Shannon May is an anthropologist, she Co-Founded Bridge International Academies, an innovative company launching a franchise of low-cost schools to serve impoverished families and informal settlements, across developing nations. While conducting research in rural China, Shannon saw close-up how primary education was failing already impoverished families. The experience prompted her to research how children could be taught the skills they need to thrive, harnessing data and technology to make a replicable and affordable model of education. The result was Bridge International Academies, the world’s largest private provider of nursery and primary education for families living on $2 a day or less. Bridge International, which charges $6 a month on average, launched its first school in Nairobi in 2009. It has now expanded across Africa, educating over 100,000 pupils, and plans to reach 10 million children across a dozen countries by 2025. If the status quo in education is kept, 2070…

Shantabai is a traditional woman who knew little or nothing about gender stereotype. But she defied the assumption about that fact when she was faced with the problem of a hunger and starvation. Shantanbai Shrapati Yadav is the first female barber in India, her late father was a barber and so was her late husband. She got married at the age of 12 to late Mr. Shripati Yadav. Barbing was a part time job for Mr. Shripati who was a farmer. He worked as a barber to add to his income but when there was a rift between him and his brothers, they split the farm land between themselves and Shripati had less than an acre of land to farm on. He decided to concentrate on his barbing business in order to feed is family. Mr. Shripati and his family moved to Hasursasgiri village to start a new life. Fortunately,…

By: Jerrywright Ukwu Setting up a business in the art industry in Nigeria is no easy feat. It takes a lot of hard work, patience and dedication with the mass of people and personalities that come with it. Bolanle Austen-Peters is breaking new grounds in the industry as she has become the first Nigerian woman to build a private theatre in Nigeria. Austen-Peters who is the founder of Terra Kulture, a leading art, culture, lifestyle, and educational Centre located in Lagos, Nigeria, has said that the facility is a premier recreational destination. With her involvement in the arts, Austen-Peters noticed that there was an absence of spaces and resources for artists, thespians and theatre enthusiasts to thrive and decided to do something about it. This gave rise to the birth of Terra Kulture Arena a 400-seater, state of the art theatre. The theatre, which also doubles as a movie-screening venue,…