Dapo Oyewole
Governance Nigeria
Dapo Oyewole is the Director of the Policy Development Network (PDN). From 2011-2015, he was the Special Adviser to the Minister National Planning and later…
Maxwell Gomera
Environment, Governance Zimbabwe
Maxwell brings over 15 years of national and international experience in biodiversity, wildlife management and socio-economic development. He has extensive experience with natural resource management institutions in…
Renard Siew
Environment Malaysia
Renard Siew is an environmental activist and climate leader in ASEAN working with marginalized and displaced communities. He currently acts as climate change adviser to…
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…
Olanike Adeyamo
Health Nigeria
Professor Olanike Adeyemo is a COMSTECH Distinguished scholar and represents sub-Saharan Africa on the 6th Steering Committee of the World Food Security’s High-Level Panel of…
Naomi Tulay-Solanke
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Liberia
Naomi is a Liberian feminist who works with underprivileged youths and slum dwellers in hard to reach communities in Liberia. She is a Harvard 2017 Human Rights Award…
Mary Oxendine
Food Security NC, United States
Mary Oxendine is the Lumbee and Tuscarora granddaughter of rural sharecroppers and a cultivator of relationships and traditional Indigenous foodways. As a financial activist, she…
Sisonke Msimang
Governance South Africa
Msimang’s early career focused on helping international organizations such as UNAIDS forge HIV/AIDS policies that responded to the specific needs of African women and girls…
Thabani Maphosa
Health Zimbabwe
Thabani is managing director of country programs at GAVI, the global vaccine alliance, where he oversees equitable distribution of vaccines distribution to some 73 to…
Jeffrey Misomali
Food Security Malawi
Jeffrey Misomali spent his youth in the shadow of Africa’s AIDS epidemic, and now he is helping to mount Africa’s counter-attack. A citizen of Malawi,…
Stephanie Musho
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Kenya
Stephanie Musho is an accomplished human rights lawyer currently working on financing for the SDGs and global financial architecture reform. She previously worked on gender…
Veron Blue
Health TX, United States
Veron Blue, Founder and Executive Director of Faith & Community Wellness Center, Inc., is a local pastor, mental health coach and advocate whose passion is…
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