Advisors
Advisors & Mentors

Jamie Cooper
Co-chair of the AMALI advisory board
Founder and President of Big Win Philanthropy

Edgar Pieterse
Co-chair of the AMALI advisory board
Director of African Centre for Cities

Kesete Admasu
Advisory board member
CEO of Big Win Philanthropy

James Anderson
Advisory board member
Head of Government Innovation programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies

Hastings Chikoko
Advisory board member
Senior Director for Cities at Big Win Philanthropy.

Awa Marie Coll Seck
Advisory board member
MD, PhD, Specialist in Infectious diseases and Bacteriology-Virology

Luísa Dias Diogo
Advisory board member
Board member of Big Win Philanthropy

Kivutha Kibwana
Human rights activist

Mamphela Ramphele
Advisory board member
Co-founder of ReimagineSA

Wanjira Mathai
Advisory board member
Managing Director, Africa and Global Partnerships, World Resource Institute

Vera Songwe
Advisory board member
Chair and founder of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility

Wilson Prichard
Advisory board member
Assoc Professor of Global Affairs and Political Science: University of Toronto

Ebrahim Rasool
Advisory board member (former)
South Africa’s Ambassador to the USA; Founder of OneAfrica.Org

Arkebe Oqubay
Advisory board member
British Academy Global Professor at SOAS University of London

Monica Geingos
Advisory board member
3rd first lady of the Republic of Namibia

Ashveena Gajeelee
Facilitator
Board member of African Union Capacity Building Foundation

Enrique Penalosa
Advisory board member
Fellow of the Institute for Urban Research of the University of Pennsylvania.

Idris Jala
Advisory board member
Chairman of PEMANDU Associates
