About Us
Our History
In January of 2018, Komera and Antelope convened 18 diverse CDOs — who implement a multitude of programmatic approaches to drive change in their communities. Although diverse in nature, they all shared a common purpose — to improve outcomes for adolescent girls. These organizations discussed the importance of community-driven planning and how working collaboratively could upend development narratives and provide an alternative to traditional scale. Our collective work culminated in the founding of AMPLIFY Girls.
Mission
Our mission at AMPLIFY Girls is to amplify the voices, work, and impact of community-driven organizations (CDOs) in Africa committed to building adolescent girls' agency.
Vision
We envision an Africa where adolescent girls lead self-determined lives and have the ability to effect change in their communities and beyond.
We work towards this by supporting the growth of organizations through intentional collaboration and learning; advocating for the inclusion of community-driven organizations in global decision-making spaces; and developing cutting-edge research that enables us to understand, measure, and maximize girls' agency.
Our Community
AMPLIFY Girls is a trust-based collective committed to collaborating to shift global resources to community-driven development. Our partners drive AMPLIFY Girls' agenda through intentional collaboration and collective decision-making.
AMPLIFY Stakeholders
- Partners
- Team
- Governing Board
- Collaborators
- Governments
Our Milestones
2018
A collective is imagined
Komera and the Antelope Foundation convene 18 diverse community-driven organizations in East Africa around a shared purpose: improving outcomes for adolescent girls. AMPLIFY Girls is founded.
2019
Agency becomes the shared goal
Community leaders identify a single ultimate goal for their holistic, locally-rooted work: agency for every girl — a girl's ability to effect change in her own life and community.
2021
The Adolescent Girls Agency Survey (AGAS) takes shape
Co-created with Dr. Aubryn Sidle and Dr. Brenda Oulo, AGAS is developed and validated with the network to measure the multidimensional construct of girls' agency.
2024
Zack Fowler and Lucy Minayo named Co-CEOs
AMPLIFY Girls appoints new Co-CEOs to lead the network into its next chapter of partner ownership and evidence-driven advocacy.
2025
Adolescent Girls Agency Portal launches
AMPLIFY Girls and Girls Agency Lab Consulting launch the open-source Adolescent Girls Agency Portal — now used by 250+ organizations across 45 countries.
2026
AMPLIFY Girls 2.0 — a bold new strategy
The 2026 – 2030 Strategic Plan sets a bold new direction for supporting community-driven organizations and centering adolescent girls' agency.
Our Story