24 episodes

A podcast telling extraordinary stories of youths across Africa and African youths in the diaspora. The Climb Podcast is a podcast collaboration between the Channels Media Group and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa in the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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A podcast telling extraordinary stories of youths across Africa and African youths in the diaspora. The Climb Podcast is a podcast collaboration between the Channels Media Group and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa in the London School of Economics and Political Science.

    Ruth's Story

    Ruth's Story

    After 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 @AfricaAtLS...

    • 21 min
    Oladotun's Story

    Oladotun's Story

    Oladotun 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 Lin...

    • 18 min
    Tapela's Story

    Tapela's Story

    Memory 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 cond...

    • 28 min
    Nicholas' Story

    Nicholas' Story

    Dr. 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. Fin...

    • 23 min
    Leonie's Story

    Leonie's Story

    Leonie 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...

    • 25 min
    Uma's Story

    Uma's Story

    Uma 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 ...

    • 25 min

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