Governance, Transparency And Collaboration: Beneficiaries In The Balance
Video Description
This panel at the 2010 Skoll World Forum was called “Governance, Transparency and Collaboration: Beneficiaries in the Balance.” The moderator was John Ydstie, economic correspondent, NPR. Paneists were, from left to right: Faith Nikala of Camfed Zimbabwe, Ann Cotton of Camfed International, Dr. Felix Phiri of the Ministry of Education in Zambia, Diana Good and Lance Croffoot-Suede of Linklaters. The focus is on a report about the importance of educating African girls.
Speakers
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Ann Cotton is Founder and Board member of CAMFED, an international non-profit organisation tackling poverty and inequality in sub-Saharan Africa by supporting girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change.
CAMFED’s goal is to replace the existing cycle of poverty and inequality with a new cycle of empowerment and opportunity. The organisation’s unique approach is to not only support girls and young women through school, but also on to new lives as entrepreneurs and community leaders. To complete the “virtuous cycle”, graduating students become alumnae and many train and mentor new generations of students. More than 5 million children have already benefited from CAMFED’s programmes in a network of 5,745 partner schools across Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and Malawi. In 2014, Camfed was recognised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for best practice in taking development innovation to scale.
Ann is an Honorary Fellow at Homerton College, and Social Entrepreneur in Residence at the Cambridge University Judge Business School. She is a noted speaker on international platforms, including the World Economic Forum, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Skoll World Forum, and the U.S.-Africa Summit. Ann has won numerous awards for her work, including an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Cambridge and The Open University; an OBE in honour of her advocacy of girls’ education in Africa; the Skoll and Schwab Awards for Social Entrepreneurship; Woman of the Year in the UK; and UK Social Entrepreneur of the Year; and the WISE Prize for Education.
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Director of Planning and Information,, Ministry of Education, Zambia
With 15 years of working for the Zambian Government, Dr. Felix Phiri is currently the Director of Planning and Information at the Ministry of Education. Dr. Phiri holds technical expertise in the analysis and design of monitoring and evaluation systems, design of systems for aid effectiveness, and measuring HIV/AIDS and its socio-economic impacts. Research areas of interest include community financing and the universal coverage and quality of education and health care.
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Deputy Executive Director,
CAMFEDFaith Nkala is Deputy Executive Director and Head of Monitoring and Evaluation for Camfed in Zimbabwe. Faith is proud to have grown from being a beneficiary of Camfed to an outstanding role model. Her leadership in recent participatory and empowering research left rural communities appreciative of their tremendous contribution to girls` education and empowerment. Faith Nkala knows the enormous hurdles that girls from poor rural families face; her life bears testimony to the transformative power of education.
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Writer, Blue Oceans For Health
Ira Leeds is a final-year medical student at Emory University and concurrently pursuing an MBA at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. More of his work appears on his permanent blog
Blue Oceans for Health.
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Economic Correspondent, National Public Radio
John Ydstie has covered the economy, Wall Street and the federal budget for NPR for two decades and has worked at NPR since 1979. In recent years NPR has broadened his responsibilities, making use of his reporting and interviewing skills to cover major stories like the aftermath of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. His current focus is reporting on the global financial crisis. Ydstie is also a regular guest host on the NPR news programmes Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition and Talk of the Nation.
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Principal, LCS Global Group
I am the Principal of LCS Global Group. LCS Global Group works with organizations and corporations on governance and compliance challenges, and innovative financing and scaling their businesses and operations successfully.
