Abaas Mpindi
Media Challenge Initiative
CEO & Co-Founder
Mpindi Abaas is the CEO of the Media Challenge Initiative (MCI), a Ugandan-based organization building the next generation of journalists in Uganda. Mpindi believes that good journalism can make the world a better place through the stories journalists tell and how they tell them. Under MCI, Mpindi oversees the MCI Media Hub, MCI Radio, and Solutions Now Africa, platforms that are amplifying media innovations and using solutions journalism to challenge negative narratives about Africa. Mpindi's story has been published in the Huffington Post and CNN African Voices, and in 2018, his work was put in the spotlight by President Barack Obama in his #Mandela 100 lecture in South Africa. Mpindi is a 2024 Elevate Prize Winner, 2023 Africa Visionary Fellow, 2018 Obama Leader, 2018 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, and a Young Emerging Leaders Program Fellow.