Prime Minister to Commonwealth of Dominica, His Excellency Roosevelt Skerrit
Roosevelt Skerrit (born 8 June 1972) is a Dominican politician who has been Prime Minister of Dominica since 2004; he has also been the Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency since 2000. Regionally, he has served as the chairman of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and most recently as chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in 2010. Skerrit is current the longest-serving prime minister of Dominica. Roosevelt Skerrit, also known as "Roozey" by some of his closest family and friends, became Prime Minister after the death of Pierre Charles in August 2004.
At the time of Pierre Charles’ death, Skerrit was Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency, a position he had held since his election in February 2000. In addition to being the Prime Minister, he has also served as Minister for Finance since 2004, Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and is the political leader of the Dominica Labor Party. Upon taking office Skerrit became the world's youngest head of government, surpassing Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
President of Congo Brazzaville, His Excellency Denis Sassou Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 November 1943) is a Congolese politician and former military leader who has been president of the Republic of the Congo since 1997. He served a previous term as president from 1979 to 1992. During his first period as president, he headed the Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) for 12 years. He introduced multiparty politics in 1990 and was then stripped of executive powers by the 1991 National Conference, remaining in office as a ceremonial head of state. He stood as a candidate in the 1992 presidential election but was defeated, placing third.
Sassou Nguesso was an opposition leader for five years before returning to power during the Second Republic of the Congo Civil War, in which his rebel forces ousted President Pascal Lissouba. Following a transitional period, he won the 2002 presidential election, which involved low opposition participation; he was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election. The introduction of a new constitution, passed by referendum in 2015, amidst call for boycott then a dismissal of results by opposition leaders enabled Sassou Nguesso to stand for another term. He was re-elected in the 2016 presidential election with a majority in the first round.
Vice President Gambia, Her Excellency Isatou Touray
Isatou Touray is a Gambian politician, activist, and social reformer. A noted campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM), she became the first female Gambian presidential candidate in 2016, before dropping out to endorse Adama Barrow and Coalition 2016. She then served in Barrow's cabinet, as trade minister, and then as health minister. On March 15, 2019, Touray became Vice-President of The Gambia, replacing her predecessor, Ousainou Darboe in a major cabinet reshuffle. Touray attended Usman Danfodiyo University in Nigeria, graduating with a bachelor's degree in education and English. She then studied at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands, where she graduated with a master's degree in development studies. She completed a PhD in development studies at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.
Vice President of Republic of Liberia, Her Excellency Jewel Cianeh Taylor
Jewel Cianeh Taylor is a Liberian politician and the current Vice President of Liberia. She was married to convicted warlord and former president Charles Taylor (whom she married in 1997, but later divorced in 2006) and was First Lady of Liberia during his presidency. In 2005, Jewel Taylor was elected to the Senate of Liberia in Bong County as a member of the National Patriotic Party. She served as the Chairperson of the Senate Health and Social Welfare Committee on Gender, Women and Children.
While her husband was president, Taylor held a number of official posts in the Liberian government, including Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Liberia (forerunner to the current Central Bank of Liberia), President of the Agriculture Cooperative and Development Bank (ACDB) and Mortgage Financing Underwriter of the First Union National Bank. In addition, she focused on educational, health and social projects. Taylor holds a graduate degree in banking and two bachelors in banking and economics. She is currently enrolled in the MBA program at Cuttington University in Liberia. On 21 December 2011, she graduated from the Louise Arthur Grimes School of Law of the state-owned University of Liberia.
Republic of Kenya Ambassador to United Nations, His Excellency Mbugua Martin Kimani
Martin Kimani, PhD, EBS, is Kenya’s Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He leads Kenya's team to the Security Council for the 2021-2022 term. He also serves as President’s Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism, and is the immediate past Director of Kenya’s National Counter Terrorism Centre. Previously, Martin served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the UN in Nairobi, and as Permanent Representative to the UN Environment Program (UNEP), and the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat).
In the past 20 years, he has worked to a senior level in the global currency and bond markets, political risk advisory for underwriters and other corporates, and peace and security in the Horn of Africa and East Africa. Martin was honored for his service by the President of Kenya with the award of the Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear, which is one of the highest commendations a citizen can receive. He is a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative, and was Distinguished African Fellow at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) in 2013. Martin is married to June Arunga Kimani and they have two children. He holds a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London, University of London.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabonese Republic, Her Excellency Laure Olga Gondjout
Laure Olga Gondjout is a Gabonese politician. She served in the government of Gabon as Minister of Communication from 2007 to 2008, as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2008, and again as Minister of Communication from 2008 to 2011. Subsequently she was Secretary-General of the Presidency from 2011 to 2014. She has served as Ombudsman since 2014. Goundjout is the daughter of Paul Gondjout, a Gabonese politician prominent during the 1960s. She worked as an interpreter and was President Omar Bongo's private secretary for years. On 21 January 2006, she was appointed as Minister-Delegate to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Jean Ping, in the gov’t of Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong.
After nearly two years in that position, she was appointed as Minister of Communication, Posts, Telecommunications, and New Information Technologies on 28 December 2007. Soon afterwards, Jean Ping was elected Chairperson of the
Commission of the African Union, and on 4 February 2008 Gondjout was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs to replace him. She took office as Foreign Minister on 6 February.
Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry for Zambia, His Excellency Chipoka Mulenga
The Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry (MCTI) is Zambia’s principal Government body responsible for administering national policy for private sector development. It coordinates industrial, commercial and trade matters and liaises with various public and private sector organizations to facilitate the implementation of government sector policies related to trade and industry. This is in line with the Ministry’s mission statement. “To promote and facilitate inclusive growth and competitiveness of industry and commerce”. He was elected on Thursday 12th August, 2021. He holds a Bachelors of Commerce in Entrepreneurship and a Diploma in Surveying. Hon. Mulenga is passionate on issues relating to development, trade and industry of Zambia.
Minister of Finance and National Economy for Republic of Sudan, His Excellency Gibril Ibrahim
Dr. Gibril Ibrahim Mohammed is a Sudanese politician. He is the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). He was chosen to replace his brother, Khalil, on 26 January 2012, after Khalil's death in a SAF airstrike in Northern Kordofan in December 2011. Ibrahim studied for an undergraduate degree at the University of Khartoum, before leaving Sudan at the age of 25. Ibrahim was offered a scholarship in Japan, where he spent 7 years, completing his Masters and Doctorate in economics, and becoming a fluent Japanese speaker. Ibrahim later returned to Sudan, before leaving again for Dubai in 2000 due to his opposition to the government.
In Dubai he served as the Economic Advisor for JEM for 6 years, before travelling to the United Kingdom in 2006 to serve as JEM's Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim formerly taught as a university professor, and was part of JEM's negotiating team at the failed peace talks in Abuja and Doha. Ibrahim was Minister of Finance from February 2021[5] to October 2021.
Minister of Foreign Affairs for Republic of Sudan, Her Excellency Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi
Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi is a Sudanese politician, the leader of the National Umma Party, and the Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs since 11 February 2021. She is the daughter of Sadiq al-Mahdi, an opposition leader and former Prime Minister of Sudan, and a member of the central body of the party. On 30 January 2019, the opposition National Umma Party announced that the security authorities had arrested the party’s vice president, Mariam Al-Mahdi. According to the party leaders, al-Mahdi was arrested from her home in Khartoum. This comes within the framework of the protests in Sudan since 19 December 2019, and in the wake of the government’s decision to release political detainees. The next day, Mariam was released, after an arrest that lasted for several hours. On 10 March 2019, she was arrested again and was sentenced to a week in jail but was released three days later. She stressed that Sudan’s removal from the United States state sponsors of terrorism list was of the utmost importance but refused to link it to the Israel-Sudan normalization agreement. On February 11, 2021, al-Mahdi assumed the position of Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs in Abdalla Hamdok's government. She is the second woman to hold that position after Asma Mohamed Abdalla.
After the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état, the Financial Times listed al-Mahdi as one of the 25 most influential women of 2021 and described her "as one of [the military's] most outspoken critics and as a voice for all the women who took to the streets to campaign for change." Two days after the coup, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with al-Mahdi to express the U.S.'s "condemnation of the military takeover" and urged the immediate release of detained civilian leaders.
Ministry of Trade and Industry of Sierra Leone, His Excellency Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy
A Champion of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, Edward seeks to stimulate trade and industrial expansion as a key driver for revamping economic growth in Sierra Leone. There cannot be a better time to welcome investors wanting to establish industries in the country. Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora who wish to establish SMEs particularly in Agri-Processing business, ICT, Value Addition etc now have a space and the support of the Ministry to do so. The Trade and Industry bells are ringing! The signs are clear, the contribution of manufacturing to GDP has significantly improved in the last 3 years and it is only going to get better with the sustained policy reforms around industry growth (Revised Industry Policy, the SEZ policy etc).
Minister of Investment and Foreign Cooperation of Sudan, Her Excellency Ilham Madani SabeelGovernor of Nile State in Sudan, His Excellency El Haj BallaParliament Representative of Namibia, Her Excellency Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavy
Republic of Sierra Leone Ambassador of the United Nations, His Excellency Alie Kabba
In 2009, Mr. Turay was appointed Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff at the Office of Military Affairs in the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Before that, he served as Legal Advisor at his country’s Ministry of Defense and as a brigade commander in the national armed forces between 2008 and 2011. From 2006 to 2008, he was a battalion commander.
In the 1990s, he assumed various posts, including Chief of Personnel Manning Joint Forces Headquarters, Aide-de-Camp to the Head of State and Military Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations in New York. He also participated in the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Monitoring Group in Liberia, in both command and staff roles.
A lawyer by profession, Mr. Turay holds master’s degrees in international transport and maritime law from the London Metropolitan University and also in international affairs from the University of Ghana. He also earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of West London.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Arab Republic of Egypt, His Excellency Sameh Hassan Shoukry
Sameh Hassan Shoukry is an Egyptian diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt since 2014. Previously, Shoukry served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from 2008 to 2012. He was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 17 June 2014. He is married to Suzy Shoukry, and has two sons. He obtained a law degree from Ain Shams University in 1975. A career diplomat, he had ostensibly retired prior to being appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2014.
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency Pauline Kedem Tallen
She was appointed in 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari after turning down ambassadorial nomination in 2015 on the grounds that she was not consulted prior to the announcement of the appointment and that she would not accept the offer for equal distribution of power among the three senatorial districts of her native state of plateau because she is from same local government as Governor Simon Lalong.
In 1999, she was appointed Minister of State for science and technology to the cabinet of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. In 2007, she became the deputy governor of Plateau State and the first woman to be a deputy governor in northern Nigeria. she also contested to be governor of the state in 2011, but lost to Jonah Jang. She is presently a member, board of trustees of All Progressive Congress, and was honored as woman of the year for her contribution to Nigeria at the 10th African Icon of Our Generation Award. She is a board member of National Agency for Control of Aids (NACA).
Chief of Staff for the President of Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Guylain Nyembo
Economist like his predecessor, Guylain Nyembo is a graduate of the University of Mons Hainaut (UMH), Faculty Warocqué. He has spent his entire successful professional career with an Anglo-American company, LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) at its Brussels headquarters in Belgium. For a few years, he headed the Dutch office of the said company in the Netherlands before leaving for Africa in Nigeria as manager. This multinational company is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. It is the world's leading producer of polypropylene compounds and the largest licensor of polyolefin technologies. It is within it that Guylain Nyembo acquired the principles of leadership, the passion to be the best, the integration of rigor in decision-making, the proof of solid operational leadership, the adoption of continuous improvement around winning teams. So many qualities that he will surely use for a remodeled and efficient presidential cabinet.
Dr. Robert Statica
Dr. Statica is the CEO and President of BLΔKFX. He is one of the world’s top experts in cyber-defense, cryptography, AI, aerospace and technology with over 25 years’ experience in both private and public sectors. He is an inventor, scientist, technologist, engineer, and professor with 70+ patents and extensive international experience.
Dr. Emmanuel Justima
Dr. Emmanuel Justima is a business man and social entrepreneur, who has completed among others, studies of Masters in Industrial Management and Doctoral studies of Education and Leadership in Human Development. He is one of the lead country researchers currently for the Globe 2020 Leadership, Culture and Organizational and Behavioral Effectiveness, a global research run by top Canadian and American universities and that is being conducted in 112 countries including Haiti. As a university professor and corporate trainer, he taught, among other subjects, sustainable globalization, sustainable socioeconomic change and community, political and impact analysis on sustainability and resource management in the extractive industries in Latin-America.
He is the Executive Chairman at JPLI group, the consortium for impact investments in Latin America and Africa, which is seeking to attract and to make billion dollars’ worth high social impact investments in both regions in 1) High-end Hospitals and High-Tech Diagnostics Campuses catered to the haves and the haves-not, 2) and in smartest and healthiest Medical Cities enclaves development, that boast great urban sustainability or blue-green infrastructures, green buildings, clean and newest generation transportation and energy, great water networks & agricultural sustainability, healthiest and safest food and beverages.
Long involved in Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support and having been responsible to design and to set up the national mental health response plan after the killer earthquake of 2010 in Haiti, he is a Human Performance Technologist reputed to be skilled in leading to a better handling of human factors in any conception or design, as well as of key success factors like motivation, attention, learning, performance support systems and knowledge management. Practitioner of Clinical and Cognitive Neuro-Sciences and of PNI-Psycho-Neuro Immunology, he specializes on stress and stressors, emotional and mental states, and impact on immune system, physiological performance (to avoid burn out) and mental toughness. As a scholar and President at MODRICENIR, which is a Top 71 Latin American Think Tanks of geopolitics, geo-strategy and geo-economics, specialized in international relations and international trade in Latin-America and in Africa, he has dealt with public-private partnerships, public policies formulation, foreign direct investments attraction and retention, sustainable globalization, technological divide, migration, diversity, equity and inclusion, economic inequalities, systemic racism, leadership, culture, organizational effectiveness and development. He leads boards composed of retired four-star generals, former prime ministers and ministers. He is himself a statesman shaping a new model of nation-building for the 21st century and poised to lead any such government.
As an executive, who was responsible for OD and Training at a commercial electric vehicle manufacturing company in the US West Coast, Dr. Justima has background in supporting teams and institutions in vision materialization, strategic design, project management, economic and operations optimizations, quantitative finance, energy markets, dealing directly with executives, operations, personnel, finance, engineering teams, developers, analysts, lenders, attorneys, etc. He also has a background in the financial services industry.
Educated first in psychology as well as in marketing and communications and trained subsequently in strategy and development, he is a strategic planner and a strategic marketer at heart who understands leading along with people dynamics for visionary results. He wrote the strategic reconstruction and redevelopment plan outline to put Haiti back on its feet and back on the map within 15 days of the killer 2010 earthquake as a recommendation to USAID, which inspired the way forward for the agency and for the world in creating the reconstruction authority. He contributed as analyst or external consultant to a number of prefeasibility and feasibility studies in Africa and in Latin-America. He emphasizes always the creation of a digital tent platform for the outside world to be able to access online all initiatives being pushed; giving the target audience a consistent experience of streamlined captivating business initiatives or projects He is known to improving efficiency, to help his teammates or colleagues enhance their performance and to better their
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