Magatte Wade creates jobs in Africa -- and calls attention to the obstacles to job creation on the continent.

2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs.

Founder and CEO of myAgro, Anushka Ratnayake and her team work with rural farmers to help them move themselves out of poverty.

Pierre Thiam shares the cuisine of his home in Senegal through global restaurants and highly praised cookbooks.

Riitta Ikonen is a Finnish artist whose collaborative work reinforces humanity's connection to the natural world.

Karoline Hjorth is a Norwegian photographer, artist and writer whose collaborative work reinforces humanity's connection to the natural world.

Dame Vivian Hunt's professional journey has taken her from expanding midwifery services in Senegal to helping private, public and third sector leaders across the globe strategize and transform during extraordinary times.

Malaria activist

Environmentalist