Hellena Angella Nagawa is a pharmacist and global health practitioner advancing SRHR and adolescent health in post-conflict Northern Uganda. She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Mbarara University and completed a Social Medicine fellowship with EqualHealth and the University of Minnesota.

At Sauti Women’s Foundation, Hellena designs community-rooted SRHR programs for adolescent girls, refugees, IDPs, and GBV survivors across post-conflict Northern Uganda. She also founded EcoFlow, a youth-led initiative addressing menstrual health and climate-sensitive health challenges. She contributes to regional policy through the Netherlands Embassy’s Youth Advisory Committee and the African Union Students Platform.

Sonko Jamal is a pioneering environmental entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Kyuka Ventures, a climate-tech enterprise advancing circular economy solutions in Uganda. With expertise spanning Sustainable development, clean energy, and AI-driven innovation, he leads the transformation of plastic waste into clean LPG through proprietary Soot-Free Reactive Extraction Technology (SFRET). His work addresses both energy poverty and environmental degradation, earning recognition from the UNDP, Audi, Commonwealth Scholarship commission, Unicef and Circular valley  Foundation. Jamal is committed to scaling inclusive, data-driven solutions that catalyze sustainable development across underserved communities.

Ruth Ketty Kisuza is a public health researcher specialising in SRHR and climate change. She holds a Master’s with merit in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and has co-authored more than six peer-reviewed publications on public health topics across sub-Saharan Africa.

At Community Concerns Uganda Initiative, Ruth leads resource mobilisation and coordinates research for programmes serving teenage mothers, adolescent girls, and women in isolated shoreline and island communities across 11 districts of Uganda’s Busoga sub-region. She has also contributed to a national childhood vaccination study whose findings informed Uganda’s GAVI 6.0 immunisation strategy.

Velma is a PhD candidate in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology at Makerere University, Uganda. She develops disease-resistant groundnut varieties using genomic tools to address critical agricultural challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. She is also a Project Coordinator at the JR Biotek Foundation where she supports agricultural innovation, farmer engagement, and scientific project coordination contributing to climate-resilient food systems across Africa. She has served as a Junior researcher with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and contributed to projects with Innovations for Poverty Action aimed at improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.