Our Story
2017
Lift Africa began in Northern Nigeria in 2017, not as an organization, but as a quiet act of service — providing pro bono legal aid to survivors of gender-based violence who had nowhere else to turn. What started with a few cases revealed a bigger truth: injustice was not an event, it was a system.
Between 2017 and 2020
Between 2017 and 2020, we expanded our work into education support and women’s livelihoods, reintegrating thousands of out-of-school girls and empowering mothers with income pathways that protected their daughters from early marriage, exploitation, and poverty.
Between 2020 and 2024
Between 2020 and 2024, Lift Africa evolved into a movement for structural change. We began linking law, policy reform, civic power, and community evidence to create systemic impact.
This transition contributed to:
86 convictions for sexual and gender-based violence and human rights violations
3,360 out-of-school girls reintegrated into classrooms
5,060 women trained and economically empowered
Statewide legal reform, including drafting the Harmonized VAPP Law for Kano State
60 trained youth civic advocates driving accountability
2025 - Present
Today, Lift Africa stands at the intersection of justice, gender equality, institutional reform, and civic power, shaping policies and strengthening systems from Nigeria’s grassroots communities to global development platforms. Our story continues — rooted in people, powered by evidence, and driven by the belief that justice must be lived daily, not written theoretically.
Our Impact
3,360
From Streets to Classrooms (scholarship support with GPE/Kano)
5,060
Livelihoods & value-addition (Clear Her Path), tools supplied and multiplier training model.
80
Justice Shield legal interventions for SGBV survivors and human rights violation
3,360
Civic Justice Lab fellows using law & civic tools for accountability
1
Lift Africa led the campaign that produced the Harmonized VAPP Law for Kano State