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…
Olanike Adeyamo
Health Nigeria
Professor Olanike Adeyemo is a COMSTECH Distinguished scholar and represents sub-Saharan Africa on the 6th Steering Committee of the World Food Security’s High-Level Panel of…
Sam Agbo
Health Nigeria
Dr. Agbo has been on the front lines in the fight against Polio for over 30 years. He has experience in countries around the globe,…
Mariana Assis
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Brazil
Mariana Prandini Assis is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Goiás, in Brazil, and a co-founder of the Margarida Alves Collective…
Adaeze Oreh
Health Nigeria
As a young medical doctor and new mother, Adaeze’s world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a type of blood…
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…
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…
Abdoul-Moumini Mouhou
Gender Niger
Abdoul Moumouni is a statistician and demographer who works for women’s reproductive health and rights in the Sahelian context. He advocates for a sustainable socioeconomic…
Adaora Okoli
Health Nigeria
Adaora, a medical doctor, became the face of Nigeria’s response to the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic when she was infected with the deadly virus…
Fenny Louise Taylor-Diggs
Gender, Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Liberia
Fenny Louise Taylor-Diggs is a social entrepreneur and reproductive health specialist specializing in menstrual health and gender equity. As the founder of a Urmonae Health…
Ndidi Nwuneli
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Food Security Nigeria
Ndidi is a serial social entrepreneur who has worked in international development for the past 22 years. As founder of LEAP Africa, one of Nigeria’s…
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…
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