Rachel Uwase

Rachel Uwase is a child advocate and community leader who works to support assault survivors with an emphasis on mental health and emotional restoration through the lens of intersectionality and global wellness. She currently works as the Project Coordinator for the I Am Enough program, a culturally responsive and manualized treatment intervention that aims to […]

Bright Simons

Bright Simons, is the President of mPedigree [link to:www.mpedigree.com], a social enterprise working on three continents in partnership with governments, several of the Fortune 500 companies and grassroots organisations to spread innovative technologies that secure communities from the harmful effects of counterfeiting, especially in such sensitive sectors as health, agriculture, cosmetics and automotive. Bright has […]

Dr. Debisi Araba

Dr. ‘Debisi Araba is a public policy and strategy specialist and is currently the Managing Director at the AGRF, the premier catalytic, multi-partner platform for food and agriculture transformation in Africa. He is also a member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel of international agriculture experts who guide policy choices that accelerate progress towards food and […]

Yvonne Manzi Makolo

Yvonne Manzi Makolo was appointed RwandAir’s CEO on 6th April, 2018. She joined RwandAir in April 2017 as the Deputy CEO in Charge of Corporate Affairs. Previously, she worked with MTN Rwanda, the largest communication company in the country as the Chief Marketing Officer and briefly as the Acting CEO. She brings over 11 years […]

H.E. Dr. Lia Tadesse

Lia Tadesse has been Minister of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia since March 2020. Previously she served as State Minister of Health from November 2018 and was leading the implementation of the national health programmes as part of the Health Sector Transformation Strategy. With over 20 years of experience, Dr Tadesse is […]

Ariana Constant

Ariana Constant is the Director of the Clinton Development Initiative, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation that drives community agricultural business development across farming populations in Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania. Ariana works between New York and Africa to create partnership networks with governments, private sector, non-profits and civil society. Her work supports the sustainable development […]

Dr. Geoffrey Manyara

Dr Geoffrey Manyara is currently an Economic Affairs Officer in charge of tourism for United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, having previously worked as a Senior Regional Tourism Advisor for the organisation. Dr Manyara has also worked for a number of years as a tourism researcher at the University of Wales, Cardiff in the United […]