Economic Empowerment

In Plateau State, Nigeria, many girls face silent struggles tied to menstrual hygiene, self-worth, and access to information. Community Organizer Bathsheba Nerus turned her lived experience into a movement. Through Ubuntu.Lab, she launched Help Her: Menstrual Hygiene, a grassroots initiative building confidence, awareness, and practical skills for young girls. What began as a promise to…

In Zambia, youth with disabilities face heightened barriers to employment, often overlooked in broader efforts to address unemployment. Maggie Banda Kaunda, through the Ubuntu.Lab Transformative Leadership Programme, launched the Unique Abilities Initiative—a platform that seeks to recognize and support the unique gifts of differently abled youth, helping them become more employable and connected to meaningful…

In Mombasa, Kenya, young mothers often face barriers that hinder their ability to restart their lives after early motherhood. Through the Ubuntu.Lab Transformative Leadership Programme, Agneda Ingutia channeled her digital expertise and personal growth journey into a powerful initiative. Teen Mom in Tech aims to restore dignity, build confidence, and equip teen mothers with the…

In Malawi, many single mothers face the challenge of financial instability, despite their resilience and commitment to their families. Inspired by her own upbringing, Eliza Chatchuka developed a community-based prototype to empower divorced and widowed women through sustainable pig farming. Her initiative not only offers a path to economic independence but also restores dignity and…

REACH is a community-led initiative designed to tackle high unemployment rates among youth in Rhino Camp refugee settlement by connecting them to skills, digital tools, and employment opportunities. Through training, partnerships, and a career hub model, the prototype creates pathways for young refugees to gain confidence, grow professionally, and reclaim their future. Creating Pathways for…

Priscilla Adu joined the Ubuntu.Lab Transformative Leadership Programme with the desire to learn more and improve herself — but she left with so much more. Being part of the Programme helped her break out of her shell. “It help[ed] me to build myself in a way…knowing how to be around people whom I’ve not met…

The LastMile prototype provides last-mile logistics, deliveries b2b and b2c, using green technology and electric vehicles. Using an innovative mobile App to provide consumers access to supermarkets, restaurants, hardware stores, ethnic goods and many other product lines in a hyper local radius to cut down on delivery times and increase efficiency. We will create awareness…

Financial literacy is the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes people can use to adopt good money management practices for earning, spending, savings, borrowing and investing, Nelson and Wambugu (2008). It is starting from the very bottom; developing minds towards valuing the processes that surround money. It is relevant to anyone who makes and or intends…