Frank Harle

Zambia Country Director
StrongMinds

Frank Harle is Country Director of StrongMinds Zambia, where he is responsible for overseeing the strategic development, management, growth, sustainability, and external representation of the organisation’s operations in Zambia. After joining StrongMinds in April 2018 as a consultant supporting the leadership team in Uganda, Frank led the process of selecting Zambia as their second country of operation and oversaw the opening of operations in Lusaka in 2019. Prior to joining StrongMinds, Frank spent 15 years working in sub-Saharan Africa on health, education, and environmental issues, as Deputy Director of Restless Development Tanzania and Country Director for Restless Development South Africa.

Event Schedule

DAY 1
19 July 2023
Start Time End Time Session Description Action
08:00 am EEST 09:30 am EEST Joining the dots: Breaking silos to create gender equality by 2030
Side Event
Kigali Serena Hotel - Auditorium

Delivering Health for All. Ending AIDS. Ensuring Gender Equality. All by 2030.

These are big goals, and achieving them will need new ways of thinking and collaborating. Read More

Speakers
Frank Harle

Zambia Country Director

StrongMinds

Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud

Poet, Activist, Founder, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

UNHCR

Nyima Jadama

Refugee Rights Activist/Moderator

Bantaba Media Plus / European Coalition of Migrants and Refugees

Speakers

Magdalene Dorto

Not applicable Not applicable

Deborah Nyirenda

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Yashmin Fernandes

Director Women's Digital Financial Inclusion Hub, Women's World Banking

Stella Anyangwe

End Polo Now Coordinator Rotary International

Blandine Umuziranenge

Founder and CEO Kosmotivr

Taryn Russell

Deputy Executive Director Results Canada

Djeinaba Kane

Advocacy & Partnership Lead AfricaNenda

Rafiat Akinokun

Youth Advorate and cub's health nurse

Melania Chiponda

Gender and Climate Advisor The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Aries Setiadi

Managing Director Fintech Association Indonesia

Claude Mambo Muvunyi

Director General Rwanda Biomedical Center

Hanna Lemma

Co-founder & Contributor Addis Powerhouse

Kathryn Toure

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office IDRC

Dr. Lisa Avery

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba; Director Africa Initiatives

Carmen Correa

CEO Pro Mujer

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Price Laureate Tawakkol Karman Foundation

Anis Farid

Research Project Manager Women's Aid Organisation

Patricia Elias

Every Woman International Lawyer; Chief, Global Diplomatic Campaign

Lipi Rahman

Executive Director, Badabon Sangho Every Woman Indrani Fellow

Kigali Convention Center - KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda