“If we are going to flourish as a country, our kids and our teachers need different schools that foster their critical thinking. Through the Metis Fellowship, I honed my vision for a PanAfrican primary school. I met other school leaders and curriculum experts in my Metis cohort, exposure to research, and school models around the world. Coaching from Metis helped me to launch Children in Freedom school in 2018. Without Metis—there would be no school! Now, we serve over 350 students and host leaders across the world to learn from our Afrocentric approach. I am proud to be a Metis mentor, supporting other founders to grow and improve their schools. Metis is truly a movement, and through it, we will enable youth across Africa to shape the future of a more peaceful and prosperous future!”

Watch these amazing learners at Children in Freedom School.