Meet Our Founder

Fashioned and Made for Excellence Foundation, founder Raphael Stephen is an exceptional social entrepreneur, passionate about equipping the next generation and helping them become leaders in their schools, their careers and changemakers in their communities. As a highly sought-after human capacity development consultant, public speaker and youth mentor, well known for increasing academic results and assertiveness of the young people, he works with. He teaches leadership values, trains and speaks at schools, universities, business, and development programs. He has trained thousands of leaders in partnership with nationally renowned schools and organizations for nearly a decade, and he connects with teenagers and youths in a way that resonates. Mr Raphael believes that by cultivating leadership abilities in the next generation and helping them get their values right, we will become more productive people in Africa. Under Raphael’s leadership, the FAME Foundation has grown to become one of the largest youth skills providers in West Africa, meaningfully impacting over 40,000 youth across Nigeria. With a team of over 20 staff and 200 youth volunteers. In recognition of Raphael’s work in ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education, he was named a winner of the Talent of the Future award in 2019, as well as a fellow of the 2019 Ashoka ChangemakerXchange program. He was also recognized as a recipient of the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Young Leaders Award in the Education Category and was recognized as one of the 30 Outstanding Youth Leaders in Oyo state for 2023 by YALI Network Oyo. He was recently recognized as the Education Personality of the Year 2024 by the UCJ, University of Ibadan. Additionally, he has spoken at TEDx events. Fashioned and Made for Excellence Foundation can be the catalyst for the development of the next generation of leaders that will truly transform Africa and change the world.