Festival Year 2019

Francis Daniels is the CEO of Anibok Investment Research Chambers (Pty) Ltd in South Africa and a Director of Africa Opportunity Partners, LLC, the investment manager of the Africa Opportunity Fund, listed on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London…

Neo Muyanga is a composer, theatre-maker and musician whose practice straddles the spheres of performance and scholarship. His various works – including operas, multimedia installations, performance lectures and commercially released music albums – are informed by archival research and focus…

From leading one of South Africa’s most successful banks to investing in 25 promising startups, Michael Jordaan is a business leader who embraces innovation and entrepreneurship. He served as the CEO of First National Bank (FNB) for nine years, where…

Photo Source: Author, speaker and Foreign Policy columnist Laurie Garrett was senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York from 2004-2017.  Ms. Garrett is the only writer ever to have been awarded…

Has written extensively about revolutions, wholesale social transformations, football and food, is the author of Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation, which became the acclaimed movie, Invictus. He is co-producer of the documentary series,…

Chairman and Managing Partner, SouthBridge Former Board Chair, The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (2019 – 2023) Emeritus President, African Development Bank (2005 – 2015) Special Envoy of the African Union on Financing, the Peace Fund and…

Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai cannot be missed in a crowd. You can hardly meet a more self-assured man, a person who values the life of the mind, invests in its cultivation and repeatedly stands out for his application of intellect and logic.

Dr. Arturo Condo is the President of EARTH University, an innovative global institution based in Costa Rica that prepares young leaders from across the world as change agents for advancing sustainable development and nature-positive food systems. During his tenure at…

CEO, Naandi Foundation, the Ex-Officio Secretary to the Board of the Naandi Foundation, Manoj is a Robert McNamara Fellow of the World Bank. He began his career with the Ministry of Finance, development banking, micro-finance, and international humanitarian organisations. In…

Emir Of Kano Nigeria’s former Central Banker, the Emir is one of the continent’s leading thinkers on economic and social transformation, and a radical voice for Africa’s renaissance.