Marianne O’Grady
Marianne O’Grady is the Deputy Country Director for Programs in Kabul at CARE Afghanistan and has been working within the education sector for 33 years, as a teacher, professor of education, Chief of Party, and education advisor. She has worked and supported programs in the US, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, […]
Benjamin M. Freeman Jr
Benjamin is a passionate, goal-oriented, and results-driven professional with proven experience working at the intersection of education and community development. Benjamin’s career experience includes designing and implementing data-driven educational programs, policy advocacy, project management, and grants management for institutions across Liberia, Kenya, Malaysia, and the United States of America. Benjamin’s childhood experience of starting primary […]
Tsepo Ngwenyama
Tsepo is the Portfolio Manager at Injini – Africa’s EdTech Accelerator and Think Tank. They head up Injini’s Programme & Portfolio division, oversee Injini’s Acceleration Partnership programme, EdTech ecosystem development initiatives, and alumni support for its portfolio companies. Their experience spans across the UCT Solution Space at the Graduate School of Business, Airbnb, and most […]
Elisheva Cohen
Dr Elisheva Cohen is a scholar of education in emergencies. Her research draws on qualitative methods to examine educators’ experiences in a range of crises including refugee settings and global pandemics. Since September 2021, she has been supporting Afghan evacuees living at Camp Atterbury in Indiana through a range of activities including fundraising, distribution of […]
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser is the Founder and Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF). She chairs Sidra Medicine, a training and research hospital, and Msheireb Properties, Qatar’s leading sustainable real estate company. In 2009, Sheikha Moza created the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). Sheikha Moza works with […]
Robert Lobatto
Robert Lobatto is Head of King Alfred School, London. Founded in 1898, it is the leading progressive schools in the UK. Our broader mission is to influence the wider system away from a reductionist data-driven approach towards a more enlightened, child-centred, authentic educational experience. Having studied Modern History at Oxford, Robert has been an educator […]
Jamie Stuart
Christina Bwana
Christina Bwana has a passion for development, understanding that development is a result of, and therefore influenced by, different factors. She has focused her career on development through education, working as Chief Product-and-Operations Officer at Ubongo, a pan-African NGO creating edutainment content for the African child in order to equip Africa’s next generation with the educational foundation, […]
Lydia Wilbard
Lydia Wilbard’s life experience resonates strongly with that of the young women reached by CAMFED’s programs. Completing her secondary education against great personal odds, Lydia ran several successful businesses to fund her high school and university education. As a founding member of the CAMFED Association in Tanzania in 2005, she became an active business mentor […]
Gang Lu
Dr. Gang LU is the founder and CEO of TechNode Group (TechNode and TechNode Global), making him one of Asia’s most recognised influencers in the global technology sector. What started as Dr. Lu’s personal tech blog has become a highly respected international innovation platform which connects Asian start-up technology ecosystem with the rest of the […]