Meet 5 Five Young Women CEOs Driving Adaptation Action in Africa

These five young women CEOs lead enterprises that have won the African Youth Adaptation #YouthADAPT Solutions Challenge – an annual competition supporting women- and youth-led entrepreneurship and innovation in #climatechange adaptation across Africa. YouthADAPT is jointly organized by the Global Center on Adaptation, the African Development Bank and Climate Investment Funds.

1. Caroline Mwangi leads Kimplanter Seedlings, which propagates drought-resistant seedlings for smallholder farmers

2. Juveline Ngum is the CEO of BleagLee Waste Managerment, which helps urban communities mitigate flood risk by using drones to identify waste in waterways, and working with community and youth organizations to collect and dispose of waste

3. Ifeoluwa Tryphena Olatayo founded Soupah Kitchen & Company, which grows vegetables using hydroponics, a cultivation method that does not use soil, to reduce the impact of weather conditions on food production and transportation

4. Gislaine Matiedje Nkenmayi spearheads Mumita Holdings, which helps farmers in climate-vulnerable Cameroon produce crops year-round using sustainable methods such as low-cost greenhouses and solar-powered irrigation

5. Rejoice Amarachi Usim is the CEO of Simkay Green Global Ventures, which helps smallholder farmers in rural Nigeria adopt vertical sack farming to enable year-round production despite changing weather patterns

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