Nicholina Anno-Adjei Project Co-ordinator EDP-K, Kaizen, Ghana Enterprises Agency Evariste Aohoui Director, Electronic Waste Africa Aldene Appolis Director and Chief of Staff of Economic Development, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), South Africa Ofori Asamoah President, Regent University College of Science and Technology, Regent University, Ghana Frank Aswani Chief Executive Officer, African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) Stuart Bartlett Manager of Regional Programmes, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), South Africa Surika Behrens Hub Manager: South Africa, Social Enterprise Academy Tiffany Bennett Research Manager, Euclid Network Vera Bersudskaya Head of Programme Design and Impact, Cartier Women’s Initiative Sofia Breitholtz Chief Executive Officer, Reach for Change Devin Chesney Interim Executive Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) The Aspen Institute Chimene Chetty Interim Regional Director, Ashoka Rahel Dejene Chief Executive Officer, R&D Group Cynthia Djokoto Director (MSMEs), Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Ghana Jonas Yawovi Dzinekou Director, Institute for Social Transformation, Tangaza University Andrew Entsua-Mensah Project Manager, Arts and Culture, British Council Dan Gregory Associate Director, Social Enterprise UKNigest Haile-Goshu Founder and Executive Director, Center for Accelerated Women’s Economic Empowerment (CAWEE), Ethiopia Mark Horoszowski Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, MovingWorlds Hassen Hussen General Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) Abir Ibrahim Community Lead, Regional Agenda, Africa, World Economic Forum Jennifer Iwueze Regional Research Lead for Africa, Women’s World Banking Cheryl Jacob Chief of Growth and Impact, Reasonate Bezawork Ketema Director of Policy Strategy Study and Advise, Jobs Creation Commission, Ethiopia Amanda Kiessel Co-Creator, Good Market Veerle Klijn Head of Policy, Government Council for Social Innovation (GCSI) Kerryn Krige Senior Lecturer in Teaching Practice, the Marshall Institute, London School of Economics Brian Maina Africa Coordinator, Catalyst Now Walter Mandela Community Lead, Regional and Global Cooperation, Africa, World Economic Forum Susan Mang’eni Principal Secretary, Ministry of Cooperative and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Kenya Michael Mapstone Chief Executive Officer, Anglo American Foundation Adenew Mesfin Chief Executive Officer, Social Enterprise Ethiopia Keneth Ndua Mitambo Chairperson, Social Entrepreneurship Kenya (SEK) Masotsha Mnguni G20 Overall Project Coordinator and Director for Economic Development, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa The State of Social Enterprise: Unlocking Inclusive Growth, Jobs and Development in Africa 57

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