Co-Being in Africa: the projects changemakers recommend

The selection

• Abderazzak BenchaabaneMarrakech, Morocco“Forty years documenting Morocco's plants. He saved knowledge that was about to disappear.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• BôndyAntananarivo, Madagascar“They reconnect Madagascar's communities with the forest they depend on. Regeneration done with people.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Elman Peace and Human Rights CentreMogadishu, Somalia“Ilwad chose to go back to Mogadishu to do this work. That choice tells you everything.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Germaine AcognyToubab Dialaw, Senegal“Because gesture and movement are, above all, a constant rethinking of openness.”Recommended by Coralie Custos Quatreville
• Hindou Oumarou IbrahimN'Djamena, Chad“Hindou brings her community's knowledge of the land to the world stage. We need that voice.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Ibn Al Baytar / Zoubida CharroufRabat, Morocco“Zoubida gave argan its science, and made sure the women who harvest it earn from it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• isiMpondoXolobeni, South Africa“Their stand for ancestral land says it plainly: protecting a place and honouring the people on it are the same thing.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Kufunda Learning VillageHarare, ZimbabweRecommended by Søren Hermansen
• Mariam KeitaConakry, GuineaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Nyaguthii ChegeNairobi, Kenya“Carrying Wangari Maathai's vision forward is no small task. Under Chege, a founding African environmental movement stays rooted in the women and communities who do the planting.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Songhaï CenterPorto-Novo, BeninRecommended by JJ Hazoumé
• Wanjira MathaiNairobi, Kenya“She carries the Green Belt Movement forward while shaping climate policy for the continent. With her, the link between restored land and restored dignity becomes obvious.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume