Category: Speakers

Dana Weeks is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MedTrans Go. MedTrans Go is a B2B healthcare appointment optimization platform solving the $150B problem of medical appointment cancellations in the US. Their tech-enabled portal provides healthcare facilities access to a customizable suite of services to address the root causes of their cancellations in one…

Leisl is also the co-director of GWSB’s OntheBoard program, a fellowship program designed to promote women on corporate boards. Dr. Riddle has written extensively about diasporas and development, international entrepreneurship, and trade and investment promotion.

Agnieszka has held numerous leadership positions as founder of two companies, Winkler Advertising and TeamToolz until they were acquired and on boards of directors of public and private companies such as RenoAir, SuperCuts, Cheesecake Factory and numerous not for profits such as Ascension Health, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, the board of trustees of…

Kedest Tesfagiorgis leads the Global Partnerships & Grand Challenges team within the Discovery & Translational Sciences group at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Kedest is deeply committed to building collaborative, inclusive, long-term partnerships that address the biggest challenges in health and development. Her career has been rooted in the conviction that, as a global…

Ham is the Co-Founder & CEO of Chipper Cash. As CEO, Ham heads the Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for leading the company’s overall direction and strategy. After graduating from Grinnell College in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Ham began his career at Meta where he worked in their Dublin, Ireland, office…

TRESOR is an African Pop Maverick. Renowned for his distinct sound, which has won him Best Pop Album of the year award for debut album VII; sophomore album The Beautiful Madness; and more recently for his album Nostalgia; at The South African Music Awards in 2016, 2018 and 2019. TRESOR RIZIKI (French for “treasure” and…

Sr. Lusina Jeptoo Ng’eny is a member of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters living and working in Nairobi Kenya. After my training a Social Minister, I have worked with the aged, youth and marginalized women, I am passionate in empowering the poor to have a good livelihood and transform the society at large. This will enhance…

Jonathan Katende is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lipaworld, a fintech platform empowering African immigrants and diaspora communities with seamless remittance services via a digital voucher marketplace and its Stablecoin peer-to-peer wallet. Born in the DRC and raised in South Africa, Jonathan’s immigrant experience fuels his mission to bridge financial gaps for underserved populations. With…

Ghislain Irakoze is a social entrepreneur, digital inclusion practitioner, and advocate. He founded Wastezon, an award-winning social enterprise that leverages AI to repurpose electronic materials into low-cost devices for consumers with a mission of igniting digital transformation and circular economy. To date, he has led his team in empowering over 15000 Rwandan households with low-cost…

Muhsin Hassan is Managing Director, Awards, Data, and Learning at Lever for Change. He leads the awards team which supports donor partners who sponsor challenges. He also leads development and implementation of the data strategy, oversees learning and evaluation efforts, and directs the generation of actionable insights to inform program development, as well as for…