Elijah Addo
Food Security Ghana
Elijah Amoo Addo is a Ghanaian “celebrity chef” and food stylist who has become a social entrepreneur through his creation of Food for All Africa….
Robert Hakiza
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Congo, Republic of
Robert is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, now working and permanently residing in Uganda. He received a degree in agriculture from the…
Abhilasha Karkey
Health Nepal
Abhilasha is a lead microbiologist who has worked extensively on the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She has conducted extensive studies on the epidemiology…
Safura Abdool Karim
Health South Africa
Safura grew up during South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy, on the frontlines of the country’s fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Inspired by the…
Bester Mulauzi
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Malawi
At Save the Children, Mulauzi manages a team of 11 senior expatriate staff in one of the most challenging contexts in the world. He is…
Cedric Habiyaremye
Food Security Rwanda
Cedric is known as the scientist who brought quinoa to Rwanda and other parts of Africa. Unlike most crops that provide no food before harvest,…
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”…
Deborah Ahenkorah Osei-Agyekum
Education Ghana
Deborah Ahenkorah is passionate about reading, and about bringing African children compelling stories that will encourage a life-long engagement with books and literacy. “Imagine that…
Esther Ngumbi
Food Security Kenya
Dr. Esther Ngumbi is a 2007 recipient for the highly competitive American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowship. She has been featured in the…
Agnes Igoye
Gender Uganda
Displaced at 14, Agnes flee the Lord’s Resistance Army when they raided her village in search of virgins. Today she is the Regional Migration Expert…
Rasha Jarhum
Governance Yemen
Ms. Rasha Jarhum is co-founder and Director of the Peace Track Initiative. She was appointed as a member of the National Consultations and Reconciliation Commission…
Alice Ruhweza
Environment Uganda
Alice is the Africa Regional Director of the World Wildlife Fund where she is helping to achieve impact across Africa in alignment with WWF’s global…
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