Established in 2007 in Canada as a platform for African youth in diaspora to contribute to nation building from a distance, Unveiling Africa has evolved into becoming a renowned youth leadership organization that provides a platform for Nigerian teenagers to begin their social leadership journey and imbibe a passion for social change in Africa. Through Unveiling Africa’s flagship program – Transformers Club, Unveiling Africa has trained over 5000 teenagers in youth leadership across public and private schools in Nigeria. As teenagers, UVA youths stand out as leaders and pacesetters wherever they are. Wherever you find them, they are the selfless self-starters, the incurable optimists, the community mobilizers, the tireless problem-solvers and the political conscious ones. They are the youth that give up lunch and save funds to buy a bus for less privileged youth within their communities. They are the youth that engage with community leaders to identify a sanitation problem and decide to raise funds to build the first standardized toilet in the market square. As a collective, Unveiling Africa teenagers have launched 30+ social impact projects and continue to lead in their respective school/professional communities. Unveiling Africa Teenagers are alumni of renowned institutions such as African Leadership Academy, United World College, African Leadership University amongst others.

Leveraging on this history, Unveiling Africa has deepened its scope to address the absence of African-centered and social justice perspectives in global education and social systems. We believe that Africa’s education system is the most potent and strategic vehicle to transformatively engage African youth and position them for a life of transformative social leadership. Accordingly, we have worked with Lagos State Ministry of Education to provide advice on the infusion of History in its curriculum and program delivery. 

We have consulted for the curriculum arm of the Federal Ministry of Education – NERDC and contributed to the review of the secondary school education curriculum.

We have partnered with 64 world leading professors and practitioners from Nigeria, Canada, United Kingdom & USA to train over 300 teachers and youth from around the world in African-centered perspectives and Histories

Through a combination of research, capacity building, strategic program design and convening initiatives, Unveiling Africa is taking a center stage in equipping a new generation of social leaders (teachers, civic actors and teenagers) with an African-centered perspective while facilitating a shift towards African-centered education reforms.