Karene Richards is a capital markets quantitative expert and women’s advocate with over 15 years’ experience in the investment banking industry. Karene most notably built the first Carbon Finance model for the World Bank in addition to a mortgage-backed security model that generated over $250 million…
Khady Thiam Gueye is the CEO of TMI. She has over a decade of experience in the music industry and working with mainstream artists. Khady Thiam Gueye is a natural entrepreneur who is committed to “living outside the box.” She is also a…
Ladi Delano is a 35-year old Nigerian serial entrepreneur who made his first million as a liquor entrepreneur while living in China. At the age of 24, in 2004, he founded Solidarnosc Asia, a Chinese alcoholic beverage company that made Solid XS, a premium brand…
Morgan DeBaun began her career working on product management and business development at Intuit. She decided to leave her corporate job in part because she wanted to be more connected with “what was really going on on the ground”. She also felt that she…
Nkemdilim Begho is the founder and Managing Director of Future Software Resources Limited, an IT solutions provider focused on online solutions, e-learning and IT security. As one of a few Nigerian women in the industry, her success is founded on a passion for driving innovative…
William Heard is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Founder of Heard Capital LLC. Mr. Heard is a graduate of the Marquette University College of Business Administration with degrees in both Finance and Real Estate. Prior to starting Heard Capital LLC,…
For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Every year on 25 March, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and…
Michael Derrick Tubbs is an American politician, currently mayor of Stockton, California. Elected as mayor in 2016 at age 26, he is the youngest mayor in Stockton’s history and its first African-American mayor. Tubbs announced his candidacy for Stockton Council District 6 for…
Kellen Kanze Dena is the State House Spokesperson and Head of the President’s Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kanze becomes the first female State House Spokesperson and Head of PSCU in the history of Kenya. Her elevation is in line with…
Barrister Ismaeel Ahmed was born and raised in the ancient commercial city of Kano. He graduated from the University of Abuja with a Law degree, a Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomacy from Webster University in the USA, and an LL.M…
