Faculty Chairs
Jenny Aker, Assistant Professor of Economics, The Fletcher School and the Department of Economics, Tufts University
Steven Block, Professor of International Economics, The Fletcher School
Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean, International Business & Finance, The Fletcher School
Alex de Waal, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation and Research Professor, The Fletcher School
Peter Uvin, Academic Dean and Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies, The Fletcher School
Peter Walker, Director, Feinstein International Center and Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition & Human Security, Tufts University
Keynote Speakers
Kwesi Botchwey, Former Finance Minister, Ghana; and Founder and Executive Chairman of the African Policy Ownership Initiative (ADPOI)
Deogratias Niyizonkiza, Founder & Director, Village Health Works
Panelists
Wendy Peter Abt, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, US Agency for International Development
Mimi Alemayehou, Executive Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Patrick Bitature, Founder and Chairman, Simba Telecom & Simba Group; and Chairman, Uganda Investment Authority
Deborah Brautigam, Professor and Director, International Development Program, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
Ann Cotton, Executive Director, Camfed International
Anamitra Deb, Senior Manager, Monitor Inclusive Markets, Monitor Group
Tony Elumelu, Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation; and Chairman, Heirs Holdings Limited
Michael Fairbanks, Co-Founder, SEVEN Fund
Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf, Deputy Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund
Jay Ireland, President and CEO, GE Africa
Joseph Kitamirike, CEO, Ugandan Securities Exchange
Anna Locke, Head of Programme, Agricultural Development and Policy, Overseas Development Institute
Laila Macharia, Founder, Scion Real
Kingsley Moghalu, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
Leonce Ndikumana, Andrew Glyn Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mouhamadou Niang, Manager, Industries & Services Division, Private Sector Department, African Development Bank
Steven Radelet, Chief Economist, U.S. Agency for International Development
Reeta Roy, President and CEO, The MasterCard Foundation
Minoru Tsukada, President, Hitachi Research Institute
Ian Solomon, United States Executive Director, World Bank Group
Reid E. Whitlock, President, African School of Finance & Banking, Kigali, Rwanda