A curated professional development initiative bridging the gap between emerging talent and meaningful work in Africa's impact sector.
As conversations around impact continue to grow across the continent, many talented individuals are looking for clearer pathways into meaningful work within social enterprises, NGOs, and foundations. However, access to practical career guidance and sector-specific insight remains limited.
The Career Coaching Studio was developed to help bridge this gap. We equip participants with the tools to secure opportunities, build confidence, and connect with experienced HR professionals across Africa.
Tired of generic, one-way webinars? The Career Coaching Studio is a personalized accelerator designed to bridge the "work-readiness" gap and elevate your professional trajectory.
Sit directly with senior HR professionals. We move beyond technical prep to master the core behavioral mindsets and soft skills that directors actively look for when hiring and promoting.
Candidates often have great capabilities but fail to translate them. Learn the exact, practical steps to align your resume with job descriptions and highlight the value recruiters are actually scanning for.
Take full control of your learning. Browse the backgrounds of 10 elite HR speakers and personally select the exact coach who aligns with your specific career hurdles and goals.
Designed for job seekers, recent graduates, and mid-career professionals looking to transition or grow within social impact work.
Serve as a mentor and guide to help shape the future of Africa's impact ecosystem. Submit your profile by May 30th, 2026.
Our carefully curated faculty of executive coaches brings decades of experience in personal branding, global systems, and organizational resilience. Select the mentor who aligns with your next professional leap.
With a background in Human Resources, Unity has experience in recruitment and people operations. Throughout her career, she has supported hiring processes, coordinated onboarding activities, and managed a range of HR administrative and operational functions. She enjoys working at the intersection of people and processes, helping organizations attract talent while ensuring employees have a positive experience from day one. With a practical understanding of workplace dynamics and HR operations, she brings valuable insights into talent acquisition, employee support, and effective people management practices.
Blessing Kukwang Dayam is an HR Practitioner and Career Advisor with 4+ years of experience in recruitment, HR systems development, and people operations across NGOs, hospitality, and consulting in Ghana. She holds a BSc in Business Administration (HRM) from KNUST and has built her expertise doing the core work of hiring, developing policies, managing recruitment and selection processes, and helping organisations build people structures that work, including as an independent HR consultant. Having been a job seeker herself, Blessing understands the uncertainty that comes with navigating the job market and is passionate about making that journey easier for others. She works with professionals on CV review and restructuring, interview preparation, and career clarity, helping people at any stage figure out their next move with confidence.
Bezawit Aweke is an Economics graduate, youth leader, and early career development coach with experience across international organizations, policy institutions, social impact initiatives, and youth-led networks. She currently serves as Country Coordinator for One Map Africa Ethiopia and Co-Chair for Sub-Saharan Africa at Whitestone Legislative Advocacy, where she leads initiatives focused on leadership, policy engagement, and sustainable development. Throughout her professional journey, Bezawit has worked with organizations including the Institute of Foreign Affairs, SIHA Network, the Ethiopian Economic Association, and the Ethiopian Investment Commission, gaining experience in stakeholder engagement, project coordination, research, and partnership development. Passionate about empowering young professionals, she supports students and recent graduates in navigating internships, fellowships, conferences, leadership programs, NGO careers, and professional networking opportunities. Her coaching approach focuses on practical career readiness, personal branding, strategic networking, and helping young people confidently transition from education into meaningful careers and impact driven work. Strategic HR Leader and Business Transformation professional specialising in Talent management, Restructuring, Culture Turnarounds.
Strategic HR Leader and Business Transformation professional specialising in Talent management, Restructuring, Culture Turnarounds.
Adeoye Favour I. is a Global HR Consultant, Talent Development Specialist, and Career Coach with over six years of professional experience spanning recruitment, talent acquisition, employee development, workforce planning, and organizational growth. He has supported startups, SMEs, educational organizations, and professionals across Africa by designing effective hiring strategies, improving onboarding systems, facilitating training programs, and helping individuals navigate career transitions. Favour is passionate about bridging the gap between talent and opportunity, particularly within Africa's growing social impact, nonprofit, and development sectors. Through career coaching, CV optimization, LinkedIn branding, interview preparation, and professional development support, he has helped hundreds of job seekers and early-career professionals position themselves competitively in local and global labor markets. As a coach at the Career Coaching Studio, he is committed to empowering participants with practical tools, actionable career strategies, and the confidence needed to build meaningful and sustainable careers that contribute to Africa's development and impact ecosystem.
Nalukui Daka is a Human Resource and Industrial Relations specialist with experience in the public sector. With expertise in Industrial relations, employment law, HR policy implementation, dispute resolution and labour market parties engagement. Passionate about empowering others, Nalukui uses her experience to guide individuals in building successful and fulfilling careers. She is driven by the belief that people are an organisation's greatest asset and that personal growth, strategic networking, and lifelong learning are essential for career success. Through sharing knowledge, she hopes ro inspire others to turn challenges into opportunities and build careers aligned with their purpose, values and aspirations.
I am a dedicated professional with experience in project coordination, administration, recruitment support, and stakeholder engagement. Throughout my career, I have worked with diverse teams to support organizational goals, coordinate activities, and contribute to effective people management processes. My areas of expertise include recruitment and talent acquisition, talent development, employee engagement, workplace inclusion, and capacity building. I am passionate about connecting talented individuals with meaningful opportunities while helping employees identify pathways for growth and achieve their professional goals through mentorship, guidance, and continuous learning. I believe that strong HR practices are essential in creating positive, productive, and inclusive work environments. Through my work, I strive to support both organizational success and individual development, empowering people to reach their full potential.
An accomplished Human Resources and Talent Acquisition leader, Babatunde brings over 15 years of cross-industry expertise in building scalable, human-centric workplaces. With a robust background spanning Consulting, Real Estate, and the Oil & Gas sectors, he has a proven track record of designing effective recruitment frameworks and optimizing administrative operations. Their global perspective is enriched by extensive collaborations with international organizations, allowing them to seamlessly navigate diverse corporate cultures and global talent markets.
Deborah Adebayo is a results-driven Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) with extensive experience in human resource management, employee relations, talent acquisition, performance management, and organizational development. With a strong background spanning fintech, consulting, and retail industries, she is skilled at aligning people strategies with business objectives, fostering positive workplace cultures, and driving employee engagement and productivity.
Muleya Munsanje is a Human Resources professional with four years of experience in recruitment, talent management, onboarding, employee administration, and career development. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources Management and has built her experience across education, logistics, manufacturing, and the mining sector. Throughout her career, Muleya has worked with organizations including Rhodes Park School, San He Logistics, and Chilanga Cement, where she supported recruitment processes, employee onboarding, HR reporting, and people-focused initiatives. Passionate about empowering job seekers, she is also the founder of Madam HR, a platform dedicated to providing CV writing guidance, interview preparation support, and career readiness advice to young professionals. Muleya is committed to helping individuals unlock career opportunities while promoting best practices in human resource management.
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