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MEET THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERR
Tsitsi Masiyiwa is an African philanthropist and social
entrepreneur. She is Executive Chair and Co-Founder of
Higherlife Foundation, whose primary goal is to invest
in human capital development to build thriving individu-
als, communities and sustainable livelihoods.
As a result of her work and experience establishing and
growing Higherlife Foundation over the last twenty Tsitsi Masiyiwa
Executive Chair and Co-Founder,
years, Tsitsi has become an advisor and thought partner
Higherlife Foundation
to universities, national leaders, and social entrepre-
neurs on issues of education, leadership development, and youth empowerment.
In 2017, Tsitsi established Delta Philanthropies, as a vehicle for impact investing and grant

making. Delta Philanthropies seeks to unlock and catalyse innovative solutions to the elimi-
nation of poverty by convening strategic partnerships and incubating new development
models.

Her work has garnered global recognition, including Honorary Doctorate degrees from
Morehouse University in Atlanta, Georgia; Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe; as well as

the prestigious Champions for Change Award for Leadership from the International Center
for Research on Women (ICRW).

Tsitsi is a founding board member and the current Board Chair of the African Philanthropy
Forum; a Trustee of the Legatum Institute, the END Fund, and UNICEF’s Generation Unlimit-
ed Initiative; a member of the Sesame Workshop Global Advisory Group, the International

Advisory Board for Texas A&M University, the Yale Institute for Global Health Advisory
Board, the Prince’s Trust International West Africa Advisory Board, and the Kenjin-Tatsujin
International Advisory Council. Tsitsi and her husband, Strive, have been signatories to the
Giving Pledge since 2014.

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