Basilia is dedicated to driving change and rewriting the narrative for effective African conservation leadership as an African woman leader. Her humble upbringing instilled a strong sense of community while…
Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki is a Cameroonian conservationist, gender advocate, and rural development practitioner with over 18 years of experience advancing community-led environmental sustainability and women’s economic empowerment. She is Co-Founder…
Lucy is the Project Manager for the Mabula Ground-hornbill Project and the Africa Chair for the IUCN SSC Hornbill Specialist Group. In addition, she facilitates the IUCN SSC Conservation Planning…
Zainab is a co-founder of ReImagine Change, where she works alongside grassroots movements, organisers, and funders to rethink how resources flow and how power is held in the climate and…
Denisha Anand is a researcher and intersectional environmentalist currentlyemployed as the biodiversity project manager of a 109ha wetland system inCape Town, South Africa. A progressive environmental educator andadvocate for restoration…
Thandiwe Mweetwa is a wildlife biologist in Eastern Zambia with the Zambian Carnivore Programme (ZCP). She coordinates the organization’s research, conservation, and outreach activities in South Luangwa National Park (SLNP)…
Jamila Bargach is the co-founder and Executive Director of Dar Si Hmad, a Moroccan NGO since 2010. Dar Si Hmad’s fog harvesting project is the world’s largest fog collection and…
Born and raised in Kenya, Shivani believes the key to lion conservation is working in partnership with local communities. She founded Ewaso Lions in 2007 to promote coexistence between carnivores…
Born and raised in Malawi, Lessah is a DPhil student in Biology at University of Oxford. Her research interests lie in the field of Biodiversity Conservation and Agriculture, particularly to…
Taku is an environmental lawyer and governance specialist working at the intersection of community conservation, environmental law, and institutional strengthening in Southern Africa. She co-authored a Handbook for Prosecuting Wildlife…
