Olubunmi Fayokun is a Senior Partner, Aluko & Oyebode. She heads the Firm’s Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions practices and is a core member of the Firm’s Corporate Finance and Commercial team. She has a wealth of experience in corporate and commercial law, transportation, banking, mergers and acquisition, capital markets project/infrastructure finance, power, aviation …
Essa Mbye Faal is a Gambian international lawyer who is a defence counsel at the International Criminal Court and a senior partner at Faal and Co. Faal led the prosecution in the Darfur investigations and as a lead defence counsel for a number of other cases. Congratulations!! Please note: To nominate other high achievers of …
Deborah Enix-Ross is Senior Advisor, Global Engagement, for the International Dispute Resolution Group and a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Enix-Ross served as a Senior Legal Officer and Head of the External Relations and Information Section of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and …
Dawda A. Jallow is the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of The Gambia. He was born in the West Coast region of The Gambia on 27 November 1975. He obtained an LLB from the University of The Gambia in 2010, and an LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from …
Adriana Alves dos Santos Cruz is a Brazilian jurist,federal judge for the state of Rio de Janeiro . She is notable for becoming, in 1999, one of the first black federal judges in the country, and for having led several initiatives to promote human rights and racial equality in the Judiciary. Adriana graduated in Law …
Carla Parris is an Entertainment and Sports Lawyer with a Master’s degree in Entertainment & Intellectual Property Law. She is also a TED X 2018 Speaker, Web and TV Producer & CEO of an online educational services company Parris Productions Ltd. The company produces the Web & TV series The Business Of Carnival ®, an …
Achaleke Christian Leke serves as the African Union Youth Ambassador for Peace representing the Central African Region. He is a Multi-award-winning peace builder and violent extremism expert with 16 years of experience working as a practitioner, researcher and academic from Cameroon. He is also the Executive Director of a leading youth-led peace-building organization in Cameroon; …
Temwa Gondwe is seasoned trade and development economist. He leads African Export-Import Bank’s deployment of support towards the development of the creatives and cultural industries in Africa through various initiatives such as financing, capacity building, export and investment promotion, and policy advocacy. Prior to joining Afreximbank as Manager for Trade Facilitation in the Intra-African Trade …
Chevy Eugene is the Caribbean ambassador for the Pan-African Council (PAC). He leads a collective of entrepreneurs, business leaders, cultural ambassadors, government actors, academics and activists from the Anglophone, Francophone, Spanish and Dutch Caribbean in advancing the Caribbean across sectors. PAC is the premier, action-oriented global leadership organization for visionary Pan-Africanists dedicated to uniting Africa …
Arielle Kayabaga is a passionate community leader and the first Black woman ever elected as Member of Parliament in London and to London City Council, where she received both the Municipal World Award and the Pillar Community Leadership Award for her work in building a more equitable London. Recently, Arielle was selected as a 2023 …