{"id":284,"date":"2021-06-09T05:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2021-06-15T04:39:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T04:39:18","slug":"july-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/july-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"July Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. James Mwangi<\/strong>,
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Dr. James Mwangi is a champion for socio-economic transformation. The Kenyan born banker and leading businessman is a lifelong entrepreneur whose career has stood as an example of how a successful business can deliver value to its shareholders and create effective social impact. Dr. Mwangi\u2019s conviction to uplifting lives, led to the establishment of the Equity Group Foundation (EGF) where he is currently the Executive Chairman. Set up in 2008 as the social arm of Equity Group Holdings, its aim is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the African people through the development and implementation of innovative programs that leverage the existing Group infrastructure and links partners to the bottom of the pyramid.

Dr. Mwangi holds 5 honorary doctorate degrees and is the current Chancellor of Meru University College of Science and Technology and is a frequent guest lecturer at Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Harvard, IESE and Lagos Business School where the Equity Bank Business Model is a case study.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Latanya Mapp Frett<\/strong>,
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Latanya Mapp Frett is President and CEO of Global Fund for Women, which has fueled gender justice movements across the world for over 30 years, putting resources directly in the hands of courageous activists who are working to end oppressive policies and change entrenched norms. As a feminist fund, Global Fund for Women offers flexible support to a diverse group of partners\u2014more than 5,000 groups across 175 countries so far\u2014to create meaningful change that will last beyond our lifetimes.
Previously, Latanya was the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global, the international arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Ms. Frett worked for eight years as a human rights officer for the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) and for 10 years with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Peter Laugharn<\/strong>,
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Peter Laugharn (pronounced LAW-harn) serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Peter is a passionate leader with 25 years of foundation and nonprofit experience internationally, with a focus on improving the well-being of vulnerable children. Previously, he was executive director of the Firelight Foundation, which identifies, funds, and supports promising African nonprofits serving vulnerable children and families in the areas of education, resilience, and health. Prior to Firelight, Peter served as executive director of the Netherlands-based Bernard van Leer Foundation, whose mission is to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances. Peter began his career at Save the Children, where he worked in a variety of roles.

A graduate of Stanford and Georgetown Universities, Peter holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of London. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco from 1982 to 1984. Peter was a co-founder of the International Education Funders Group and the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS, and he is a member of the board of the Pacific Council on Institutional Policy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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DIRECTOR\\COO, DRAPER VENTURE NETWORK<\/h3>

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PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER, OVAMBA SOLUTIONS<\/h3>

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SENIOR ADVISOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH, KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION UNITED STATES (KBFUS)<\/h3>

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FOUNDING PARTNER AND CHAIRMAN, CONVERGENCE<\/h3>

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FIRESIDE CHAT Dr. James Mwangi, Group Managing Director, CEO, Equity Group Holdings Executive Chairman, Equity Group Foundation Dr. James Mwangi is a champion for socio-economic transformation. The Kenyan born banker and leading businessman is a lifelong entrepreneur whose career has stood as an example of how a successful business can deliver value to its shareholders… Continue reading July Speakers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718,"href":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions\/718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africandiasporanetwork.org\/programs\/adis21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}