Ashoka
Welcome Ashoka Fellows elected in 2025
Each year, Ashoka searches the world for leading social entrepreneurs. After a rigorous selection, they join the Ashoka Fellowship: a global, trust-based community of peers committed to building a world where everyone can participate and contribute.
76 Fellows were elected in 2025. Their systems-changing solutions span continents, cultures, and industries, but what unites them is the belief that no one is too young, too old, or too different to shape a better future. They're breaking down barriers and creating pathways for millions to lead change.
We're thrilled to introduce 2025's Ashoka Fellows.
See also: Fellows elected in 2024.
Africa
Immaculée Birhaheka
Ashoka Senior Fellow since Sep 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo
PAIF (Programme d’Appui aux Initiatives des Féminines)
Itoro Eze-Anaba
Ashoka Senior Fellow since May 2025
Nigeria
Partnership for Justice - Mirabel Center
Joel Ogunsola
Ashoka Fellow since Sep 2024
Nigeria
Technology for Social Change and Development (Tech4Dev)
Magage Josue
Ashoka Fellow since Sep 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Initiative pour la Promotion Agro-pastorale « IPAP »
Uju Agomoh
Ashoka Senior Fellow since May 2025
Nigeria
Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA)
Vanessa Zawadi
Ashoka Fellow since Sep 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Women for Peace and Democracy
Arab World
Asia
Europe
Nicole Szesny-Mahlau
Ashoka Fellow since Sep 2025
Germany
trauma.help – Deutsches Traumakompetenznetz e.V.
Latin America
North America
