Meet the Speakers

  • MR. KARL TORIOLA

    Chief Executive Officer

    Organisation: MTN Nigeria, MTN Cameroon, Vmobile Nigeria, Ericsson Nigeria, AG Switzerland

  • MRS. ANUSHKA BOGNADOV

    Director General/Associate Professor/ Governing Board Member

    Organisations: Risk Insights, World Economic Forum

  • Ms. Stephanie Akinwoya

    Fellow, Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity. PhD Candidate, Open University

    Organisation: Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, (AFSEE)

  • DR. Najma Mohamed

    AFSEE Fellow, Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity. Head of Nature-Based Solutions, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

    Organisations: Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, (AFSEE); The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

  • Caroline Kioko

    Fellow, Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity. Human Rights Lawyer. Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Manager for Porticus Global. Chairperson of the Board, Selfhood UK

    Organisations: Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, (AFSEE); Porticus, Philanthropic organization (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • Ms. Amy Sarr Fall

    Founder and Director of Intelligence Presse Magazine; Journalist and Activist

  • Prof. Gibril Faal OBE

    British-Gambian Business and Development Executive, Visiting Professor, LSE

    Organisation: GK Partners

  • Mrs. Eiman Kheir

    Public Policy Manager (Diaspora Engagement), (Former AU Head of Diaspora Division, Citizens and Diaspora Organizations (CIDO)

    Organisation: META (Formerly known as Facebook)

  • MR. ASUQUO EKPENYONG

    Senator, Federal Republic of Nigeria; University of Calabar Lecturer, Department of Banking and Finance

    Organisation: Senator for Cross River South (Federal Republic of Nigeria)

  • Dr. Omnia El Omrani

    Medical Doctor, First official Youth Envoy for the President of the COP27 (Egypt). Climate and Health Junior Policy Fellow, at the Institute of Global Health Innovation (Imperial College London)

    Organisations: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London

  • H.E Ndolamb Ngokwey

    Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the UK

    Organisation: UNICEF

  • ms. nancy masila

    Technology Risk Professional, Founder Jasiri Network

    Organisation: KPMG, UK

  • MR. UGAS SHEIKH mohammed

    Chair, Capital Markets Authority/ Head of the Digital Literacy Program for primary schools (Kenya)

    Organisation: Capital Markets Authority

  • MRS. FIONA LENNOXSMITH

    Lead Consultant, Leadership, Organisational Development and Research

    Organisation: Advance HE

  • H.E Godwin Obaseki

    Executive Governor of Edo State, Nigeria / Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers/ Alumnus of the Lagos Business School Chief Executive Programme.

    Organisations: Afrinvest

  • Ms. adetomi soyinka

    Regional Director, Higher Education, Sub-Saharan Africa

    Organisation: British Council

  • Mr. Franck Dossa

    Consultant: Diaspora & Development -Stakeholder Engagement

    Organisation: CON-X-ION

  • Prof. Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis

    Author, Associate Professor and Director of Higher Education Studies

    Organisation: University of Johannesburg: Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education

  • Dr. Regina Mwatha

    Project Leader for Kenyatta University's Women’s Empowerment Hub

    Organisations: National Gender and Development Commission, Department for Policy Management Forum/United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

  • Prof. Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi

    Economist / Professor / Author/ Former United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and the Egyptian Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC)

    Organisations: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) - Office for North Africa; Tenured Professor of Economics at Faculty of Commerce - Mansoura University, Egypt

  • Dr. Justina Obaoye-Ajala

    Human Rights Advocate and Lawyer

    Organisation: Kentyna Solicitors

  • mr. asim turkawi

    Country Director, Sudan

    Organisation: Windle Trust International, the United Nations

  • MR. LOKE JUSTIN

    Country Director, South Sudan

    Organisation: Windle Trust International

  • Mrs. Shorouk Hesham Genena

    Partner at Bahaa-Eldin Law Office in collaboration with BonelliErede

    Organisations: Al Kamel Law Firm, Baker McKenzie, the Egyptian Bar Association

  • H.E Fatou Bensouda

    Current Gambian High Commissioner/ Former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

    Organisations: International Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

  • Mr. David Masua

    Chief Executive Officer

    Organisation: Windle Trust International

  • Ms. Dyna Roselyne Binezero

    Windle Trust International Scholar

    Organisation: Windle Trust International

  • Mr. Jean de Dieu Serugo

    Windle Trust International Scholar

    Organisation: Windle Trust International

  • MR. ERICK GAVALA

    Operations Manager

    Organisations: African Stream, South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Gotel TV, China Global Television Network.

  • DR. VANESSA IWOWO

    Senior Visiting Fellow/ Programme Director, MSc. HRD & Consultancy and Lecturer in Organisational Psychology

    Organisations: Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa/ School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck, University of London

  • MR. STONE ATWINE

    Co-founder and CEO

    Organisation: Eversend

  • DR. ELIZABETH NGUTUKU

    Research Officer

    Organisations: Firoz Lalji Intitute for Africa

  • Mrs. Janet Rogan

    Chief Executive Officer

    Organisation: Royal African Society

  • Mr. Charles Sekwalor

    CEO & Founder

    Organisations: The Continent & Movemeback

  • Dr. Abena Nyarkoa

    Founder of NKUNIM Education Project/ Educationist and Human Rights Advocate/Director of Real Chats Online Discussion Forum

    Organisations: Cancer Research UK and Breast Cancer UK, Blossom Foundation Ghana.

moderators

  • PROF. TIM ALLEN

    Director of the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa

    Organisations: London School of Economics and Political Science, ESRC, AHRC, GCRF

  • Mr. Tosin Adebisi

    Senior Programme Manager

    Organisation: Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa , Programme for African Leadership, University of Sussex

  • Prof. David Luke

    Professor in Practice and Strategic Director

    Organisations: Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, Dalhousie University, African Union, UN Development Programme, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

  • Prof. Laura Mann

    Associate Professor in International Development (Department of International Development )

    Organisations: London School of Economics and Political Science, Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford), the African Studies Centre (Leiden)

  • Dr. Martin Brown munene

    PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development (Department of Geography and Environment)

    Organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science, Stockholm Environment Institute's Asia and Africa Centers, the ADRC Institute, UK DfID, USAID, SIDA