Thomas JAKEL
Initiator AfricaX, Co-Founder @ EcoToiletten, Strandschicht & The YES Challenge, Unternehmer Coach
On a mission to cross 20 African countries with an e-motorbike, interview 100 Changemakers, collect inspiring stories of African entrepreneurs, learn from innovative startups and social businesses, share scalable solutions to social challenges, show Africa through a different lens, go on an adventure.
Order the AfricaX BookAbout
Our mission is to inspire, learn, share, encourage, connect and ignite action for positive change in an engaging and entertaining way.
Interviews
We collected stories of inspiring Changemakers on the continent, how they started their projects and businesses and how they create positive social impact for their communities. We are currently sharing them through our Blog, Youtube and our Podcast.
Changemaker Campus
We engage, train and support organizations working with young people on their journeys to become changemakers and grow in their roles as ethical leaders through the Changemaker Campus.
Book
We documented the e-motorbike expedition, our encounters and the stories we heard from the people we met, to share them in the AfricaX Book. Get the book now and hear about our tales from the road through 20 African Countries.
AfricaX Book
A story about travelling 20 African countries with an electric motorbike, the challenges of the journey and the inspiring entrepreneurs and changemakers we met on the way.
Order the AfricaX BookSelected blog posts
How Adepeju Jaiyeoba saves lives by reinventing rural maternal healthcare with Mother's Delivery Kit
How Murendeni Mafumo started Kusini Water, a Water Business with Social Impact, in South Africa
How Regina Honu is teaching thousands of girls how to code and create technology
Momarr Taal: Tropingo Foods I Meet a Changemaker from The Gambia
A short documentary about the AfricaX E-motorbike trip by Deutsche Welle
20 African Countries on an E-Bike?
Check out the AfricaX journey and the joys and challenges of travelling with an electric motorbike in this documentary by Deutsche Welle. It takes you on a journey from Berlin to Morocco, through Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo and the DRC, Angola and Namibia to South Africa. Whether you are a motorbike rider or not, we believe you might find this tale inspiring and entertaining.
Clicking play loads the video from YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com).
Team
Dulcie MATIVO
Social Media, Content and Operations Coordinator
Ansfati M'MADI
User Experience Designer and Social Innovation Designer
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Contact
Address
AfricaX c/o YES Founders FoundationEichborndamm 167 G55
13403 Berlin - Germany