AfaRise Fellows (2025-2027)

AfaRise Fellows are bold and audacious visionaries engaged in projects tied to decoloniality, racial justice and reparations based in Africa and Europe. 

Meet the Fellows

  • Samira Ben Ali

    Climate Justice Advocate, Legal Practitioner & Campaigner (Mayotte & France)

  • Malcom Ferdinand

    Academic Researcher in Political Science & Philosophy at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL (France)

  • Maud Kadye

    Development Practitioner & Founder, Level the Playing Field in Development (Zimbabwe, Kenya & UK)

  • Maureen Kasuku

    Afro-feminist Writer, Digital Rights Advocate & Grassroots Community Organizer (Kenya)

  • Rania Youssef

    Backend Developer, Activist, & Founder of Tribe-X (Egypt & France)