Fredros Okumu is a professor of vector biology (infectious disease ecology) at the University of Glasgow, U.K., and a science adviser for the African Diaspora Network. He was formerly the director of science at Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania, from 2016 to 2023, where he continues to work as a senior scientist. He serves in various international committees, including the World Health Organization’s Malaria Policy Advisory Group. The views expressed here are his own.

Friederike Röder has been working in development for the last 15 years, with assignments with OECD, the German International Cooperation, the African Union, and with different NGOs. She is now leading government relations for Global Citizen in Europe.

Funke Aderonmu serves on the advisory board of the Sadie Collective, an organization dedicated to empowering Black and African diaspora women and girls in economics and related fields. Previously, she worked for the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, supporting programs to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty globally. She received her bachelor’s in Economics and International Relations from the University of California, Davis. She is pursuing her master’s of public administration at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

Gabriel Cecchini works as a consultant in the field of governance, integrity, and ESG for public and private sector organizations, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gabriel is Social Connector at the United Nations Foundation-led +SocialGood initiative, a member of the Private Sector Council, a group associated with the Open Government Partnership, and member of the Advisory Committee of the World Economic Forum/PACI project on “The Future of Trust & Integrity."

Gabriela Bucher is executive director at Oxfam International. Gabriela is an experienced social justice leader deeply committed to gender equality and human rights, and to tackling economic inequality. Before joining Oxfam, Gabriela was the chief operating officer at Plan International, and led Fundación Plan Colombia.

Gabriela Caceres is Resilience, Innovation and Learning Hub coordinator at GOAL. She is a chartered environmental engineer with a master’s degree in demography and development. Gabriela has 10 years’ experience in monitoring, evaluation, learning, and accountability for development programs. She collaborated in the development of GOAL's Resilience for Social Systems approach and the Analysis of the Resilience of Communities to Disasters toolkit.

Gabriela Olguin is the child protection regional adviser for South Asia and Pacific at World Vision International in Manila, Philippines. She is a lawyer, international development and international human rights specialist with over 18 years of experience. Previously, she has served the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the International Labor Office, developing advocacy strategies and programs for rights enforcement and alleviation of social exclusion, and against discrimination, inequality and gender-based violence.

Gabriela Keseberg Dávalos is a steering committee member of the 1 for 8 Billion campaign, representing Southern Voice, a network of think tanks from the global south, including over 30 from Africa.