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Evans Wadongo is a Partner at Wadson Ventures, an early stage venture builder working with promising African start-ups. He is a Co-Founder at GreenWize Energy, which is advancing cutting-edge African-designed renewable energy solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also the Founder of Sustainable Development For All, an organization that has helped lift thousands of mostly rural people out of poverty.

Ada Osakwe is the 2021 Forbes Africa Businesswoman of the Year. As an award-winning entrepreneur, investor and passionate African development advocate, she has a successful track record with 20 years’ experience in private equity investing, development finance, public policy and startup venture-building. She is Managing Partner of Agrolay Ventures, a principal investment firm that deploys capital to early-stage companies that have the potential to transform ecosystems, with a focus on food ...

Janet Yellen is the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. An economist by training, she took office after almost 50 years in academia and public service. She is the first person in American history to have led the White House Council of Economic Advisors, the Federal Reserve, and the Treasury Department. Secretary Yellen was Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 until 2018.

For over fifty years, The Prince of Wales has used his unique position to champion action for a sustainable future. The Prince has promoted sustainability to ensure that the natural assets upon which we all depend among other things soil, water, forests, a stable climate and fish stocks endure for future generations. His Royal Highness believes that economic and social development will best succeed when it works in harmony, rather than in conflict, with Nature.

Yamini Aiyar is the President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research. In 2008, she founded the Accountability Initiative at CPR, which is credited with pioneering one of India’s largest expenditure tracking surveys for elementary education.

António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January 2017. Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and in war zones, the Secretary-General is determined to make human dignity the core of his work, and to serve as a peace broker, a bridge-builder and a promoter of reform and innovation.