Current Nutrition Champions

Dr. Akinwuni A. Adesina 
President, the African Development Bank and Chairperson of ALN
 

His Excellency John Kufuor 
Former President of Ghana, Co-Chair of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition

His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat 
Chairperson of the African Union

The Late Mr. Kofi Annan (1938 – 2018) 
Former UN Secretary General

Her Excellency Graça Machel 
Former First Lady of South Africa, Founder of Graça Machel Trust

Mr. Bill Gates 
Co-chair and Trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Mr. Aliko Dangote 
President/Chairman of the Dangote Group and founder of Aliko Dangote Foundation

Ambassador Kenneth Quinn 
President of the World Food Prize Foundation

Dr. Rajiv Shah 
President of Rockefeller Foundation

Ms. Jamie Cooper 
Chair and President, Big Win Philanthropy

Mr. Jose Graziano Da Silva 
Former Director General of the FAO

Mrs. Amira Elfadil 
Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union

His Majesty King Letsie III
of the Kingdom of Lesotho and African Union Nutrition Champion

His Excellency Roch Marc Christian Kaboré 
President of the Republic of Burkina Faso

His Excellency Andry Rajoelina
President of Madagascar

His Excellency Julius Maada Bio
President of of Sierra Leone

Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo 
First Lady of Ghana

Dr. Howarth Bouis
Acting CEO of HarvestPlus