Ambassadors 2023

The inaugural 2023 cohort brought together thought leaders across 8 sectors including climate change, climate finance, education, green infrastructure, energy, agriculture, carbon markets, and carbon removals. All ambassadors are accomplished careerists recognized as Tutu fellows through the African Leadership Institute.

Bilha Ndirangu

Kenya

CEO - Great Carbon Valley Co-Founder - Jacob’s Ladder Africa

Oluseun Onigbinde

Nigeria

Lead Partner and Co-founder of BudgIT

Paulino Dias

Cape Verde

Founding Partner and Chairman of the Board of Directors at PD Consult

Swaady Martin

– Ivory Coast

Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Board - African Leadership Institute

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg

Kenya

Executive-In-Residence at Schmidt Futures

Lai Yahaya

Nigeria

Lawyer, Political Economist and Senior Policy Advisor, Energy Transitions

Mokena Makeka

South Africa

Cities and the future of Living. Principal - Dalberg Advisors, Office Director, Southern Africa.

Luís Samacumbi

Angola

Programme Specialist at the United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA

Lalaina Randriarimanana

Madagascar

Founder and Managing Director Lead Institute for Transformation - LIfT


Rose Funja

Tanzania

Founder and Managing Director of Agrinfo Company, Co -founder - She Codes for Change Social Enterprise


Olanrewaju Akinola

Nigeria

Head of Content at the Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA), Advisory Board member at Plastic Partnership

Maimouna Diakhaby

Guinea

Advisor in charge of Digitalization and Employment - Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training Guinea

Hubert Ruzibiza

Rwanda

Climate Finance Advisor

Zanele Mkwanazi

South Africa

Director: People and Organisation at Novo Nordisk

Mugure Njendu

Kenya

Founder, Green Building Expert, CEO Built for Good Africa

Ifeoma Malo

Nigeria

Founder/CEO, Clean Technology Hub

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