Dr. Souvanpheng Boupphanouvong has served as Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) since 2016, and currently a Member of the National Green Growth Steering Committee, which was established in 2016 under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of Lao PDR. Prior to this position, she was a Chairperson of the Economics, Planning and Finance Committee...
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Alexander Chiteme,, Minister of National Development and Planning, Zambia, has been in his role as minister since January 2018. Mr. Chiteme is a qualified accountant by profession. He is a member of the Association for Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance. Before joining politics, Mr. Chiteme worked as Finance Director for AAC Mining Executors Ltd Group in Kitwe, a...
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Anxhela, 16, is passionate about making sure that children, and especially girls, can get an education and are empowered to speak up for their rights. At the age of 13, she joined a child-led group that advocates for children’s issues, which has allowed her to develop her communication, self-confidence, and teamwork skills. She is now recognized as a leader in this group and is known for...
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Hon Ken Ofori-Atta, assumed office as Ghana’s Finance Minister on January 27, 2017. He brings over 30 years’ experience in Ghanaian and international financial sector. He was a Co-Founder and former Chairman of the Databank Group (an investment banking firm) in Ghana. He was the Executive Chairman from 1990 until his retirement on February 14, 2012. Prior to co-founding Databank in 1990, the Hon...
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Orzala Nemat is an Afghan scholar and civil society activist. Dr Nemat holds PhD in Development studies from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), MSc from University College London (UCL) and has been a Yale World Fellow class of 2008. As an expert in political ethnography, her research interest includes development and conflict, gender, governance and borderlands studies. Her PhD thesis...
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield (2015) and The Dressmaker of Khair Khana (2011), about a young entrepreneur who supported her community under the Taliban. Ashley’s War is currently being developed into a major motion picture. Gayle currently serves as Partner and...
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Aïchatou Boulama Kané, Niger’s Minister of Planning since April 2016, is well-known to her fellow citizens as an advocate for the emancipation of women and the promotion of democracy. She is responsible for the design, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the national planning and foresight policy. It was under her leadership that the 2017-2021 Economic and Social...
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Nancy Lindborg has served as the president and CEO of the U.S. Institute of Peace since February 2015. Created by Congress in 1984 as an independent, nonpartisan, federally funded institute to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict around the world, USIP links research, policy, training and direct action with partners in conflict-affected areas. Prior to joining USIP, she served as the...
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Patrick Njoroge is the ninth Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), and has been in office since June 19, 2015. He has overseen a significant overhaul of the banking system in Kenya, including the launch of the first Kenya Banking Sector Charter. He also led the country in the launch of the new generation currency banknotes and coins, thus fulfilling a much-anticipated constitutional...
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For the last 12 years Patricia has been using media to improve livelihoods and shape sustainable development across East Africa by developing educational and entertaining TV and radio programs that are highly effective in impacting on people’s knowledge, attitudes and practices. Patricia has a knack for creative story-telling, with a flair for innovative branding that helps to address the...
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