Founder of paris-anglo.com, the highly-renowned pre-blog newsletter My Mercredi, and the literary journal FRANK, Applefield is the author of two novels and several guide books to Paris, as well as an English-language method.
Prior to joining the IDB Group, she served as Executive Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, one of Germany’s largest foundations, promoting transatlantic policy exchange. She has served as Chief of Staff for the Urban Development and European Affairs Minister the Government of the City of Hamburg, as a Senior Advisor for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE in Belgrade and as Advisor on Development policy and Latin America in the German Bundestag.
At NDPI, Mafe works with a range of partners to tackle the myriad of complex and interrelated impediments to sustainable development, with a focus on the development of robust infrastructure and markets, markets that link Africa to international markets, that are inclusion of vulnerable populations such as women and youth. Mafe joined NDPI in 2013 after serving as program manager on Africa at Vital Voices Global Partnership in Washington, D.C. focusing on organizational development, entrepreneurship and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers is a member of the Sahel Capital group which also includes Sahel Capital Partners & Advisory, a consulting firm that partners with key stakeholders to conduct research, analyse policies, develop strategies and implement programs that promote sustainable food security and improved nutrition in Africa. As an integral part of the investment team at Sahel Capital, Uzoma supports deal sourcing, transaction execution and value creation for FAFIN, Sahel’s debut fund investing in middle market companies in the food and agriculture sector.
Prior to this, Njoya served in different capacities-including as; interim Team Leader for Governance and Public Institution Pillar in UNDP Liberia (and also as Acting Deputy Country Director for Programmes), Country Programme Specialist and Regional project manager for the Community Security and Peace Consolidation project in UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, Project Manager for the Access to Justice and Rule of Law programme in UNDP South Sudan and as Policy Specialist and Special Advisor to UNDP's Director for the Democratic Governance Group in the Bureau for Development Policy in New Yo
He was advisor to the President of OCP, the world leading phosphate company for a sustainable development policy. He has in the past worked within the Cabinet of the Minister of Energy and Mines and counseled various national and international organizations like the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental protection, BMCE Bank, WLPGA, World Bank, IFC, GTZ, KfW and UNDP. He is currently CEO of the Energy Efficiency Moroccan Agency (AMEE) and Head of the Public Private Partnerships at COP 22 committee.
His research focuses on industrial and energy policies in Middle Eastern countries. His recent publications are on ‘Structures and Risk Factors of Islamic Project Finance’, ‘Logistics Hub Strategy of the GCC Countries and Policy Implications’, ‘Financial Cooperation between Korea and the Middle East in the New Industrial and Financial Environment’ and ‘Lower Oil Prices and Economic Cooperation between Korea and the Middle East’.
Youssef Amrani worked as an attaché at the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (1981-1984), and later as an international civil servant at the Islamic Center for Trade Development of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (1984-1989).From 1989 to 1992, he served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for the Arab Maghreb Union at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1992 to 1996, he held the position of Consul General of Morocco in Barcelona.
He is the Chair of the Prince of Wales’ #iwill Campaign, was a Director of the Invictus Games 2014, and is the Chair of Team Rubicon UK. His senior operational military experience includes Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. He led the military reaction to the venue security crisis at the London 2012 Olympics.
He has previously worked as a Reporter at Large, a Managing Editor and an Op-Ed staff writer with Estadão, and a Radio Producer with BBC.
He has a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of São Paulo. His dissertation has originated his book “O Destino do Jornal” (The newspaper’s destiny, 2008), a research on the three major newspapers in Brazil — Estadão, Folha and O Globo — in the information society. He is also the author of “Viagem ao Mundo dos Taleban” (Traveling to the Taliban world, 2002)
