Meet the Devex Authors

Nadia Naviwala

Nadia Naviwala

Nadia Naviwala is a nonresident fellow with the Wilson Center based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Nadia moved to Islamabad in 2012 as Pakistan country representative for the United States Institute of Peace. Prior, she served as a Pakistan desk officer at USAID and a national security aide in the U.S. Senate. She taught American foreign policy at the National Defense University in Islamabad in 2014. Nadia holds a master's in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School.
Nadia Schneider

Nadia Schneider

Nadia Schneider is a scientific collaborator at Switzerland’s Agency for Development and Cooperation serving as deputy head of the communication management unit. She manages the subproject communication for the IC Forum Switzerland 2022 and she focuses on development innovation and practice.
Nadi Nina Kaonga

Nadi Nina Kaonga

Nadi Nina Kaonga, MHS MS, is currently serving as the interim deputy director for HealthEnabled. She has nearly a decade of experience in global health and has worked with organizations, including Columbia University, the United Nations Foundation, UNICEF and Merck for Mothers, on digital health strategies and implementations; she teaches for the Harvard Summer Program and is also completing her doctoral (MD) studies in clinical medicine. She enjoys working in her home country of Malawi and has extensive working experience in other countries throughout the African continent.
Nadja Skaljic

Nadja Skaljic

Nadja Skaljic is a senior legal executive and board director with expertise across sustainability, finance, and technology. She previously held senior roles in government and multilateral institutions. She is an expert member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Foresight Network, the Green Digital Finance Alliance, and the Swiss Impact and Prosperity Initiative.
Nadra Franklin

Nadra Franklin

Nadra Franklin serves as the Managing Director of FHI Solutions, FHI 360’s nonprofit subsidiary that promotes healthy growth and development through nutrition.
Nafisa Baboo

Nafisa Baboo

Nafisa Baboo is senior advisor on inclusive education at Light for the World, a global disability and development organization. She has worked on inclusive education for over a decade, in many challenging country contexts. Nafisa is visually impaired and her personal experiences have shaped her chosen career path — advocating on a global level for quality education for all.
Nagesh Borse

Nagesh Borse

Dr. Nagesh Borse has more than 20 years of global health, development, and pharmaceutical sector experience and is currently the technical director of the Global Health Technical Program at USP. Before joining USP, Borse served as acting director for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain project, where he managed the delivery of HIV/AIDS commodities to over 60 countries. Previously, he worked under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, first as a senior health scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and later as a technical advisor at USAID’s Office of HIV/AIDS.
Naina Lal Kidwai

Naina Lal Kidwai

Naina Lal Kidwai is a member of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate and chair of the Sustainability Council of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry). She was previously president of FICCI and chairman of HSBC India.
Naitore Nyamu

Naitore Nyamu

Naitore Nyamu is a human rights advocate and as the head of Physicians for Human Rights’ Kenya office and responsible for the advancement of the program on sexual violence in conflict zones in Kenya. Nyamu has more than 10 years’ experience working with various national and international NGOs, and previously managed multi-country campaigns aimed at addressing sexual and gender-based violence in Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Naki B. Mendoza

Naki B. Mendoza

Naki is a former reporter, he covered the intersection of business and international development. Prior to Devex he was a Latin America reporter for Energy Intelligence covering corporate investments and political risks in the region’s energy sector. His previous assignments abroad have posted him throughout Europe, South America, and Australia.