Quest For Growth and Development Foundation

Africa is a driver of solutions, a source of innovation, and a voice of moral clarity in our shared pursuit of peace and security, sustainable development and human rights.

Across the continent, we see talent, dynamism and determination.

But that potential is being held back by global obstacles that Africa did not create – from unjust borrowing costs and crushing debt burdens to a deeply unequal international system that reflects last century’s power relations.
True solidarity with Africa means helping remove those obstacles.

Together, let us move Africa forward – with investment at scale, justice in global systems and partnerships grounded in respect.
-ANTONIO GUTERRES-UN SECRETARY GENERAL

United Nations
Smith Nwokocha

“Fossil fuels cost us our health, our environment, and our future.
Renewable energy restores what pollution destroys.”

The Earth/Planet is our only home!

Let's act now to make it liveable!!

UN Climate Change UN Environment Programme United Nations Climate Reality African Climate Reality Project 350.org 350 Africa Afrika Vuka Network Climate Action Network-International Global Citizen Smith Nwokocha

Fossil fuel dependence exposes nations to volatile prices, geopolitical shocks, and external control over critical energy systems. It weakens true sovereignty by tying economic stability and national security to forces beyond domestic control.

Renewable energy changes that equation. By investing in clean, locally available sources such as solar and wind, countries can strengthen energy independence, create jobs, stabilise their economies, and protect their people and environment.

The path to real security is not in deeper dependence, but in a just and accelerated transition to renewable energy systems that put power back in the hands of people and nations.


UN Climate Change
UN Environment Programme
Smith Nwokocha

“This Earth Day, raise your voice for clean energy, climate justice, and a future beyond fossil fuels.”

“A just transition means moving from fossil fuels to renewables without abandoning workers or communities.”


Smith Nwokocha

Hello Changemakers,
Welcome and thank you for being part of this collective effort.
Today, we’re inviting you to take part in the State of Changemaker Wellbeing Survey, a global research study for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for Healthy Minds, in partnership with The Wellbeing Project, and Humin. The purpose of this study is to better understand what supports and undermines wellbeing across the social change sector.

This is a global survey focused specifically on changemaker wellbeing. Changemakers everywhere provide the very foundation of societal pillars that we all rely on every day, and yet their own well-being is deeply understudied. By bringing together voices across roles, regions, and movements, we aim to build a shared, evidence-based understanding of the everyday realities of change work.

The survey should take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete, and you must be 21 years old to participate and fluent in one of the 12 languages in which the survey is available: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swahili.

This study is being led by Richard Davidson, Ph.D. in Madison, WI and the survey will be conducted online, via the link below. If you have any questions about the study, you can contact the study team by email ([email protected]) or phone (+1 608-265-5931).

Your contribution is part of a broader collective effort to better understand wellbeing across the social change sector and to ground future conversations and decisions in evidence, not assumptions. Insights from this research will help inform learning, dialogue, and action across the field.
Take the survey https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ekCJ6bm7lTHFCjs

The survey is open from April 13 to May 22, 2026, and responses are completely anonymous. Full information about participation, confidentiality, and support is provided at the start of the survey.

Thank you for being part of this collective effort and for the work you do to support social and environmental change.
Warmly,
State of Changemaker Wellbeing Research Team

Smith Nwokocha

They profit. We pay.

The war is driving up the cost of living for families around the world, from rising energy bills to higher food prices, while countries struggle to maintain basic services.

In just one month, people paid over $100 billion more for energy as prices surged, much of it flowing into fossil fuel profits.

This is how it goes: war is their business, and our cost.

As world leaders gather this week in Washington, D.C. for the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, decisions are being made that will shape how this crisis is addressed.

A global coalition of 130+ organisations is calling for:
→ End the war
→ Tax the profiteers
→ Cancel the debt
→ Fund public services and clean energy

We did not cause this crisis. We should not be made to pay for it.

Join us: 🔗 theyprofitwepay.org


350.org
350 Africa
Smith Nwokocha

We are ready! #2026

Don't Miss This One!

🚨Speaker announcement! 🚨

Join ACTP’s in-country mentor for Nigeria, Smith Nwokocha, together with Gloria Bulus, Esther Tolani, and Umar Saleh for an insightful discussion on sustainable food systems in West Africa, drawing lessons from Nigeria as a case study.

This discussion is taking place ahead of , under the theme “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future.”

Don’t miss it — tune in and be part of the conversation!