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Amina Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General United Nations
Paula Ingabire
Minister, ICT and Innovation,Rwanda
Sarah Anyang Agbor
Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology of the African Union Commission
Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Ottilia Anna Maunganidze
Head of Special Projects, Institute for Security Studies
Louise Mushikiwabo
Secretary-General, La Francophonie
H.E Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe
Prime Minister of Ethiopia (2012 -2018)
Loren B Landau
Co-Director at the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab
Amar Inamdar, PhD
Investor, Entrepreneur
Dr. Kandeh Yumkella
United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Chair of UN-Energy (2008-2015)
Sara Mbago-Bhunu
Director, IFAD’s East and Southern Africa Division.
Zeinab Badawi
International Broadcaster and Chair of the Royal African Society
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary-General of UNCTAD (2013 – 2021)
H.E Joaquim Chissano
President, Mozambique (1986–2005)
Carl Manlan
Chief Operating Officer of The Ecobank Foundation
Vianney Bisimwa
Regional Director for the Center for Civilians In Conflict- Sahel program.
Dr Andrew E. Yaw Tchie
Senior Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
Dr Mamadou Bodian
Project Coordinator,West Africa Research Center (WARC)
Dr. Matshidiso Moeti
Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization
Dr. Githinji Gitahi
Group Chief Executive Officer, Amref Health Africa
Lola Daniyan
Chief Curator, Unravelling Nigeria
Dr. Kalumbi Shangula
Minister of Health, Namibia
Ibijoke Faborode
Co-Founder of ElectHER
Nazley Sharif
Member of Parliament, South Africa
Anthony Nti
Film Director
Aluwani Ramarumo
Project Manager at Africa Matters Initiative
Natasha Kimani
Research and Media Program Lead at Africa No Filter
Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi
Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Zigwai Tagwai
ONE Champion, ONE Campaign, Nigeria
Dr. Khabele Matlosa
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the National University of Lesotho
Thuli Madonsela
Advocate, Professor, and Law Trust Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University
Mesfin Asfha Abadi
Country Director for Global Peace Chain, International Youth Society, Next Einstein Forum (NEF), and One Young World (OYW) ambassador for Eritrea
Lurit Yugusuk
ONE Champion, ONE Campaign
Kumi Naidoo
Global Ambassador for Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity
Dr. Agnes Kalibata
UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
Dr. Fatima Denton
Director of the United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA)
Prof. Carlos Lopes
Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town
Dr. Frannie Léautier
Senior Partner at SouthBridge Group and CEO of SouthBridge Investments
Dr. Mo Ibrahim
Entrepreneur, and Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Dr. Maymunah Kadiri
Mental Health Physician, Advocate and Coach
Bharti Patel
National Executive Director of the South African Federation for Mental Health
Sitawa Wafula
Blogger and Mental Health Advocate
Tawia Addo-Ashong
Pillar Lead for Road Safety in the Africa Transport Policy Program
Iman Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager for the World Resource Institute (WRI) Africa
Elizabeth Wathuti
Environmentalist and Climate Activist, and founder of the Green Generation Initiative
Alda Manuel
Electrical and Electronics Engineer, and the Coordinator of the Renewable Energy Campaign at EcoAngola
Karim Belhaj Aissa
Middle East and Africa Transparency Director for Article 19
Henri Nyakarundi
Social Entrepreneur, founder of ARED
H.E Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda
Bernard Gustin
Africa Europe Foundation Co-Chair of the Strategy Group for Transport and Connectivity and Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the Elia Group
Abebe Aemro Selassie
Director of the African Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny
Chair Medicines Patent Pool Foundation, Chair of the French Scientific Committee on COVID-19 vaccine
Adenike Oladosu
Eco-feminist and Climate Justice Activist
Oluwaseyi Moejoh
Environmentalist and Founder of U-recycle Initiative Africa
Ian Southey-Swartz
Equality and Non-Discrimination Programme Manager, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
Bandy Kiki
Entrepreneur and LGBT+ activist
Gladys Ajaelo
Igbo Language Lecturer and Scholar
Sibongile Khoza
Siswati Linguist / Hansard editor
Dr. Lang Fafa Dampha
Executive Secretary of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN)
Tshepiso Mokoena
Founder and Executive Director of TMFSA.org, and Sign language interpreter and activist
Emmanuel Tokunbo Darko
Digital Marketer and Tech Enthusiast
Professor Monica Singer
Chartered Accountant and South Africa Lead for ConsenSys
Kevin Ossah
Togolese youth leader and climate activist
Dr. Dixon Chibanda
Founder and CEO of the Friendship Bench
Anitta Hipper
European Union Commission’s spokesperson on home affairs, migration, and internal security
Patricia Daley
Barrister, Campaigner and Co-Founder of Black Women For Black Lives
Gilbert Martin
Founder of We are South Africans
Wandile Sihlobo
Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa
Corti Paul Lakuma
Research Fellow in the macroeconomics department at the Economic Policy Research Centre
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro
Former President and CEO of Global Fund for Women
Tshilidzi Madzivhandila
Chief and Executive Officer (CEO) and Head of Mission of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)
Dymphna van der Lans
Chief Executive Officer of the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA)
Bah F. M. Saho
Acting Executive Director of the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)
Patrick Worms
President of EURAF, the European Agroforestry Federation
Elvis Paul Tangem
Coordinator for the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWSSI) at the African Union Commission
Nancy Karigithu
Principal Secretary, State Department for Maritime and Shipping Affairs at the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development in Kenya
Jane Akumu
Programme Officer, Sustainable Mobility Unit, UN Environment Programme
Jit Bhattacharya
Co-founder and CEO of BasiGo
Professor Adrian Puren
Executive Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Dr. Mary Stephen
Technical Officer at the WHO Regional Office for Africa
Neo Maditla
Journalist, Editor and Communications Strategist
Amarachi Ekekwe
Travel Blogger
Lerato Mogoatlhe
Content Writer & Editor
Mark Gleeson
Journalist and Football Commentator
Victor Mark-Onyegbu
Grants Manager at Africa No Filter
Sandra Oyewole
Partner, DLA Piper Africa, Nigeria
Israel Chigozirim
Entrepreneur and founder of Riwe Technologies
Prof. John Mukum Mbaku
Professor of Economics and John S. Hinckley Fellow at Weber State University
Prof. Toyin Falola
Professor of History and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin
Daisy Mukasa
Ambassador, Africa Matters Initiative
Dr. Shakira Choonara
Public Health Practitioner
Aminetou Bilal
Environmental and Climate Change Advocate, and President of Selfie Mbalite
Daniela Proske
Ph.D. student at the University of Bonn, Germany
Dave Michael
Programs Coordinator of Green life Cameroon
João Antunes
Co-Founder of YOUth+, Portugal
Joanna Janowicz
Fellow of the US Department of State, Human Rights Activist and Student in Business Psychology
Stephen Ogweno
Founder and CEO of Stowelink
Caroline Mbindyo
CEO of Amref Health Innovations and Amref Health Africa
Okereke Chinwike
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of African Law Foundation (AFRILAW)
Dr. Florence Baingana
Regional Adviser for Mental Health, WHO Regional Office for Africa
