Entrepreneurial & Leadership Initiative for Sustainability in Africa (ELISA)
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Sahil Affriya
Principal, Savant Capital
(South Africa / India)
Jose A Centeno, MSc, PhD, FRSC
Chair, Medical Geology
Jose Centeno Center for Medical Geology Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
Co-founder and Past President,
International Medical Geology Association
(USA / Nigeria)
Anesu-Tendesai Chikumba, BComm, AdvDip
Founder,
Unpublished Africa
(Zimbabwe)
Yonas Merawi Dirirsa
Corporate Customer Relationship Manager
Cooperative Bank of Oromia
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Eyong Ebai
General Manager,
Sub-Saharan Africa
GE Healthcare
(United Kingdom / Sub-Saharan Africa)
Anthony Egeru, PhD
Program Manager, Training and Community Development
Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
(Uganda)
Preetivi Ellis, MD, FACP
Head of Medical Afffairs
Revna Biosciences
(Ghana)
Brandon L Ford, Esq
Chief Accelerator Director,
Lubrizol Life Science
The Lubrizol Corporation
(USA)
Albino Gaw Dar
Chairperson & CEO
Foundation for Youth Initiative
(South Sudan)
Donielle Johnson
Executive Director
Global Regulatory Affairs
Bausch Health Companies
(USA)
Seema Kumar
Vice President, Innovation, Global Health and Policy Communication
Johnson & Johnson
(USA)
Kemoy Liburd-Chow
Representative
Embassy of St Kitts and Nevis
(USA)
Nigel Zenzo Mudekwa, MBA, BIT
IT Specialist, Entrepreneur
(Zimbabwe)
Simon Muleya
District Development Coordinator
Government of Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe)
Thelma Munhequete
Country Representative
Africa Foundation for Sustainable Development
(Mozambique)
Mmboneni Muofhe
Deputy Director General
Department of Science & Technology
Government of South Africa
(South Africa)
Shepherd Mutsiwegota
Technology for Development Lead
UNICEF
(Zimbabwe)
Tony Ndifor, PhD
Director,
Preclinical Development & Safety
Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
a Johnson & Johnson Company
(USA)
Marie-Ange Noué, Ph.D.
Director, US Medical Information
Operations, Neurology & Immunology, Fertility & Endocrinology US Scientific Communications EMD Serono
(USA)
Siya Ntutela, PhD
Deputy Chair
International Council of Biotechnology
Associations (ICBA)
(South Africa)
Chinedu U Nworu, PhD
Director of Business Development
Personal Genome Diagnostics
(USA)
Blessed Okole, PhD
Special Adviser to
the Prime Minister-Head of Government
(Yaounde, Cameroon)
Hassan Popat
Founder & Group CEO
Computech
(Kenya)
Suren Singh, PhD
Executive Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences
Durban University of Technology
(South Africa)
Ify Umunna, MS, BA-IR, MA(Hons)
Head, Corporate Strategy
Africa Exchange
(Nigeria)
Moise Yakan
Independent Consultant
(Cameroon)
Tiobesta Yitnashewa
Technical Expert
Sequa gGmbH
(Ethiopia)
ICPD Staff
Sondlane Dube
Outreach Coordinator
(Zimbabwe)
Scott May
Executive Director
(USA)
Dustie Savage
Programs Director
(USA)
Elisabeth Valerio
President / CEO
(Zimbabwe / USA)
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