Isioma Utomi is the CEO & Chief Innovation Coach at Catalyst Experience Solutions and creator of The Exponential Growth Masterclass. Early in her career, she gained experience utilizing Six Sigma and Lean tools to improve efficiency in Fortune 500 companies through data-driven processes. From there, she developed expertise in helping leaders think more strategically about talent …
Jahkini Bisselink is both a Gen Z member and a Gen Z expert. Born in Amsterdam in 1999 to a Dutch mother and a father from Guyana, she was politically aware from a young age. That is why she applied to be the Dutch UN Youth representative, a role she served in from 2017 for …
Jamal Hill is an American Paralympic medalist and the founder of the Swim Up Hill Foundation which focuses on reaching low-and middle-income communities of colour both nationally and internationally that are at the greatest risk of drowning. To date, the organization has established partnerships across the United States, as well as international programmes in Colombia, Portugal, …
Karimot Odebode is a poet, writer and advocate from Ibadan Nigeria.She is the founder and Project Lead at the Black Girl’s Dream Initiative – a youth-led organisation that works to promote Education, leadership and Gender Equality through Arts, Advocacy, Research, Technology and Sports. She is the author of ‘a woman has many names’, a published …
Leonard Cortana is a Ph.D Candidate at the Cinema Studies Department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a Research Fellow at the NYU Africa House. His research focuses on the transnational circulation of narratives about racial justice and activist movements between Brazil, South Africa, France and the US with a special emphasis on …
Mambu Sherman is the founding Executive Director of Southern Communities Initiative. Mambu has spent his career building and scaling impact-driven initiatives that promote economic justice and equity, forging innovative cross-sector partnerships and implementing complex systems-change projects at both the national and local community level. Prior to joining the Initiative, Mambu served as Vice President, Global …
Mayada Adil is a Global Youth Leader for UN SDGs Nationality. She is also a Sudanese medical doctor, fashion designer, women’s rights advocate for health equity and a refugee rights activist. Based in France, Mayada has worked on campaigns focused on ending gender-based violence, specifically against female genital mutilation in Sudan and Mali. She was selected …
Mbolatiana Raveloarimisa is an activist, militant for social justice and human rights. She is also a columnist for the largest newspaper in Madagascar and a lecturer at the University of Antananarivo. She holds a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Geography. She is currently doing a Master II in Human Rights.Professionally, is the Senior Executive Manager …
Monique Rodrigues do Prado is a Human rights Defender and Researcher & Lawyer. On-Demand Fellow of African Descendant Social Entrepreneurship (2023). Former United Nations fellow (2022). Selected one of the Young Leaders of Latin America by the American program YLAI (2021). As a master’s degree student of Humanities and human rights at the biggest University …
Hamzat Lawal (Hamzy!) is an activist who has successfully led grassroots campaigns in over 40 African countries with over nine years experience in the non-profit sector and specializes in practical issues associated with Climate Change, Open Data, advocacy campaigns and development policies as it affects rural communities. Hamzy is also the Co-Founder of Follow The …