Mohamed Bailor Barrie
Health Sierra Leone
Mohamed grew up in rural Sierra Leone and earned money to complete his high school education by selling candy, roast meat and kerosene by the…
Dixon Chibanda
Health Zimbabwe
Dixon Chibanda has been featured on the Financial Times, PBS NewsHour Brief But Spectacular episode, Positive News, and has written about his work for The…
Cedric Habiyaremye
Food Security, Climate Rwanda
Cedric is the Food Systems Policy Director at Food Systems for the Future (FSF), where he leads policy development and advocacy efforts to promote sustainable,…
Narayan Adhikari
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Nepal
Narayan studied forestry in his home country of Nepal, but rejected a post as a forest ranger when he realized this would enmesh him in…
Harish Sadani
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights India
Harish is among India’s leading gender rights activists. A social worker by training, he has been working tirelessly for over the past 26 years to…
Stephen Kennedy
Health Liberia
Dr Stephen B. Kennedy is a Senior Researcher at the University of Liberia-Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (UL-PIRE) Africa Center, an infectious disease research…
Damaris Matoke-Muhia
Health Kenya
Damaris is a molecular biology scientist working on the control of vector borne diseases. She holds a PhD in Molecular Medicine and a Masters in…
Timothy Egwelu
Health Uganda
Timothy is the first (and apparently still the only) deaf lawyer in Uganda. He works on social inclusion as well as equitable court access for…
Quratulain Fatima
Gender Pakistan
Quratulain Fatima holds extensive public administration and leadership experience, having first served as a Pakistan Air Force Officer in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and later as a…
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…
Francisca Mutapi
Health Zimbabwe
Francisca Mutapi is a Zimbabwean professor of global health infection and immunity, co-director of the Global Health Academy at the University of Edinburgh, and Deputy…
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