Jamila Abass
Food Security Kenya
Jamila Abbas is a Kenyan computer scientist, software engineer, and entrepreneur who co-founded M-Farm Kenya Limited, an online platform that connects small-scale farmers with agro-suppliers,…
Jenniffer Kerubo Maroa
Health Kenya
Jenn leads the Genetics and clinical trials work at The African Academy of Sciences. She is responsible for the development and management of the (Human…
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…
Courtney Smith
Food Security NC, United States
Courtney Smith is a daughter of Durham and of community organizers. She is a chef, an activist, and a storyteller who is deeply connected to…
Nkasi Wodu
Governance Nigeria
Nkasi Wodu is a lawyer who works as peacebuilding manager for the Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), one of the largest CSR investments…
Denise Smith
Health CT, United States
Denise Octavia Smith, MBA, CHW, PN a woman of African descent, Community Health Worker, and survivor of a rare chronic disease is the founding Executive…
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….
Andrés Constantin
Governance, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Argentina
Andrés Constantin is a global health lawyer and advocate from Argentina, currently working on legal and policy issues relating to health at the O’Neill Institute…
Elmer Aluge
Health Nigeria
Elmer is the President of the Sickle Cell Aid Foundation in Nigeria, the country with the highest-burden of sickle cell disease in the world. Experiencing…
Maxwell Gomera
Environment, Governance Zimbabwe
Prior to being appointed as Resident Representative for UNDP South Africa and Director for the UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub, Maxwell Gomera served as Resident…
Adekemi Adeniyan
Health Nigeria
Adekemi Adeniyan is the founder and executive director of Dentalcare Foundation. She is a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative RLC, West Africa; an…
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