Bright Simons, Ghana
Fellowship Year: 2010
Nationality: Ghana
Job Title: President
Organisation: mPedigree
Robin Perks, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Founder and CEO
Organisation: Aperture Group
Mapule Mzimba, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Chief Operations Officer
Organisation: Discovery Bank
Susan Mashibe, Tanzania
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Tanzania
Job Title: Founder & Managing Director
Organisation: VIA Aviation
Paulino Dias, Cape Verde
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Cape Verde
Job Title: Founding Partner and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Organisation: PD Consult
Madji Sock, Senegal
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Senegal
Job Title: Partner, Global Operations
Organisation: Dalberg Advisors
Sa’ida Sa’ad, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Deputy Director
Organisation: Legal Services
Nehemiah Mchechu, Tanzania
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Tanzania
Job Title: Chairman
Organisation: Housing Development and Finance Corporation Limited.
Lakshman Bheenick, Mauritius
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Mauritius
Job Title: Head: Global Markets
Organisation: Standard Bank
Lai Yahaya, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Senior Government Liaison
Organisation: Sustainable Energy for All
Elinor Wanyama Chemonges, Uganda
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Uganda
Job Title: National Coordinator
Organisation: Paralegal Advisory Services Programme in Uganda
Dominic O. Dimba, Kenya
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Kenya
Job Title: Finance Manager
Organisation: GlaxoSmithKline
Kumbirayi Gaza, Zimbabwe
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Zimbabwe
Job Title: Engineering Superintendent
Organisation: Rio Tinto
Theo Mothoa-Frendo MD, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Entrepreneur and healthcare consultant
Organisation: African Dermal Science
Andrew Mwenda, Uganda
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Uganda
Job Title: Managing Director
Organisation: Independent Publications Limited
James Mwangi, Kenya
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Kenya
Job Title: Executive Director
Organisation: Dalberg Group
Samson Kironde MD PhD, Uganda
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Uganda
Job Title: Director Program Support and Monitoring
Organisation: University Research Co., LLC (URC)
Akeem Olujinmi Lawal, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Divisional CEO, Switching & Processing
Organisation: Interswitch
Hazel Gumede Shelton, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Attorney
Organisation: High Court of South Africa
Julie Makani MD, Tanzania
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Tanzania
Job Title: Associate Professor in the Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion
Organisation: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Ahonsi Unuigbe, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Organisation: Petralon Energy
Geci Karuri-Sebina PhD, Kenya
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Kenya
Job Title: Associate Professor
Organisation: Wits School of Governance
Cephas Chikanda MD, Zimbabwe
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Zimbabwe
Job Title: Founder and Managing Director
Organisation: Pulse Health
Abimbola Pariola, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2009
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Executive Director
Organisation: LTY Architecture
Siza Majola PhD, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Managing Director
Organisation: Crawford Schools
Setlogane Manchidi, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Head of Corporate Social Investments (CSI)
Organisation: Investec Bank
Zanele Mkwanazi, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Director: People and Organisation
Organisation: Novo Nordisk
Shane Immelman, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Organisation: The Lapdesk Company
Senzo Ncube, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Advocate
Organisation: High Court of South Africa
Sekai Chikowero, Zimbabwe
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Zimbabwe
Job Title: Senior Program Director/Portfolio Lead
Organisation: East and Southern Africa at Pathfinder International
Eunice Ajambo, Uganda
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Uganda
Job Title: Economist and Development Coordination Officer
Organisation: United Nation in Namibia
Saul Kornik, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Co-Founder & CEO
Organisation: Healthforce
Mitchell Elegbe, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Founder & Group Managing Director
Organisation: InterSwitch Limited
Eugine Ngalim, Cameroon
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Cameroon
Job Title: Executive Director
Organisation: Cameroon Youths and Students Forum for Peace
Paul Kapelus, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Director
Organisation: Synergy Global Consulting
Hopewell Rugoho-Chin'ono, Zimbabwe
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Zimbabwe
Job Title: Television Journalist, Foreign Correspondent, and Documentary Film Maker
Organisation: Independent Journalist and Producer
Elsie Kanza PhD, Tanzania
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Tanzania
Job Title: Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania
Organisation: United States of America
Olufemi Oyekola, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Senior Manager/Sales Manager
Organisation: Global Markets Sales
Girma Amente PhD, Ethiopia
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Ethiopia
Job Title: Vice President, Coordinator of Infrastructure
Organisation: Oromia Regional Government, Ethiopia
Christian Allison, Liberia
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Liberia
Job Title: President & CEO
Organisation: Liberian Bank for Development and Investment
Nitesh Dullabh, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Partner, Corporate Sustainability & Climate Change
Organisation: Environmental Resources Management ( ERM )
Funmi Iyanda, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Executive Director
Organisation: Oya Media London, Creation Television UK, Founder- Change-A-Life
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf PhD, Nigeria
Fellowship Year: 2008
Nationality: Nigeria
Job Title: Founder & Publisher
Organisation: Cassava Republic Press
Yolan Friedmann, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2007
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: CEO
Organisation: Endangered Wildlife Trust
Yohannes Mezgebe, Ethiopia
Fellowship Year: 2007
Nationality: Ethiopia
Job Title: Founder & President
Organisation: Ubuntu Leadership Institute
Terence Sibiya PhD, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2007
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Managing Executive
Organisation: Rest of Africa and Subsidiaries, Nedbank
Takalani Musekwa, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2007
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Group Head
Organisation: Reward for Discovery
Sithembumenzi Vuma, Zimbabwe
Fellowship Year: 2007
Nationality: Zimbabwe
Job Title: Senior Manager, Corporate Financing Solutions
Organisation: Stanbic Bank, Kenya
Ipeleng Mkhari, South Africa
Fellowship Year: 2007
Nationality: South Africa
Job Title: Founder and CEO
Organisation: Motseng Investment Holdings
Edward Mabaya PhD, Zimbabwe
Fellowship Year: 2007
Nationality: Zimbabwe
Job Title: Director
Organisation: Cornell University's Hubert H Humprey Fellowship Program
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