Elizabeth Wathuti, a dedicated environmentalist and dynamic young climate leader from Kenya, is the driving force behind positive change. She is the visionary Founder of the Green Generation ...

Join us for a series of events on climate change, live from the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. The World Bank Group is doubling down on its climate action, as part of its new vision to ...

Meaza Ashenafi currently serves as an adviser on gender and women’s rights in the Capacity Development Division of UNECA. She is a very active attorney who advocates for the legal protection of women, ...

Helene Davis Whyte is Vice-President of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions. Helene is a Jamaican trade union activist and the general secretary of the Jamaica Association of Local Government ...

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers is one of America’s leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as ...

Axel van Trotsenburg (@AxelVT_WB) is the World Bank’s Senior Managing Director (SMD), responsible for Development Policy and Partnerships. He currently co-leads the Evolution Roadmap aimed at ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan became the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania in March 2021, following the death of President John Magufuli. She served as Vice President of Tanzania from ...

Dr. Rania Al Mashat is Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation since December 2019, and previously served as the country’s first female Minister of Tourism. Prior to that, she was Advisor to the ...

Dominique Tchimbakala was born in 1977 in the Paris region and was educated in France until primary school. In 1987, she moved with her family to the Republic of Congo and was educated at the French ...

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Haishan Fu is the Chief Statistician of the World Bank and the Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group. In this capacity, Haishan leads and coordinates the development and implementation ...

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. Now in her second term, she was first sworn into office on 19 August 2013. As the head of the UN ...