobile application that allows people to report rape cases from their smartphones in Nigeria has been at the forefront of increasing access to education and entrepreneurial skills for vulnerable children and women through his nonprofit organization. In this interview, Dirug Samuel shares about his motivation and how far the journey has been. PROJECT_INSPIRE : Can we meet you?   Samuel : My name is Dirug Samuel Yugoro, I am 28 years old. I come from Adamawa State, Nigeria. PROJECT_INSPIRE : Tell us about your childhood? Samuel : I am the youngest boy in a family of six (three boys and three girls). I am very close to my mum because of my undefined health condition. I was born in Mayo Belwa, a small town in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria where I had my elementary education (though it wasn’t the best form of education) because I went to a school with thatch classes and sat on brick seat.   PROJECT_INSPIRE : What’s your educational backgroun...