Dr. Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili is the Founder and President of Human Capital África and Founder and Chairperson of SPPG (School of Politics, Policy and Governance established by the #FixPoliticsInitiative which she also co-chairs.

She is Senior Economic Adviser at África Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI).
Ezekwesili is a former Vice President of the World Bank, Africa Region.

She was a Minister of Education and also of Mineral Resources of Nigeria.

Ezekwesili is Co-Convener of #BringBackOurGirls Campaign.

She was a Presidential Candidate in the 2019 election in Nigeria.

Dr. Ezekwesili was a Senior Fellow at Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, USA and was also a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin Germany.

Dr Ezekwesili is currently the Board Chair of Women Political Leaders (WPL) Brussels