Wisdom from the Frontlines: Hopes for Africa’s Democratic Future

In the second episode of Season 2 of the Thank You Democracy Podcast, we continued our conversation from last week with Mary Yvonne Ododah and Mumbiko King’ori. This episode covers what they think a stronger, more inclusive democracy could look like in Africa, what gives them hope, and what they want the next generation of democracy defenders to know.Mary Yvonne Ododa serves as a Board Member of our Coalition Partner, The Youth Cafe, is the Founder of Jarumi Ventures Africa, the Executive Director at Nuru Trust Network, a fellow from the Institute for Economic and Peace (IEP) and a One Young World Ambassador. Mary is also an published author and an active member of both the UN Women Regional Civil Society Advisory Group (RCSAG) for Eastern and Southern Africa and the UN CSO Coalition on Human Rights and Counter Terrorism.Mumbiko King’ori is a passionate youth serving as the partnerships associate at The Youth Cafe, former youngest Presidential aspirant in Kenya, founding director of the Young Aspirants and Aspiring Leaders Network, a WYDE Youth Advisory board member with our Coalition Partner, European Partnership for Democracy where he initiated the commercialization of politics advocacy. He is also a Fellow with our Coalition Partner Kofi Annan Foundation and a volunteer consultant at the Kenya Inclusive Political Parties Technical Working Group with our Coalition Partner, Westminster Foundation for Democracy.To listen in to the second half of Mary and Mumbiko’s journeys and perspectives, tune in to this episode.