Eliza Anyangwe is a Cameroon-born, London-based writer and founder of The Nzinga Effect, a media organisation focused on telling the stories of women across Africa and the diaspora, and supporting other organisations to tell better stories.

Before going freelance in November 2014, Eliza ran the Global Development Professionals Network, a Guardian community for humanitarians and aid workers. As a freelance journalist she has written for The Guardian, CNN Africa, and Open Democracy, and appeared on Newsnight, BBC World Service, PRI’s The World, and TRT World among others

As a moderator, she has worked for a diverse range of other organisations including Dell, the Stockholm International Water Institute, UN Ecosoc, the Government of Belgium, WTO, the International Trade Centre, RSPO and the Eat Forum.

Eliza is a guest lecturer on the international relations and communications programme at IULM in Milan, and is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. Twitter: @elizatalks

Session: Breakthroughs from Across the World

Date: 28 March 2018

Time: 09:00-10:00