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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.

Mariana Assis

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…

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Bester Mulauzi

Bester Mulauzi

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Malawi

Bester Mulauzi has over 20 years of experience in the humanitarian and development sector, having led and managed complex and impactful programs at the country,…

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Tabitha Saoyo Griffith

Tabitha Saoyo Griffith

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Kenya

Tabitha is a human rights lawyer in Kenya, who litigates on behalf of marginalized women. She specializes in issues related to safe abortion, forced sterilization…

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Emma Naluyima

Emma Naluyima

Food Security
Uganda

Emma Naluyima, born around 1980 in Entebbe, Uganda, is a veterinarian, urban farmer, entrepreneur, elementary school educator, and farming instructor. She operates a highly productive…

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Kopano Mabaso

Kopano Mabaso

Food Security, Health
South Africa

Kopano Mabaso, born in 1985 in a township outside Pretoria, South Africa, is a writer and medical doctor known for her award-winning novels Coconut and…

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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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Ghada Jabbour

Ghada Jabbour

Gender
Lebanon

Ghada founded and currently leads the anti-trafficking division at Kafa, an advocacy group dedicated to combating gender- and sexual-based violence in Lebanon. She works on…

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Edward Mabaya

Edward Mabaya

Food Security
Zimbabwe

Dr. Ed Mabaya is a scholar and a development practitioner with more than two decades of experience working on development, agribusiness value chains and food…

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Ifeoma Malo

Ifeoma Malo

Environment
Nigeria

Ifeoma is the co-founder and CEO of Clean Technology Hub, which focuses on rural electrification and renewable energy. She began this work after growing disillusioned…

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Usman Ali Lawan

Usman Ali Lawan

Food Security
Nigeria

Usman Ali Lawan is a licensed Business Development Service Provider (BDSP) with over a decade of experience in sustainable agriculture, agribusiness training, and development consulting….

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Rubayat Khan

Rubayat Khan

Health
Bangladesh

Rubayat Khan is an innovator, builder, and entrepreneur with a track record of developing transformative solutions at the intersection of technology, data, and global development….

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Denis Chopera

Denis Chopera

Health
Zimbabwe

Denis Chopera is a highly motivated biomedical scientist with a passion for making a positive impact on HIV prevention and research capacity development on the…

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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.