

Between wrapping up my summer internship at Xbox, planning and hosting a full-scale U.S. Gala for Ntha Foundation, and relaunching my first book By the End of Your Teens โ I found myself teetering on the edge of burnout more than once. I was trying to do it all.
๐ฎ What Works, In What Context, Under What Circumstances โ and Why Reflections from a
After over a decade working across public, nonprofit, and multilateral systems โ from the grassroots to the United Nations Headquarters โ Iโve come to understand that development is rarely about what we do. Itโs about how we think. And whom we center.
In the 7 years since founding the Ntha Foundation in 2018, we have, in partnership with international development agencies and schools across Africa trained over 10,000 learners across 20+ African countries, reached over 500,000 people through digital campaigns, launched our e-learning platform digitalskillsforafrica.com, and created real pathways for creatives, innovators, and entrepreneurs to thrive. And yet โ it never felt like we had truly started. Not until now.