Pharmacist & Operations Lead
Accra
Ghana
Samuel Akuffo is the Global Fulfillment Operations Lead for Zipline International’s operations in Africa, leading the health and fulfillment operations teams across all the Zipline’s distribution centers in Africa. In this role, he provides the direction and guidance in operational excellence, stakeholder management, customer experience and people management, for the operations teams as they implement Zipline’s global strategy of using on-demand aerial logistics (drones) to increase access to vital healthcare commodities across Africa, especially in areas that are very hard to reach...
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Psychiatrist
Lagos
Nigeria
Dr. Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri, popularly referred as the "Celebrity Shrink" is a multiple award-winning mental health physician, advocate and coach who is passionate about people’s mental wellness and provides workable tools to ensure that. Maymunah is a leading voice in Nigeria on mental health and wellness and has almost 20 years of experience as a practicing physician...
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Broadcast Journalist and News Anchor
Accra
Ghana
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman is a multiple Pulitzer Center grantee and an award-winning broadcast journalist and news presenter in Ghana. He is a regular contributor on the U.S. public radio program The World as a freelance journalist reporting on science, global health inequities, racism, and sustainable development...
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Nurse & Non-profit Leader
Abuja
Nigeria
Muhammad Saddiq Ahmad is the founder and CEO of Rural Health Mission Nigeria, an organization that focuses on eliminating barriers to quality healthcare access in hard-to-reach and underserved communities in Nigeria. He also serves as Deputy Chief of Infection Control at Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe...
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Health Economist and Non-profit Leader
Abuja
Nigeria
Hyeladzira Garnvwa is a Health Economist at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in Abuja, Nigeria. In this role, Hyeladzira is actively involved in policy research, development, and implementation for Results-Based Financing in health through the Nigeria State Health Investment Project)...
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Senior Lecturer, Consultant Nephrologist & Non-profit Leader
Kumasi
Ghana
Dr. Elliot Koranteng Tannor is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine of the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and a Senior Specialist Physician and Consultant Nephrologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana...
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Physician & Health Policy Advocate
Abuja
Nigeria
Dr. Ifeanyi M. Nsofor is a public health physician and global health thought leader. He is a leading voice on COVID-19, decolonization of global health, global health equity, global health security, universal health coverage, digital health and health research.
Ifeanyi is a graduate of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Nnamdi Azikiwe University School of Medicine...
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Dentist & Non-profit Leader
Ado Ekiti
Nigeria
Dr. Adekemi Adeniyan is a rural dentist breaking down barriers to oral health for underserved communities to ensure equitable access for all in Nigeria. She is the founder and executive director of Dentalcare Foundation which promotes oral health equity in underserved communities through free dental services...
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Commanding Officer | Psychiatrist
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Stephen Sevalie has a background in psychiatry, research, development and public health. He is in charge of medical services in the Sierra Leone Army and in charge of clinical services for COVID-19 while providing leadership on the health system in Sierra Leone.
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