BRIEF - BIOGRAPHYOF PANELISTS
STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONALCAPACITIES FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
IN POST-COVID-19 AFRICA
A BRAINSTORMING E-POLICY SEMINAR
Prof. Osagie Imasogie, Senior Managing Partner & Founder
PIPV Capital, USA
Prof. Banji Oyelaran-OyeyinkaSenior Special Adviser
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Prof. Soji Adelaja. Michigan State University, USA
Dr. Rabah ArezkiChief Economist and Vice President,
ECVP, African Development Bank
Prof. Vincent Nmehielle, Secretary General
African Development Bank
Prof. Kevin Chika Urama, FAASSenior Director, African Development Institute, African Development Bank
Prof. Sharon Fonn, PhD, Full professor, University of
the Witwatersrand. South Africa
Prof. Ibrahim Elbadawi Managing Director,
Economic Research Forum, Egypt
Prof. Alex Ezeh Dornsife Professor of Global
Health, Drexel University, USA
Ryuichi Kato, Vice President Japan International
Cooperation Agency, Japan
Mr. Nick Lea, Deputy Chief Economist.
UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). UK
Hafez Ghanem, Vice President for Eastern and
Southern Africa,World Bank Group. USA
Hon. Seth Terkper Former Finance Minister, Ghana
Accra, Ghana
Dr. Martin Ledolter, LL.M. Managing Director Austrian
Development Agency. Austria
Dr. Aloysius Uche Ordu Director - Africa Growth Initiative,
Brookings Institute, USA
Stephanie Springorum Senior Project Manager
GIZ , Germany
Mr. Dana Hovig. Program Director of Global
Development and Population Hewlett Foundation. Canada
Prof. Osagie Imasogie, Senior Managing Partner & Founder
PIPV Capital, USA
Sir Jeremy FarrarDirector, Wellcome Trust,
United Kingdom
Prof. Daya ReddyPresident, International
Science Council. Paris, France
Dr. Isayvani NaickerDirector of Strategy and
Partnerships African Academyof Sciences. Kenya
Ms. Margaret Mliwa, Acting Regional Director,Office of Eastern Africa
Ford Foundation, Kenya.
Prof. Njuguna Ndung'uExecutive Director African
Economic Research Consortium,Kenya
Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie Executive Secretary, African
Capacity Building Foundation , Zimbabwe
Prof. Etienne Ehouan Ehile,Secretary-General, Associationof African Universities. Ghana
Dr. Aldo Stroebel, Executive DirectorStrategy, Planning and Partnerships
National Research Foundation, South Africa
Prof. Goolam Mohamedbhai Honorary president of InternationalAssociation of Universities. Mauritius
Prof. Moses Kiggundu Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University. Canada
Dr. Max Price Emeritus Vice-Chancellor
University of Cape Town South Africa
Prof. Gunnar Köhlin,Director Environment
a Development Initiative. University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Mr. Robert EissSenior Advisor on Policy NIH
Forgaty International Center, USA
Prof. Zeblon VilakaziVice Chancellor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Prof. Thomas JayneSpecial Advisor-President African
Development Bank. Michigan State University, USA
Ashiwel Undieh, PhDProfessor of Neuroscience and
Pharmacology, City University of New York School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Paulin BasingaThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Director, Health, Africa, USA
Abdoulaye COULIBALYDirector, Governance and Public
Financial Management, African Development Bank
Dr. Simon KayHead International Operations
Wellcome. United Kingdom
Dr. Arjan de Haan, Senior Program Specialist,
Sustainable Inclusive Economies, IDRC, Canada
Tade Akin Aina Head of Research
Mastercard Foundation. USA
Mohammed ALSHAMMARI, Senior Specialist, Operations,Saudi Fund for Development
(SFD) Saudi Arabia
Prof. Ernest AryeeteySecretary-General, The AfricanResearch Universities Alliance,
South Africa
Mr. David Doepel, Murdoch University Chair
Africa-Australia Research Forum, Perth, Western Australia
Dr. Nkem KhumbahSenior Fellow, Global Federation
of Competitiveness Councils. USA
Dr. Hanan Morsy, Director, Macro-Economics Policy,
Forecasting and Research African Development Bank
Dr. Swithin J. Munyantwali, Esq.Vice Chairman and Co-Founder of
the International Law InstituteAfrican Centre for Legal Excellence
Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Executive Director, African
Population & Health Research Center Nairobi, Kenya
Prof. David MorrisonDeputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation),
Murdoch UniversityAustralia
Prof. Jonathan Mba Director of Research & Academic
lanning, AAU, Ghana
Mr. Bakary KoneDirector Strategic Planning
and Partnership ACBF. Zimbabwe
Dr Uzma Alm Alliance for Accelerating
Excellence in Science in Africa(AESA) African Academy
of Sciences. Kenya
Prof. Pascale AlloteyDirector United Nations University International Institute for Global
Health Malaysia
Prof. Justice Nyigmah BawoleDean, University of Ghana
Business School, Ghana
Prof. Amany El-Sharif Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy,
AlAzhar University, Cairo, Egypt Coordinator, AAU-NARO
Prof. Christian Happi Director African Centre
of Excellencefor Genomics ofInfectious Diseases (ACEGID), Nigeria
Dr. Joseph Wangombe GichuruDeputy Executive Director African
Population & Health Research Center, Kenya
Ms. Elodie Rusera Chief Skills Officer, Rwanda `
Development Board. Rwanda
Dr. Baldeh, Yero Director, Transition States
Coordination Office, African Development Bank
Mr Jonathan SaidHead of Economic Transformation,
Africa Tony Blair Institute. USA
Prof. Kelly Chibale Professor, University of Cape Town
South Africa
Prof. John Ele-Ojo AtagubaPartnership for Economic
Policy (PEP) University of CapeTown. South Africa
Prof. Ihron Rensburg Vaal University of Technology
South Africa
Dr. Flaubert MbiekopSenior Program Specialist. IDRC,
Canada
Dr. Ash Shah Global Development Senior
Program Officer. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. USA
Ms. Valerie Dabady Manager, Resource Mobilization and External Finance. African
Development Bank. Cote D’Ivoire
Ms. Eden Getachew Head of Centre of Governmentand Delivery Tony Blair Institute
Nairobi, Kenya
Ms. Susan Steffen, Executive Director
Pan-Africa and Regional DevelopmentDivision, Global Affairs Canada.
Frank MVULA, DirectorFiduciary and Inspection
Department African DevelopmentBank Group
Côte d’Ivoire
Annie O’BrienDornsife School of Public Health,
Drexel University, USA
Hassan MoctarChief Procurement Policy officer
Fiduciary and Inspection DepartmentAfrican Development Bank
Dr. Ibrahim L. Stevens Deputy Governor, Bank ofSierra Leone. The Republic of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Dr. Stephen N. Karingi,Director, Regional Integration and
Trade Division UNECA (Central Africa Office)
Ethiopia
Prof. Peter Quartey, Director ISSER/University of Ghana
Accra, Ghana
Dr. Eric K. Ogunleye,Advisor to the Chief Economist and Vice President, ECVP , OI
Manager, Policy Management Division, ADI African Development Bank
Dr. Njeri Wabĩri Consultant- Public Service
delivery Index. African Development Institute, African
Development Bank
Mr. Nkoanyane SebutsoeSenior Capacity DevelopmentOfficer African Development
Institute, African Development Bank
Mrs. Kwamina-Badirou Kamaria Team Assistant for the Policy
Management Division African Development Institute, African
Development Bank
Adewale Alade SHOBOYEJO Training Technician,
African Development Institute. African Development Bank
African Development InstituteGlobal Community of Practice- Team