Introducing
The Big Ideas Platform connect ideas and uptakers by offering a platform to less subscribed but powerful voices and ideas across diversities, leading exceptional
solutions that can take us to an African renaissance. The platform
would serve to:
Launch new Thinking and introduce new personas on the thought landscape
Illuminate bold ideas that can enhance the quality of life of African communities
Amplify life-changing strategies to implement transformative ideas
Connect creative and innovative energies across and beyond the continent
Build on the next steps to activate the big ideas solutions
Past and Present Editions of the Big Ideas Event
Welcome to the Big Ideas Platform 2025!
We only use 5% of our brains. What if we told you that brain health is the key to unlocking human potential, yet it remains one of the neglected aspects of well-being? This year, 2025, the Big Ideas Platform focuses on just that: Brain Health and Mental Well-being.
Big Ideas Platform 2024: Recap of the Bold Ideas for Africa's Renaissance
The School of Politics, Policy, and Governance (SPPG), in partnership with the Yar’Adua Foundation and MacArthur Foundation, hosted the Big Ideas Platform 2024 on Saturday, May 25, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja. The event, themed ‘Information Technology and Behavior Change’
A Recap of Big Ideas of Forward-Thinking Africans Shared in 2023
Five dynamic citizens of Africa whose ideas illuminated bold solutions that can enhance the quality of life in African communities shared a platform to tell a diverse audience the story of their Big Ideas.
Here is a recap of the Big Ideas platformed in 2023:
