Authors
The authors behind the books.
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Abraham Kolo
Nigeria · 1 book
The Merchandise of Souls, “encapsulates a message that is both timeless and urgent. In a world where the value of a soul is often overshadowed by material pursuits, this work seeks to remind us of our intrinsic worth and the higher calling we all have. It is an invitation to rediscover our purpose and to realign our lives with the divine will. Anyone who values his soul should grasp a copy of this book and read “for what will a man give in exchange of his soul?” Abraham Majin Kolo is a child of God, and is passionate to see the kingdom of God established among the youth. He is a graduate of History and International Relations, and has been a leader of various capacities both secular and spiritual. He hails from Gbako Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria.
Abraham Loorig
Ghana · 2 books
Abraham Loorig is an educator, author, speaker, mentor, and youth-development leader committed to helping young people discover their potential and build meaningful futures. He currently serves as Director of Education and Dean of the Mentorship Faculty at Linked Africa, where he leads the development of mentorship programs, educational initiatives, mentor training, and personal and professional development programs serving young Africans across the continent and diaspora. Abraham brings more than two decades of experience in education, mentorship, student development, and personal development. In the United States, he works in higher education at Colorado State University, supporting student success, college access, retention, and the development of first-generation and historically underserved students. Previously, he served as an Academic Coach and course instructor at Ohio University, where he earned a Master of Education in College Student Personnel. At Linked Africa, Abraham has helped build an expanding mentorship ecosystem that includes the organization's Mentorship Faculty, group mentorship cohorts, Guide-the-Guide mentor training, MenteeConnect, MentorConnect, and other learning and career-development initiatives. His work focuses on equipping young people with practical skills in goal setting, leadership, career readiness, communication, personal branding, artificial intelligence, and lifelong learning. Beyond higher education, Abraham is an author, speaker, curriculum developer, and advocate for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in education and human development. His work explores the intersection of education, technology, personal development, African thought leadership, and storytelling. He is particularly passionate about helping Africans recognize the value of their knowledge, experiences, talents, and stories and transform them into tools for individual and societal advancement. At the heart of Abraham's work is a simple conviction: potential must be discovered, developed, and given an opportunity to serve. Through education, mentorship, technology, writing, and speaking, he continues to invest in the next generation of African leaders, professionals, creators, and changemakers.
Emmanuel (Olorunfemi) Esanoluwa
Nigeria · 1 book
Emmanuel Esanoluwa is a Chief People Operations Officer, organizational strategist, and framework architect with more than ten years of experience building people infrastructure across forty-five-plus organizations spanning holding companies, startups, and multi-vertical portfolios in consulting, fintech, edtech, and digital transformation across Nigeria, West Africa, and internationally. He is the CEO and Principal of Handly & Glonex Limited, a business operations consultancy, and the founder of NextSteps HR-Plus, an impact-driven people operations firm that has supported the launch and scaling of more than twenty organizations. He has served as Chief People Operations Officer, Chief of Staff, and Executive Business Partner across multi-vertical holding companies, and has delivered more than forty speaking and training engagements at conferences, forums, and corporate events across Africa. Emmanuel is the author of The A-F of Execution, a performance framework structured around six execution principles, and the creator of the PPTX Framework — People, Process, Technology, and eXecution — the subject of this book. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Landmark University, Kwara State, and is completing an MBA in Innovation Management at Tekedia Institute and the Senior Professional in Human Resources International (SPHRi) certification. He serves as In-House HR Lead at HarvestHouse Christian Center (Life Center Campus) and as a Mentor and Research Faculty member at Linked Africa, a pan-African mentorship platform.
Happiness Paskali Bayyo
Tanzania · 1 book
Happiness Paskali Bayyo is a Tanzanian emerging author, emerging public speaker, emerging gospel singer, youth advocate and purpose-driven young woman passionate about faith, personal growth, purposeful living, leader-ship and meaningful impact. A graduate of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Happiness is building her journey across capital markets, leadership, public speaking, writing, music and youth development. Rather than defining herself by what she has already achieved, she embraces a life of continuous learning, growth and becoming. Her journey has been shaped by questions of identity, purpose, courage, faith, potential and the fear of becoming less than she was created to be. Through her own experiences, she has come to understand that people can possess great potential while remaining constrained by fear, self-doubt, ex-pectations and the limitations they place upon themselves. These reflections became part of the inspiration for Unclipping My Wings, a book about recognizing what lies within, confronting what holds us back and courageously growing into the person we are meant to be. At the heart of Happiness’s philosophy is self-anointment: the conscious decision to recognize, embrace and take responsibility for one’s God-given potential, gifts, purpose and journey. For her, it is not about elevating oneself above others, but about no longer waiting for external permission to pursue meaningful growth. Happiness is also the founder of Divine Room, an emerging purpose and personal-development initiative created to help people discover purpose, develop their potential, connect with opportunities and guidance, and live meaningful lives through faith-informed principles and practical growth. Her aspirations extend beyond one profession or platform. She hopes to grow as a writer, speaker, gospel singer, leader and catalyst for positive change, using her voice and experiences to encourage others to pursue pur-poseful lives and meaningful impact. She does not write from a place of having arrived. She writes from the journey of unclipping: learning, stretching, falling, rising, discovering and continually unfolding. Unclipping My Wings is part of that journey: an invitation to anyone who has ever felt that they were made for more but did not know how to begin. The wings may already be there. Sometimes, the journey begins with the courage to unclip them.
Mikailou Macauley
Togo · 2 books
Mikailou Macauley is a cybersecurity professional and thought leader dedicated to the intersection of digital safety and genuine personal empowerment. For years, Mikailou worked to protect large, complex digital systems. This work taught him the necessity of precision, foresight, and systematic planning to build resilient systems and solve complex problems. This professional environment instilled in him a powerful understanding of how to protect and optimize potential, whether digital or human. It is this same expertise in mastering technology and optimizing complex processes that fuels his lifelong, deeply held calling: to offer a helping hand for authentic self-improvement. Macauley recognized that while we live in an age of abundant information, many still feel compelled to "fake it till they make it," leading to exhaustion and inauthenticity. Drawing upon his expertise in defining and structuring technological systems, he became committed to challenging this societal threat of performative growth. From S.M.A.R.T. to SMART Em-Powered by AI is the powerful culmination of this mission. Mikailou leverages his deep technological insight to argue that Artificial Intelligence is not a threat to human capability, but the personalized partner needed for real, measurable growth. This book challenges readers to move beyond superficial self-help and instead utilize intelligent systems to engineer an authentic, empowered personal and professional journey. Through his unique perspective, Mikailou Macauley ensures that readers are equipped not just to survive the AI age, but to thrive in it with integrity and a true foundation of smart, technological self-mastery.
Steve Kinanga Makori
Kenya · 1 book
Steve K. Makori is a Kenyan counselor, mentor, and author who has spent years walking alongside young people through depression, trauma, and crisis. Drawing on both his professional counseling work and his own lived experience, he writes with the honesty of someone who has been in the room, and the hope of someone who has made it through He lives in Kenya, where he continues to counsel, mentor, and speak into the lives of the next generation.
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