Andreiza Anaya Espinoza is a Representative for Colombia, International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Routes of Enslaved People Project. She is an Afro Ethnic Communicator, a University teacher and has a Master’s studies in Social Policy. Andreiza has also specialized in Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She is a Radio journalist and TV presenter and also …
Jonathan Reid serves as the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley. He is St. Lucian born and Barbados adopted – Caribbean Citizen. He was previously the Creative Director of an award winning Caribbean based Design and Communications firm. In his words, “I am a lover of all things beautiful, and …
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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 …
Raphael Sofoluke is a serial entrepreneur, author, visionary, Founder and CEO at UK Black Business Show, UK Black Business Week, Birmingham Black Business Show & Black Tech Achievement Awards. UK Black Business Show was founded in 2017, it is an annual conference and exhibition show which takes place during Black History Month to highlight and …
Muriel Lamin is currently head of business development – commercial, operations and philanthropic partnerships at BBC World Service, where she leads a multifunctional team working across editorial philanthropic partnerships, commercial strategy, technical operations and communications. Prior to this, Muriel worked in a number of business development and commercial strategy roles across the media and advertising …
Marcia Ashong is a celebrated social entrepreneur and leading voice on corporate governance and gender diversity. She has launched and scaled ventures that seek to catalyze Africa’s vast talent and capitalize on its vast resources including TheBoardroom Africa, the continent’s largest regional community for female executives, whose mission is accelerate the appointment of women to …
Francesca Uriri is the Founder of Leading Ladies Africa; a women empowerment non-profit that celebrates the lives of African women, promotes leadership, diversity and gender inclusion. She equips African women with the skills they need to succeed in life and business. She does this through effective mentoring, organizing capacity building events, and showcasing the achievements …
Evanna Oli is the Co-Founder, Beautiful Curly Me. It started with a 6 year old girl. One day, she came home from school and asked her Mom why her hair wasn’t straight and “pretty” like her classmates. She didn’t like her hair and she struggled with accepting herself. Mom felt terrible and wondered how she …
Dr. David Castain is a serial entrepreneur, world traveler, life & work coach, philanthropist, and scholar who is a member of the Forbes List, Entrepreneur Leadership Network. . Further highlighting his expertise, Dr. Castain was a member of the Rolling Stone Culture Council, and the Newsweek Expert Forum. Dr. Castain is also the Founder and …