Angie Murimirwa
CAMFED Executive | Empowering Girls' Education in Africa
Angie Murimirwa is an Education speaker who has appeared at 1 event including TEDWomen 2019, most recently in 2019.
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Angie Murimirwa is the Executive Director of the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED), a pan-African movement revolutionizing how girls' education is delivered. Under her leadership, CAMFED has supported over 6 million children to go to school across Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Murimirwa's powerful keynotes draw from her personal story of overcoming poverty to become the first in her family to attend university. She shares evidence-based strategies for unlocking human potential through community-led, gender-transformative approaches to education.
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How repaying loans with social service transforms communities
What if you could repay loans through volunteering and mentorship instead of money? Activist Angie Murimirwa shares how a game-changing economic tool known as "social interest" is reinvigorating sub-Saharan communities once trapped in cycles of poverty. Join her as she explains how this approach to lending is creating opportunities for thousands of African women and girls -- and shows why this model can be replicated anywhere with lasting effects.
| Event | Year | Location | Talks |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEDWomen 2019 | 2019 | 🇺🇸Palm Springs, United States | 1 |
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