Ghana

Jeremiah Atengdem has spent his career working alongside the local authorities, helping them make sense of what is really happening across their systems. He has seen that when leaders gain greater clarity, their role changes from reacting to problems to deciding what to address and where to focus their efforts.

George Appiah has built his career helping leaders avoid that moment. He sees finance not as a function, but as the backbone of how an organisation works — where strategy, risk and delivery either hold together or quietly fall apart. For George, real transformation starts when leaders use financial insight early: to make more informed choices, align their teams, and build systems that can stand the test of time.

Growing up in rural Ghana, Vida Duti carried water from a stream before school every morning. 

Abubakari Wumbei has spent his career working at that point where systems either shift or stay stuck. He has seen how often progress slows down not because solutions are missing, but because people understand the problem in different ways — and act accordingly. For him, real change starts when leaders, institutions and citizens are working from the same picture of what is happening — and are ready to act on it together.