Year

2021

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  • Capacity Building Specialist, UNDP Regional Program for Africa
    Sweden

    Fatma Ahmed is currently the Capacity Building Specialist at UNDP Regional Program for Africa, based in Addis Ababa where she implements flagship projects on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, political transitions, climate security and other emerging development challenges and priorities with the African Union and regional

  • Deputy Director of Projects, Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
    Brazil

    Marianna Albuquerque is the Deputy Director of Projects at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI). She was a substitute professor at the Institute for Strategic Studies (INEST-UFF) between 2017 and 2019, a consultant for projects in Think Tanks, and coordinator of the South American Political Observatory (OPSA/UERJ).

  • Gender equality activist, Women's Democracy Network
    Argentina

    Macarena Ayelen Acuipil is currently an advocate for gender equality. She is a Program Coordinator for the Women's Democracy Network in Argentina, where young female candidates are empowered to step in and take decisive roles in the political arena. She is also working as Chief of Advisors to the Senator of her hometown province of Chubut and as a professor in Gender Studies at the Siglo XXI University.

  • Media Production Assistant, United Nations
    Brazil

    Pauline Batista works at the United Nations in New York, where she serves as a Media Production Assistant for the Global Communications Division. Her research interests include UNESCO’s influence over educational curricula in Latin America and also the exploitation of Paulo Freire’s Socratic method to reinforce standards for Heritage Studies in schools located in Latin American towns seeking UNESCO Heritage Site titles.

  • Nigeria Research Coordinator, University of Massachusetts-Amherst/e-GUIDE
     Nigeria

    Deborah Braide is the Nigeria Research Coordinator for University of Massachusetts-Amherst/e-GUIDE on a project to support sustainable electrification of over 250,000 small and medium scale enterprises.

  • Policy Analyst, Natural Resources
    Canada

    Christina Caouette is a public policy and foreign affairs analyst with the Government of Canada. Currently, she contributes to developing Canada’s energy resources with the Petroleum, Gas and LNG Division at Natural Resources Canada. Her cross-departmental federal government experience has enabled her to strengthen Canada's bilateral relations with countries in Europe, Asia and South America.

  • Economist, International Monetary Fund
    Morocco

    Salim Dehmej is an economist in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF. Since he joined the international institution in 2018, he covered several topics and countries (Iraq, Lebanon, Russia, and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa - CEMAC) from different departments.

  • Co-founder & CEO, Jodoor
    Morocco

    Amine Derj is a 31 years old Moroccan & French national with an industrial engineer background. Amine came back to his home country Morocco to start two businesses. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of a consulting company and an Agritech Startup called Jodoor.

  • Technology and Programs Associate, Global Internet Forum to Counterterrorism
    India

    Nusrat Farooq is currently Technology and Programs Associate at Global Internet Forum to Counterterrorism (GIFCT) in Washington DC, United States. She is an engineer turned investigative researcher and practitioner with six years of work experience in diverse fields such as academia, think tanks, development, human rights and conflict mediation organizations both in India and the United States.

  • Research Fellow, European University Institute
    Italy

    Martina Ferracane is passionate about policy-making and technological innovation. She is a Research Fellow at the European University Institute, where she manages the Digital Trade Integration Project. Her research covers digital trade, data governance, and digital education.

  • Business Development Manager & FDI Consultant, Grupo Prodensa
    Mexico

    Nallely Garza has been a strong player in both the public and private sector in promoting Mexico as a destination of FDI. Her previous experience includes Political Advisor at the State Congress of Nuevo León and senior advisor to the Ministry of Economy in the State of Nuevo Leon (which is the second most wealthy State in Mexico with a GDP of $92.3 billion dollars).

  • Managing Director, SusGreen Consulting
    St. Lucia

    Jevanic Henry is a climate change and development professional with experience leading and supporting the development of environmental projects at multi-levels.

  • Market Intelligence Officer, Barclays
    Libya

    Fatima Hewaidi currently leads the Market Intelligence office for the Middle East at Barclays Private Bank in Switzerland. For the past four years, she was a Business Engagement Lead at the World Economic Forum, where she developed partnerships and curated dialogues among business leaders in the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to this, she measured and analyzed the ease of starting a business across the Middle East and Africa as a Consultant in the World Bank's Doing Business project.

  • Economic Development Manager, National Economic Development and Labour Council
    South Africa

    Nozuko Hlwatika is an Economic Development Manager at the National Economic Development and Labour Council in South Africa (SA) in which she manages processes and social dialogue pertaining to legislation, policies, regulations, and emerging issues concerning economic development and economic recovery.

  • Founder, Solar Freeze
    Kenya

    Dysmus Kisilu is the founder of Solar Freeze, a company that specializes in providing renewable energy solutions (solar powered cold storage units) to smallholder farmers in Kenya to increase agricultural productivity. Dysmushas worked with 3,000 smallholder farmers in Kenya to increase agricultural yields by more than 150%.

  • Co-founder, Integreat
    Germany

    Fritjof Knier is the co-founder of Integreat, a multilingual integration platform to provide understandable information for refugees and migrants arriving in a city.

  • Director of Education and Experiences, The Policy Circle
    USA

    Savannah Lane currently directs strategic communications for an organization focused on equipping women into the policy spaces. Prior to this role, Savannah led and directed the NATO 2030 Global Fellowship Program in support of NATO’s 2030 Strategic Concept goals.

  • Environmental Justice Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    USA

    Lavar Thomas is currently an Environmental Justice Coordinator with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC. He is also a Co-founder of Leaders of the Free World, a non-profit organization that provides international experiences and leadership development to young Black men.