Cynthia Chigwenya is an African Union’s Youth Ambassador for Southern Africa. She is also a political researcher and pracademic with experience in international policymaking. Her advocacy is grounded in research, having served at think tanks, and published on topical issues including, Europe-Africa relations, transcontinental infrastructure and climate finance in EMEs. Cynthia is a TEDx speaker, …
Chido Cleopatra Mpemba currently serves as the African Union Youth Envoy, where her primary focus is to empower young people across the African continent. She works on amplifying youth voices and engaging them in advocacy and policy recommendations. One of the critical aspects of her work is advocating for the meaningful participation of young people …
Diana Chando is the African Union Youth Ambassador for the Eastern Africa Region and a Lawyer with extensive experience in advocacy policymaking and international affairs development with certification as a trainee in the UN HeadQuarters in Geneva, Elections Observation and Conflict Management in Accord Organisation in South Africa. She was appointed as Mwalimu Nyerere Young …
António Braga Fazenda, is an Activist, Political Consultant and Social Entrepreneur. Co-founder and secretary of Institutional Affairs and Foreign Affairs of the Angolan Youth Parliament. He is passionate about Civic Leadership and has become a reference and voice of responsible leadership and social entrepreneurship because of its ability to meet the challenges of effectively meeting …
Khouloud Mansour Baghouri is the Youth Ambassador with the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network. She is a 24 year old student pursuing a bachelor degree in Science with a Major in Chemistry. As she grew up and went through a variety of experiences, the passion of leading and helping others allowed her to discover the …
Rashad Mahdi is the CEO, Made in Africa Project. Founded by Aliyah and Rashad Mahdi in 2014 after repatriating to Senegal West Africa. The Mahdis’ wanted to find a way to help local artisans gain a wider range of clientele by exposing their work online and introducing their skills to the Diaspora! Now only 2 …
Kola Aina is the Founding Partner at Ventures Platform, an early-stage “discovery” venture capital fund championing the next generation of African entrepreneurs. Kola is a passionate ecosystem builder, at Ventures Park, a co-working space and community for entrepreneurs as well as Ventures Platform Foundation, which empowers entrepreneurs by providing access to capital, education and digital …
Karen Matsiko is the Head of Working Capital & Vice President – Trade Finance, Absa Group. A Pan African Bank headquartered in South Africa. In her role, she designs and implements the Africa Working Capital sectoral value and customer value propositions to obtain growth and primacy by responsively adapting to the ever-changing regional needs of …
Blessing Abeng is a branding & communications expert dedicated to helping brands identify and communicate their unique identity and tell better stories. She builds brand and communication strategies around tech products, services, growth, and sales to help brands communicate with their team, target audience, partners, and investors. She has worked with brands across industries in unique …
Aisha Raheem-Bolarinwa is a Nigerian entrepreneur and strategy consultant who graduated from Queen Mary University of London where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2011. In 2019, she co-founded Farmz2U, an agri-tech start-up whose vision is to empower the next generation of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. It develops data-centric technology solutions and helps smallholder …