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1st East African Social Business Forum

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Storm Trentham

Founder, Kenya Lacrosse DBA Africa

Sheba Nyaronga

Alive & Kicking Kenya

Daniel Ayebare

Founder & CEO, Aye Africa Foundation

Wubetu Shimelash

Co-Founder & CEO, Simien Eco Trek

Shazeeb Islam

Founder, YY Ventures

Christina Jaeger

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Yunus Environment Hub

Yoan Noguier

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Yunus Sports Hub

Hans Reitz

Creative Director, Yunus Centre

Zeenat Islam

Relations Manager Academia Network, Yunus Centre

Lamiya Morshed

Executive Director, Yunus Centre

Mai Thi Thai

Associate Professor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, HEC Paris

Francisco Veiga Simão

Founding Member, Forum of Energy and Climate

Alessandra Iovine

Founding Member, Forum of Energy and Climate

Jiesper Pedersen

Founding Member, Forum of Energy and Climate

Daniel Wasswa

Master of Ceremony

Nelzair Vianna

Founding Member, Forum of Energy and Climate

Dominique v Dauster

Managing Director, YY Foundation

Kevine Kagirimpundu

Founder & CEO, Uzuri K&Y

Tegla Loroupe

Chef de Mission, IOC Refugee Team | Founder, Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation

Sabine Holtkamp

Co-Founder, GoSmile Uganda

Julian Neuhauser

Founder & CEO, Blackmatter Coffee

Stefan Treitlinger

Coffee Farmer, Perfect Day

Aziz Kuyateh

Musician

Sebastian Brandis

Speaker of the Board, Menschen für Menschen Foundation

David Sempala

Regional Coordinator East Africa, Africa Climate Reality Project

Shihab Quader

International Projects Manager, Yunus Centre

Luise Wunner

Operations & Program Director, Yunus Environment Hub

Susan W. Ngalawa

Kenya Investment Director, Yunus Social Business

Kate Robertson

Co-Founder, One Young World

M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury

Executive Director, Center for Microfinance and Development at Dhaka University

Muhammad Yunus

Chairman, Yunus Centre, Nobel Peace Laureate

Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan

Founder & Director, HODI

Mary Helda Akongo

Lead, Fundigirls at Fundibot

Robert Akoko

East Africa Project Coordinator, YY Foundation

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The GCL, co-founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus, promotes the social business concept to serve society’s most pressing needs.