Francis Daniels
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 Stock Exchange. Before focusing on African-listed equity and debt securities, he worked for several years as a corporate lawyer in […]
Neo Muyanga
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 on investigating voice as a vector of suture and social innovation. Born in Soweto, Muyanga’s compositional influences include South African […]
Michael Jordaan
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 he spearheaded the bank’s growth and transformation through technology and customer focus . He left FNB in 2013 to start […]
Laurie Garrett
Photo Source: http://lauriegarrett.com/about/ 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 all three of the Big “Ps” of journalism: the Peabody, the Polk, and the Pulitzer. Her expertise includes epidemics, pandemics, […]
John Carlin
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, This Is Football, on Amazon Prime.
Donald Kaberuka
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 COVID19 response Former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda (1997 – 2005) A Rwandan economist and former Finance Minister, […]
Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
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.
Arturo Condo
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 EARTH, Dr. Condo led the creation of EARTH Futures, a global center which aims to transform rural areas and food […]
Manoj Kumar
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 2000, Manoj became the founding CEO of Naandi Foundation. Naandi’s first decade saw Manoj design and implement innovative solutions that […]
Muhammadu Sanusi II
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.