Berhanu Belay Wondimagegne is a teacher, a disability rights advocate, and a community servant with over five decades of experience. He is the Executive Director at TOGETHER, an Ethiopian civil society organisation that works to empower persons with disabilities through access to information, technology, education, and integrated community development measures.
Ahouty Kouakou is an Ivorian living in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. He is a wheelchair user who contracted this mobility impairment due to poliomyelitis when I was 4 years old. Ahouty is a founder of the Action et Humanisme, a disability rights organisation that seeks to give persons with disabilities an opportunity to reach their full potential and thrive. Ahouty holds two bachelor’s degrees in Communication and Anthropology from the University Felix Houphouet Boigny of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Sarah Kekeli Akunor is a young woman with visual impairment. She recently graduated from the University of Ghana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Philosophy. Sarah is a member of the Mastercard Foundation’s Alumni Network Committee, serving as the lead for Inclusion, Gender, and Safeguard. She also oversees a Disability Inclusion Facilitator under the Mastercard Foundation’s ‘We Can Work’ programme. She serves as an interim executive for the newly inaugurated Ghana Youth Federation, and she also holds the position of Secretary for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion. Sarah holds a certificate in Disability Leadership in Internet Governance and Digital Rights from the Internet Society (ISOC).