- Latest Episode
Changing the Game | SDG 5
Featuring: Amna Abdullatif
Amna’s work challenges systemic inequalities, tackles racism and Islamophobia, creating safer, more inclusive spaces in sports and beyond. Through grassroots activism, Amna and The Three Hijabis are amplifying marginalised voices, driving policy change, and fostering community action.
Featured Episodes
Goal 5 | Ensure equal rights and opportunities for all genders.
Goal 10 | Promote inclusion and...
Goal 4 | Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning...
Goal 3 | Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages...
Season 2
- Episode 03
Changing the Game | SDG 5&10
Featuring: Amna Abdullatif
Amna’s work challenges systemic inequalities, tackles racism and Islamophobia, creating safer, more inclusive spaces in sports and beyond. Through grassroots activism, Amna and The Three Hijabis are amplifying marginalised voices, driving policy change, and fostering community action.
- Episode 02
Women in Focus | SDG 4&5
Featuring: Amina Mohamed
Amina fosters a new generation of African storytellers who are redefining how their communities are portrayed in the media. Through “Cameras for Girls,” she provides training, mentorship, and resources, ensuring they use ethical storytelling, photography, and journalism to make their voices heard and respected.
- Episode 01
Rhythms for Resilience | SDG 3
Featuring: Cherrelle Druppers
Cherrelle Druppers is proving that dance is more than art—it’s therapy. Through ChezaCheza Dance Foundation, she empowers children in underserved communities to build emotional resilience, confidence, and well-being. Her work fosters a new generation of expressive, strong, and mentally empowered youth.
Season 1
- Episode 12
Ashes To Action | SDG 3&7
Featuring: Ruth Wambui
Ruth Wambui is committed to transforming lives through sustainable cooking practices. Through her work with the Clean Cooking Association of Kenya, she addresses the health, environmental, and economic challenges of traditional cooking methods, empowering communities with clean energy solutions and advancing opportunities for women.
- Episode 11
Piloting Dreams | SDG 4&5
Featuring: Refilwe Ledwaba
Refilwe Ledwaba is dedicated to empowering young African women in STEM. Through Girls Fly Africa, she breaks down barriers, offering mentorship, training, and motivation to help a new generation of girls expand their horizons and redefine what’s possible.
- Episode 10
Dismantling Systemic Oppression | SDG 5,10&16
Featuring: Emilia Roig
Emilia Roig is a social justice advocate who challenges systemic inequality and amplifies the voices of marginalized communities. Through compelling advocacy, she dismantles oppression, reshapes narratives, and inspires a shift in collective consciousness to achieve equality, emphasizing the importance of an inclusive, intersectional approach.
- Episode 09
Voices From The Margins | SDG 4&10
Featuring: Valentine Onyeka Ogunaka
Valentine Onyeka Ogunaka is a storyteller and social advocate who amplifies the resilience of marginalized communities. Through powerful narratives, he challenges stereotypes, reshapes perceptions, and highlights the humanity and triumphs behind global development efforts.
- Episode 08
Art For Activism | 5 Ps
Featuring: Yacine Ait-Kaci
Yacine Ait-Kaci is a visionary digital artist and social activist at the forefront of using creativity to ignite global change. With his captivating visual storytelling, Yacine transforms concepts like sustainability, human rights, and social inclusion into compelling narratives that inspire action.
- Episode 07
Nigeria’s Brain Gain: Nabila’s Return | SDG 4&5
Featuring: Nabila Aguele
Nabila Aguele spearheads progressive policies, narratives, and movements to promote gender equality, innovation, and social inclusion, advancing SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 5: Gender Equality.
- Episode 06
Unlocking Genius | SDG 4&8
Featuring: Brandon Nicholson
Brandon Nicholson is spearheading a transformative movement in youth empowerment through his organization, The Hidden Genius Project, in the United States.
- Episode 05
Lighting Up Africa | SDG 7
Featuring: Benedict Owanga & Chinelo Adi
Benedict Owanga & Chinelo Adi, the co-founders of Owanga Solar are tackling energy poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with innovative battery and solar solutions, advancing SDG 7 (Affordable & Clean Energy).
- Episode 04
Championing Gender Parity | SDG 5
Featuring: Alice Apostoly
Alice Apostoly, a feminist diplomacy and international gender activist, is increasing awareness of gender mainstreaming to disseminate solutions for combating gender-based violence and injustices using a human rights-based framework with her work at the Gender in Geopolitics Institute.
- Episode 03
Voices for Zainab | SDG 4&5
Featuring: Carolyn Seaman
Carolyn Seaman, an advocate for girls’ rights, is committed to dismantling barriers to education for girls in Nigeria. Her resolve stems from a personal experience involving her classmate, Zainab, who endured the ordeal of forced child marriage.
- Episode 02
Strengthening Food Security | SDG 2
Featuring: Isak Pretorius
Isak Pretorius leads the charge to strengthen food security across Africa, igniting hope for a brighter future. From pioneering sustainable agriculture initiatives to fostering community empowerment programs.
- Episode 01
A Midwife’s Mission | SDG 3
Featuring: Ashu Martha Agbornyenty
Martha Agbornyenty doesn’t just deliver babies; she delivers hope in Cameroon. In this premiere episode, we share Martha’s journey to educate communities in her mission to reduce alarming maternal mortality rates. Giving life shouldn’t cost a life.
About Credo Voices
Welcome to the podcast that celebrates and amplifies the stories of extraordinary individuals driving social impact and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) around the world. In a world where social, economic, political and environmental challenges persist, it is crucial to shed light on the unsung heroes actively working towards positive change.
Credo Voices provides a platform for ordinary people doing extraordinary things, showcasing their journeys, achievements, and the impact they are creating in their communities and beyond.
Building a Global Community
Through intimate interviews, we uncover the compelling stories behind their work, exploring the challenges they have faced, the lessons they have learned, and their vision for a better, more sustainable and just world. From eradicating poverty and promoting gender equality to tackling hunger and building resilient communities.
Join us on this transformative journey as we explore the stories of those turning their passion into action, creating a ripple effect of positive change in our interconnected world. Be inspired by the Credo Voices community and discover how you can drive social impact and the Global Goals.
Listen to Credo Voices, be inspired, and be an agent of change in the movement towards a better world.
Join us on this transformative journey as we explore the stories of those turning their passion into action, creating a ripple effect of positive change in our interconnected world. Be inspired by the Credo Voices community and discover how you can drive social impact and the Global Goals.
Listen to Credo Voices, be inspired, and be an agent of change in the movement towards a better world.
Meet our Host
Awele Okigbo is the Founder and CEO of Credo Advisory, a leading strategic and development communications firm based in Abuja and Washington, DC.
For over 25 years, she has led communications teams to raise awareness, build trust, and effect change for institutions, including the United Nations, the United States Agency for International Development, the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the World Bank, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In 2022, she was inducted into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers community. As a Goalkeeper, she is part of a collective of global leaders addressing the world’s major challenges and accelerating progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals using powerful stories, data, and partnerships to highlight achievements.
In 2024 Awele Okigbo was selected as one of 50 women visionaries for the prestigious Vital Voices Visionaries program, founded by Hillary Clinton and Madeline Albright. This fellowship recognizes emerging women leaders tackling global challenges like gender-based violence, climate change, and economic inequality.
For over 25 years, she has led communications teams to raise awareness, build trust, and effect change for institutions, including the United Nations, the United States Agency for International Development, the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the World Bank, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In 2022, she was inducted into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers community. As a Goalkeeper, she is part of a collective of global leaders addressing the world’s major challenges and accelerating progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals using powerful stories, data, and partnerships to highlight achievements.
In 2024 Awele Okigbo was selected as one of 50 women visionaries for the prestigious Vital Voices Visionaries program, founded by Hillary Clinton and Madeline Albright. This fellowship recognizes emerging women leaders tackling global challenges like gender-based violence, climate change, and economic inequality.