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We support locally-rooted, globally networked innovative leaders around the globe through our Fellowship programs and government partnerships. Explore our community database below to learn more.

Koumba Anouma

Koumba Anouma

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education
Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire)

Koumba Anouma est une femme africaine engagée pour promouvoir l’accès au financement des femmes entrepreneures africaines, ainsi que pour leur autonomisation. Passionnée par l’éducation financière…

Ramadhani Noor

Ramadhani Noor

Health
Tanzania

Noor says that shortly after qualifying as a junior doctor, he became overwhelmed by the number of patients that – despite his efforts – were…

Chiwoza Bandawe

Chiwoza Bandawe

Health
Malawi

Chiwoza is the only clinical psychologist in Malawi and works tirelessly to dispel myths about mental illnesses. Chiwoza was convinced he would be a lawyer…

Tlaleng Mofokeng

Tlaleng Mofokeng

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
South Africa

M.D for 16 years, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng aka Dr T, is a globally renowned medical doctor and human rights defender, lecturer and a bestselling author…

Timothy Egwelu

Timothy Egwelu

Health
Uganda

Timothy is the first (and apparently still the only) deaf lawyer in Uganda. He works on social inclusion as well as equitable court access for…

Mohamed Ali

Mohamed Ali

Governance
Kenya

Mohamed Ali fled Somalia’s civil war with his family, part of an exodus of refugees escaping a conflict which left the country in tatters. But…

Renzo Guinto

Renzo Guinto

Environment
Philippines

A 2016 Aspen New Voices Fellow, Renzo R. Guinto, MD DrPH is Associate Professor of Global and Planetary Health at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health…

Dixon Chibanda

Dixon Chibanda

Health
Zimbabwe

Dixon, a trained psychiatrist, is a Wellcome researcher and DELTAS Africa awardee at the University of Zimbabwe. Dixon is also a Director of the African…

Stellah Bosire

Stellah Bosire

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Kenya

Born and raised in Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, she has lived in a community that was marginalized both socially and economically. Stellah is…

Brenda Moore

Brenda Moore

Education
Liberia

Brenda’s road to activism began with a simple realization: there are no public libraries in Liberia. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak, Brenda began teaching her…

Mary Oxendine

Mary Oxendine

Food Security
NC, United States

Mary Oxendine is the Lumbee and Tuscarora granddaughter of rural sharecroppers and a cultivator of relationships and traditional Indigenous foodways. As a financial activist, she…

Adekemi Adeniyan

Adekemi Adeniyan

Health
Nigeria

Adekemi Adeniyan is the founder and executive director of Dentalcare Foundation. She is a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative RLC, West Africa; an…

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