Community

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

Mojisola Ojebode

Mojisola Ojebode

Food Security
Nigeria

Mojisola Karigidi is an early-career scientist and lecturer in the field of biochemistry with special interest in functional foods, medicinal plants and their role in…

Denis Chopera

Denis Chopera

Health
Zimbabwe

Denis is the Executive Manager for a TB/HIV research capacity development program (SANTHE) across six African countries. He is responsible for the implementation of the…

Bakary Sidibe

Bakary Sidibe

Health
Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire)

Bakary is Liberia country director for Last Mile Health, which works to provide quality healthcare for people in the most remote communities worldwide. A native…

Donald SINGUE

Donald SINGUE

Environment
Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire)

Donald SINGUE is a development economist and finance expert who guides African Governments on strengthening their financial resilience against climate change and being better prepared…

Shadia Elshiwy

Shadia Elshiwy

Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Egypt

Shadia is a physician and public health expert focusing on sexual and reproductive health and preventing gender-based violence in the Middle East and North Africa….

Sheyda Brown

Sheyda Brown

Governance, Social Justice - Equity
OK, United States

Sheyda Brown is an Iranian-American political organizer and strategist who works with communities to build collective power to influence people and systems. She works in…

Juliet Otieno

Juliet Otieno

Health
Kenya

Juliet Awuor Otieno, the founder of Mwanadada CBO, Mwanadada communication digital communication consultancy, and an alumnus of the Emerging Leaders Foundation, is a Masters student of Development Communication and…

Mohamed Aburawi

Mohamed Aburawi

Health
Libya

Mohamed is a Libyan doctor working to address systemic healthcare shortcomings in low resource settings. In 2011, when the Libyan Civil War broke out in…

Desmond Jumbam

Desmond Jumbam

Health
Cameroon

Desmond is a Ghana-based health policy consultant whose pointed critique of neocolonialist thinking in global development – “How (Not) To Write About Global Health”, published…

Esther Ngumbi

Esther Ngumbi

Food Security
Kenya

Dr. Esther Ngumbi is a 2007 recipient for the highly competitive American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowship. She has been featured in the…

Rene Sparks

Rene Sparks

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
South Africa

Rene Sparks is a public health practitioner with a foundation in nursing and Senior Atlantic Fellow at Tekano – Health Equity South Africa. She has…

Koketso Moeti

Koketso Moeti

Governance
South Africa

Koketso Moeti has a long background in civic activism and has over the years worked at the intersection of governance, communication and people power. She…

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