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We support locally-rooted, globally networked innovative leaders around the globe through our Fellowship programs. Explore our community database below to learn more.

Fatou Ndow

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…

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Kusum Thapa

Kusum Thapa

Health
Nepal

Dr. Kusum Thapa is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist from Nepal with over three decades of experience, who has devoted her life to improving the welfare…

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Naadiya Moosajee

Naadiya Moosajee

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Gender
South Africa

Naadiya is a serial entrepreneur by passion, an engineer by training, is Co-Founder at WomHub, a unique ecosystem builder supporting innovation along the STEM value…

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Maulik Sisodia

Maulik Sisodia

Environment
India

“If you work for water, you are working for every dimension of development,” says Maulik Sisodia, the executive director of Tarun Bharat Sangh, a water-focused…

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Vincent Kalumire Cubaka

Vincent Kalumire Cubaka

Health
Rwanda

Vincent K. Cubaka is a medical doctor, health systems researcher, and educator with a wealth of experience in various healthcare capacities. Beginning his career as…

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David Kuria

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…

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Robert Hakiza

Robert Hakiza

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Congo, Republic of

Robert Hakiza is a Congolese researcher and humanitarian leader who founded Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), a refugee-led, community-based organization in Uganda. Established…

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Adrienne Crawford

Adrienne Crawford

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
DC, United States

Adrienne Crawford is a Certified Nurse Midwife who believes black women thrive with culturally competent care. She practices at Community of Hope in Washington DC, where some…

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Bernard Olayo

Bernard Olayo

Health
Kenya

Dr. Bernard Olayo is a member of the GDI Africa board and a Kenyan physician and public health specialist with more than 14 years’ experience…

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Pashtana D.

Pashtana D.

Education
Afghanistan

Pashtana is a radical feminist activist. She was raised by a family of teachers, but even in her extended family in Afghanistan, she knew that…

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Kapil Mohabir

Kapil Mohabir

Food Security
Guyana

Kapil has wanted to help smallholder farmers since he was a small boy. When his family was forced to abandon their first home along the…

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Huguette Diakabana

Huguette Diakabana

Health
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)

Huguette is an experienced system-level change agent and as the Founder of The Luminous Agency, she hosts initiatives focused on empowering transformation through technologies in…

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The Aspen Global Innovators Group supports flagship fellowship programs. These fellowships enable leaders to amplify their voices, visibility and impact. Leaders bring expertise from all sectors and include entrepreneurs, community organizers and local experts who are both proximate to the greatest health and development challenges of our time and also bring lived and learned experience to their solutions.