PDAA’s leadership come from a diverse array of fields and backgrounds, and include a former African head of state, current and former ministers, investors and entrepreneurs, and leaders of multilateral organizations and nonprofits. One thing brings them together: their passion for expanding opportunities and access in Africa.

STAFF MEMBERS

senior staff

Ibrahima Guimba Headshot

Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou

CEO

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

co-chairs

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The Honorable
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Former President of Liberia

Fatima Aliko-Dangote

Fatima Aliko-Dangote

Group Executive Director,
Commercial Operations at Dangote Industries Limited

Gilman Louie

Gilman Louie

Former CEO of In-Q-Tel and current CEO of America’s Frontier Fund

VICE-chairs

Ray Chambers

Ray Chambers

Ambassador to the World Health Organization for Technology and Health Financing, Chairman of Wesray Social Investments LLC

Fred Swaniker

Fred Swaniker

Founder of the African Leadership Group and Founder and CEO of Sand Technologies

BOARD MEMBERS

Peggy Alford

Peggy Alford

Former EVP, Global Sales & Merchant Services at PayPal; Current Board Member at Meta and Macerich

Mignon Clyburn

Mignon Clyburn

Former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States

Jessica Horn

Jessica Horn

Director of East Africa at the Ford Foundation
Paula Ingabire

H.E. Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT and Innovation of Rwanda

Lacina Koné

Lacina Koné

Director General of Smart Africa
Jack Leslie

Jack Leslie

Former Chair of Weber Shandwick

Charles Murito

Charles Murito

Regional Director, Google
Government Affairs & Public Policy,
Sub-Saharan Africa

Jesse Moore

Jesse Moore

CEO and co-founder of M-KOPA

Michelle Nunn

Michelle Nunn

President and CEO of CARE and Consortium Lead of the Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF)

Kelly Ommundsen

Kelly Ommundsen

Head of Digital Inclusion and a Member of the Executive Committee for the World Economic Forum

Joy Phumaphi

Joy Phumaphi

Former Minister of Health of Botswana and Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)

Reeta Roy

Reeta Roy

President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation

Seun Salami

Seun Salami

CFO of Nuveen

Dr. Neil Buddy Shah

Dr. Neil Buddy Shah

CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and Trustee of the Anthropic Trust

Dr. Rajiv J. Shah

Dr. Rajiv J. Shah

President of the Rockefeller Foundation

DeForest B. Soaries

Dr. DeForest B. Soaries

President and CEO of Corporate Community Connections, Inc.

Sally Wentworth

Sally Wentworth

President and CEO of the Internet Society and the Internet Society Foundation

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams

Former Dean at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

ADVISORY COUNCIL

MEMBERS

Paula Ingabire

H.E. Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT and Innovation of Rwanda

URSULA-OWUSU-EKUFUL

H.E. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

Minister for Communications and Digitalisation of Ghana

Cina Lawson

H.E. Cina Lawson

Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation of Togo

SE Madame MARIAM HAMADOU ALI

H.E. Mariam Hamadou Ali

Minister Delegate for the Digital Economy and Innovation of Djibouti

H.E. Ms Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU

H.E. Ms Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU

Minister of Digital Economy and Communications of Benin