Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Former Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India Montek Singh Ahluwalia was most recently Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India, a Cabinet level position, which he held from July 2004 till May 2014. He has been a key figure in India’s economic reforms since the mid-1980s. Before joining the Government of India Mr. Ahluwalia held various positions in the […]
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948 on the island of Zanzibar off the coast of East Africa. He came to Britain as a student in 1968. He is on the advisory board of the journal Wasafiri and lives in Canterbury, after retiring as a professor of English at the University of Kent. His first three novels, Memory of Departure […]
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, […]
Dominique Botha
Dominique Botha is an award-winning novelist and poet. Her 2013 debut novel, False River, was the winner of the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize, the Eugène Marais Prize, and the Jan Rabie-Rapport Prize and in 2023, her collection of poetry, Bloodwood, won the coveted Ingrid Jonker prize. Dominique is a member of the Pirogue Collective and serves on the board of the Africa Centre […]
Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana
Ethiopian Episcopal Church General Secretary – South African Council of Churches Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, a retired bishop of the Ethiopian Episcopal Church, is the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, spearheading its work to lead common Christian action that works for moral witness in South Africa, addressing issues of social and economic justice, national reconciliation, the integrity […]
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.
Richard Joseph
Richard Joseph, John Evans Emeritus Professor at Northwestern University and Honorary Fellow at Oxford’s New College, is a renowned expert in African politics, democratization, and governance. With an illustrious teaching career spanning global institutions, he has directed pivotal programs, authored significant works, and received prestigious accolades, including the Fulbright and Rhodes Scholarships.
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 […]