In my network · Leaders & founders
Sobel Aziz Ngom
CEO · Tostan
Community-led change at scale: mobilising young people, communities and institutions around one programme.
Background
- Tostan
- Ashoka
- Generation Unlimited
About
Social entrepreneur and Ashoka Fellow. Since 2025 he leads Tostan, the African institution that has run community-led education programmes in ten countries since 1991. He also chairs the Consortium Jeunesse Sénégal, a coalition of youth-led organisations he ran as CEO from 2021 to 2025, and sat on the Global Leadership Council of Generation Unlimited.
Track record
- CEO of Tostan (since 2025)
- President of the Consortium Jeunesse Sénégal (since 2020)
- Global Leadership Council, Generation Unlimited (2018–2025)
- Ashoka Fellow
What they bring
- Mobilising young people and communities
- Partnerships with institutions, donors and governments
What you get
- A programme that people on the ground carry themselves
