Angeline (Angie) Murimirwa, CEO of CAMFED, spearheads the organization's grassroots-led model for girls' education and women's leadership in Africa, fostering close partnerships with rural communities and national governments.
As a CAMFED graduate, she co-founded the CAMFED Association, a powerful pan-African network of 350,000 women leaders driving change in their communities and beyond. Together they bring the experience and expertise of underserved communities to inform policy and strategy at every level.
Angie was named one of the TIME100 most influential people of 2025. She is the winner of the 2024 Africa Education Medal and a Yidan Prize for Education Development Laureate (2020). She is a TED Speaker, and has been recognized as one of 100 most influential women by the BBC, in tribute to her role in supporting young women to step forward as girls’ education leaders.
