David Kuria
Environment Kenya
David Kuria is the CEO of Ecotact Limited and the Regional Social Entrepreneur of the Year for Africa, 2009. Ecotact is a social enterprise that…
James Kassaga Arinaitwe
Education Uganda
At a young age, Arinaitwe lost his parents and four siblings to infectious diseases, which included HIV/AIDS in rural western Uganda. As an “AIDS orphan”…
Rene Sparks
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights South Africa
Rene Sparks is a public health practitioner with a foundation in nursing and Senior Atlantic Fellow at Tekano – Health Equity South Africa. She has…
Emma Naluyima
Food Security Uganda
Dr. Emma Naluyima is a smallholder farmer in Uganda and a private veterinarian focusing on clinical medicine and herd health. She has previously worked for…
Tijani Salami
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Nigeria
Tijani Salami is a dedicated physician with over a decade of experience championing maternal and child health and child survival in Nigeria. Through targeted outreach, health…
Chrystelle Wedi
Health Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)
Dr. Wedi was born in the DRC and moved to South Africa when she was 7 years old. She is a medical doctor and Rhodes…
Narayan Adhikari
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Nepal
Narayan studied forestry in his home country of Nepal, but rejected a post as a forest ranger when he realized this would enmesh him in…
Brian Atuhaire
Health Uganda
Brian has close to ten years’ experience in public health work having started his career as a front-line community health worker helping communities devastated by…
Ghada Jabbour
Gender Lebanon
Ghada founded and currently leads the anti-trafficking division at Kafa, an advocacy group dedicated to combating gender- and sexual-based violence in Lebanon. She works on…
Renard Siew
Environment Malaysia
Renard Siew is an environmental activist and climate leader in ASEAN working with marginalized and displaced communities. He currently acts as climate change adviser to…
Andre Ndayambaje
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Rwanda
Andre is midwife and neonatal nurse with a Master of Science in global health delivery and over 17 years of experience. He held numerous leadership…
Erasma Monticcolo
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship NY, United States
Erasma is a native New Yorker who grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where she co-founded Power of Two in 2015. As the Executive Director, she uses science…
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