Sitawa Wafula
Health Kenya
Sitawa Wafula is a leading Mental Health Consultant and advocate with over eight years of experience in self, national, and international mental health advocacy. She…
Habtamu Yesigat
Food Security Ethiopia
Habtamu Yesigat is an agricultural development economist with extensive research experience in sub-Saharan Africa. Habtamu is currently serving as Ethiopia director of programs for Precision…
Fatou Ndow
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Health Gambia
Fatou Ndow is an experienced public health program leader specialising in HIV, sexual & reproductive health and nutrition. She uses research; to design, implement and…
Abdoul-Moumini Mouhou
Gender Niger
Abdoul-Moumouni is a statistician and demographer who works for women’s reproductive health and rights in the Sahelian region context. He advocates for a sustainable socioeconomic…
Stephen Kennedy
Health Liberia
Dr Stephen B. Kennedy is a Senior Researcher at the University of Liberia-Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (UL-PIRE) Africa Center, an infectious disease research…
Christian MAMPUYA
Health Burkina Faso
Christian MAMPUYA est un ingénieur spécialiste WASH et un jeune leader passionné par le Développement Durable et le partage d’expériences. Depuis près de huit (08)…
Juliet Otieno
Health Kenya
Juliet Awuor Otieno, the founder of Mwanadada CBO, Mwanadada communication digital communication consultancy, and an alumnus of the Emerging Leaders Foundation, is a Masters student of Development Communication and…
Brenda Moore
Education Liberia
Brenda’s road to activism began with a simple realization: there are no public libraries in Liberia. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak, Brenda began teaching her…
Margaret Nigba
Gender, Governance Liberia
Margaret is founder and executive director of Her Voice Liberia, which provides legal services and access to justice for marginalized and vulnerable women and girls…
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…
Mmaki Jantjies
Education South Africa
Mmaki conducts education technology research focused on increasing STEM education across the African continent through mobile technology. As one of the first black, female South…
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