Afro-Optimism Unleashed isn’t just a book. It’s proof that our message of African excellence is echoing globally — and that we're being heard.
The book by Adeolu Adewumi-Zer continues to make waves across Africa and globally. Readers describe it as a movement, not just a book, sparking mindshift and courageous leadership. Selected international reviews have highlighted the book as "inspiring," "strategic," and "deeply empowering." It now serves as the foundational text for ZER Consulting Africa's thought leadership in 2025.
𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 – Grace Waniko-Omolaiye, Head Claims Management, Hygeia HMO
“𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘰-𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺... 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴; 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.”
𝗥𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 – Malik Shaffy Lizinde, Founder & CEO, kina Rwanda :
“𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦.”
𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 – Tom Kocsis, President & CEO at RAFI Microfinance
“𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺... 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳: 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢’𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘸—𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺.”
𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 – Eunice Ayuma, Executive Director, Bosivs
“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦.”
𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 – Seun Oshunkoya, Principal Partner, Westwood Investment Consultancy Services
“𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵.”
