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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.

Sonali Vaid

Sonali Vaid

Health
India

Sonali Vaid is a physician and a public health specialist. For over a decade she has focused on the application of quality improvement science to…

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Mugove “Gerald” Madziyire

Mugove “Gerald” Madziyire

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Zimbabwe

Dr. Gerald Madziyire is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, where he currently serves…

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Primah Kwagala

Primah Kwagala

Governance, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Uganda

Primah Kwagala is a Ugandan human rights lawyer and CEO of the Women’s Probono Initiative, advocating for women’s access to health, emergency obstetric care, free…

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Margaret Nigba

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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Job Tiguem Poudiougo

Job Tiguem Poudiougo

Social Justice - Equity
Mali

Expert en protection humanitaire, en développement communautaire et en entrepreneuriat social, Tiguem Poudiougo est responsable de la protection pour Oxfam à Mopti et se consacre…

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Mary Mwanyika

Mary Mwanyika

Health
Tanzania

Dr. Mary Mwanyika Sando is the chief executive officer of the Africa Academy for Public Health (AAPH, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). She has extensive experience…

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Akebe Luther King Abia

Akebe Luther King Abia

Health
Cameroon

Akebe is a true One Health leader. Akebe fell in love with environmental microbiology in school, curious about the environmental causes of human disease. Akebe…

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Etienne Bilgo

Etienne Bilgo

Health
Burkina Faso

Etienne Bilgo est un scientifique africain renommé et conférencier établi à l’Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé au Burkina Faso. Cet institut est…

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Habtamu Yesigat

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…

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Bowel Diop

Bowel Diop

Gender, Health
Senegal

Bowel Diop is a Senegalese specialist in social economy, with deep expertise in project financing and fundraising. Passionately committed to advancing the rights of girls…

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Maxwell Gomera

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…

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Abdoul-Moumini Mouhou

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…

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