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The Thread: Conversations Beyond The Return Vol. 5

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DJ Highfa

Resident Selecta

Raja Owusu-Ansah

Owner @republicbarghana

Seju Mike

Founder @osengwa @iraami.tribe

Essé @yoyotinz @thisnobeart

Co Founder @yoyotinz

Toni Kamau

Producer, Director, Member of the Academy

Diallo Sumbry

President & CEO of @theadinkragroup

Omolola Adele-Oso (@ladeleoso)

Architect, Serial AfriCANpreneur

wendicherry.com | @awakenandheal

Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

Zim Flores

Founder and CEO Emeritus @travelnoire

Benjamin Fernandes (@benji_fernandes)

Founder and CEO @nala.money

Carmen Rodgers

Singer/Songwriter

Niama Safia Sandy

Afrofuturist Diasporadical Fly Girl

Elle Williams @queen_ne4titi

Strategist and Entrepreneur

Neema Githere

Guerilla Theorist and creator

Rania Arnia

Social Activist and Entrepreneur

T Karago

CEO of pass me the aux

Cheraé Robinson (@sasyrae)

Founder & CEO @Tastemakers Africa

Chip Kennedy

CTO @Tastemakers Africa

Nana Oppong-Mensah

Social Media @Tastemakers Africa

Yayra Agbofah

Community Manager @Tastemakers Africa

Jean FALL Cinewax (OAFF)

Founder @Cinewax

Adrianne Smith

Global Director, Inclusion and Diversity @wpp

Dash Harris Machado (she/ella)

Journalist and Entrepreneur Founder @afrolatinotravel

Risikat "Kat" Okedeyi

Cultural Architect | Professor | Goddess

KWEKU ESSIEN

CEO at Black Ant Technologies Limited

DJ Milktray (IG Djmilktray)

International DJ + Founder at @SBE (Sweetboyz Ent)

Toyosi (IG @the_toyosi)

Entrepreneur and Media Personality

Erika Lewis

Co-Founder @gritsandbiscuits

Mercy (@itsMercyC)

Marketing and PR Strategist

Julie Wenah

Founder @albummixtape

Ọbádélé Kambon

Senior Research Fellow & Research Coordinator

Donnya Piggott

Social Tech Entrepreneur

Michael "Kiko" Akiko (@theycallmekiko)

Global Music Executive

Oummou Diallo (@tizzy.sassy)

Volunteer @Tastemakers Africa

Chase Emanuel

Partnerships @Carta

Dhoruba Bin-Wahad

Founder, Black Liberation Army Leader, Black Panther Party

Candice Matthews Brackeen

Managing Partner @lightship.capital

Jamhuri Kimathi @jwkimathi

Designer @Jamhuri

Nana Boateng

The Thread Social Manager

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