Luciana Barreto is CNN Brasil’s first black anchor whose been a presenter with decades of experience in television news. Apart from being a journalist, she is a human rights activist, and speaker. Luciana Barreto has worked on Futura, GNT, BandNews, TV Bandeirantes, TVE do Rio de Janeiro and TV Brasil. She graduated from Puc-Rio, and …
Mo Abudu, an entrepreneur with a predilection for television, launched EbonyLife TV, Africa’s first global black entertainment and lifestyle network, in 2013. Her primary goal for the channel was to create a more positive narrative around Africa. What followed was a string of inspirational series like; The Governor, about Nigeria’s first female state governor; Desperate …
Mimi Kalinda is the Group CEO and Co-founder of Africa Communications Media Group, a pan African public relations and communications agency headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa with offices in Kigali, Rwanda; Harare, Zimbabwe; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire. One of the most satisfying accomplishments of Mimi’s career is the part she played in …
Michele T. Ghee is the CEO of the ICONIC Ebony and Jet. She is a media Titan and has generated millions of dollars, created multicultural business practices, implemented diversity and inclusion tactics and created new business strategies at some of the largest media companies in the world. Previously she served as the EVP of Business …
June Sarpong is a Director of Creative Diversify, BBC. She has enjoyed a 20-year career which has already seen her become one of the most recognizable faces of British television, as well as being one of the UK’s most intelligent and dynamic young hosts. June is a media phenomenon and is the only host of …
Alex Okosi is the MD of YouTube EMEA Emerging Markets. He sets the strategy to drive profitable growth for YouTube in the region and ensures the success of partners across key verticals, encompassing music, artists, creators, gamers & media. He played a key role in landing the company’s $100M Black Voices Fund in EMEA, and …
Earl G. Graves Jr. (Butch) is President & CEO of BLACK ENTERPRISE. He joined the company in 1988 after earning his M.B.A. from Harvard University. During his tenure at Black Enterprise he has served in many positions, including VP of Advertising & Marketing, and Chief Operating Officer. In 2006 he was promoted to his current …
Vanessa King’ori is the Publisher, British Vogue and an MBE is a multi award-winning, British based, businesswoman, diversity proponent, youth advocate and mother. With over 20 years experience in the media industry Vanessa has a special focus on business transformation, digitization and change management particularly in the worlds of marketing, content creation and revenue growth. …