Bonke Xakatha
Bonke Xakatha is the UWC Praise Poet and an Associate Lecturer in African Language Studies at the University of the Western Cape. Recognized as a praise poet from a young age, he has honoured figures such as Desmond Tutu and…
Karla Gonzalez Carvajal
Karla Gonzalez Carvajal is an international development professional with over 25 years of experience in infrastructure investment, public policy, and strategic leadership. Currently, she is the World Bank’s Infrastructure Lead for Southern Africa and Ethiopia, where she manages a portfolio…
Alan Storey
Alan is a storyteller and facilitator of personal and political change. After 33 years as a Methodist minister who lived off weekly words, he’s now exploring silence and solitude. He has recently written The Bell, Banners, and Blasphemy. Alan has…
Professor Abdoulaye Gueye
Abdoulaye Gueye is a Sociology professor at the University of Ottawa and the author of several academic books, including Aux Nègres de France la patrie non reconnaissante and De la dépendance vis-à-vis de l’Occident au besoin d’une diaspora africaine. He…
Dr. Abeba Birhane
Abeba Birhane is a cognitive scientist. She is currently a Senior Advisor in AI Accountability at Mozilla Foundation and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Her research focuses on…
Dr. John E. Deasy
Dr. John E. Deasy, who led improvements that propelled student achievement and high school graduation rates to historic levels in the nation’s second-largest school district, is the President of the Bezos Family Foundation. Previously, he was a partner with Cambiar…
James I. Mwangi
James Irungu Mwangi is the founder and CEO of Africa Climate Ventures, where he focuses on building and accelerating transformative climate-smart and carbon-negative businesses across the continent. He is also the founder of the Climate Action Platform – Africa (CAP-A),…
Christine Mungai
Christine Mungai is a writer and journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, and a 2018 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Her work spans a wide range of subjects and has been featured in publications such as The Africa Report, Adi Magazine,…
Geordin Hill-Lewis
Geordin Hill-Lewis attended Edgemead High School and obtained an Honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and a Masters in Finance specialising in Economic Policy from London University. He is a husband to…