The Power of Educating Girls: Inside CAMFED’s Movement for Change with Angline Murimirwa

Angeline Murimirwa grew up as a subsistence farmer’s daughter in rural Zimbabwe to become a TIME 100 honouree and Africa Education Medal winner. She is now Chief Executive Officer of CAMFED, a pan-African movement supporting girls to go to school and become influential leaders and changemakers, and one of the world’s leading voices on girls’ education and social justice.

In this episode of Just Curious…, Angeline shares her own deeply personal story that sits at the heart of CAMFED’s mission with hosts Nicky Regazzoni and George Blizzard. She reflects on the moment her schooling was almost cut short due to poverty, and how being selected for CAMFED support transformed her life. 

But she is clear that education alone is not enough. Drawing on lived experience, she explains why lasting change requires holistic support, from meeting basic material needs, to supporting transitions into livelihoods and leadership, and ultimately transforming education systems themselves.

The conversation explores CAMFED’s unique model and examines leadership, partnership and reputation through a communications lens, highlighting the power of humility and collective action. Above all, Angeline offers a compelling vision for the future; one where educating the most marginalised girls reshapes communities, economies and entire nations.