WeAre35Ten

Every country that works has citizens who decided not to wait.

Not for perfect conditions.
Not for someone else to go first.

They saw what needed to be done and they started.

What if you are that person in your community?

Join the conversation on June 12.

She co-founded Transparency International.

She became known as Nigeria’s “Madam Due Process” for championing accountability and reform.

She co-founded the movement at a time when the world needed people who refused to look away.

A Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Former World Bank Vice President for Africa. Former Minister.

But beyond the titles is a citizen who has never stopped doing the work.

We are honoured to welcome Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili as a speaker at The Work of Democracy: Citizenship Beyond Elections, a virtual Democracy Day conversation hosted by Project35TEN.

Register now via the link in bio.

For years, the conversation about Nigeria has been the same. Who is going to fix this?

Project35Ten is asking a different question. What if you are the one?

Not because you have a title or have been chosen. But because you live here, you see the problem, and you have decided your community is worth showing up for.

That is where everything starts.

Join the conversation on June 12.
Register on https://35ten.org/democracy-day-registration

He runs one of Nigeria's leading commercial banks.
But the question that has guided his career is not about profit.

It is this: What does it mean to build a successful business in a society that is going through difficult times?

His answer has shaped everything, from investing in health, education, agriculture, renewable energy, and transportation, to his belief that the private sector has a responsibility that goes far beyond the bottom line.

Abubakar Suleiman, CEO of Sterling Bank, joins The Work of Democracy on June 12 to talk about what citizenship looks like when you sit at the intersection of business, community, and national responsibility.

Register now via link in bio

Most conversations about democracy in Nigeria focus on elections.

Project35Ten is opening a different conversation.

What do citizens do between the elections?
What does showing up actually look like?
What is the work nobody is talking about?

On June 12, we are gathering to answer that question.

Join us. It is free.
Register now via the link in bio

June 12 is Democracy Day.
But democracy is not just a day on the calendar.
It is work.
Organised, deliberate, citizen-led work.
On June 12, 2026, Project35Ten goes live with a conversation about exactly that.
The Work of Democracy.
Watch this space.

Eid al-Adha is a reminder that the greatest acts of faith are the ones done in service of others.

To every Nigerian marking this day, may your sacrifice be rewarded and your community be better for your presence in it.

Eid Mubarak from all of us at Project35Ten. 🌙

63 years ago, African leaders came together with one belief.

That this continent’s future belongs to Africans.
That belief has not changed.

Today we celebrate every African citizen who is living it out.
Showing up for their community.
Building something that lasts.
Choosing to be part of the solution.

Nigeria has millions of them.
Project35Ten is finding them, connecting them, and building the organised structure that turns individual effort into national transformation.

Happy Africa Day.

Think about where you live right now.
One thing broken. Everyone knows it. Nobody has organised around it yet.
Now imagine ten neighbours decided to stop complaining and actually fix it.
No government contract. No perfect conditions. Just ten people and one decision.
That is where everything starts.