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…at E&K Consulting Firm, a pan-African advisory and investment firm, will be joining GCC's Investment Committee (IC). Dr. Rono, also the Co-Founder and Convenor of the Health Exchange (HealthX), holds a Ph.D. in Global Health from the Karolinska Institute.  Through the Firm, he has advised on transactions worth over US$ 20 Billion in the global healthcare, innovation, and climate/ energy sectors. He has led advisory and investment engagements on behalf of over 130 organizations in over 30 countries in Africa, Europe and the Americas. His thought…

…to measure impact related to violence against women and girls (VAWG). Through a process of reflection and review of existing literature, we created a broad theory of change to identify change pathways related to prevention and response to VAWG and developed comprehensive guidance on how to measure these change pathways in a safe, ethical and…

…was your favourite project that you worked on and what is a key takeaway from that experience? My favorite project was supporting the development of parameters for the climate-health funding call that GCC is aiming to launch. Through my involvement in this project, I not only got to learn from countless experts in the field from…environmental challenges, and as such, any holistic funding model must be prepared to work at this intersection by offering flexibility for initiatives that propose indirect pathways of change and, where possible, prioritizing an intersectoral approach to finding solutions. What advice would you give to future summer fellows? I would advise future summer fellows to seek…

…Convention Center, Room 220 This session is part of Johnson & Johnson's "The Power of We" series aiming to explore the unlimited power of collaboration in driving change and solving global challenges. The series will bring together unlikely groups of individuals - women and men, young and old, public and private sectors to drive provocative…

…& Biology, 2022 Which project from your summer did you find most interesting? I have always been fascinated by data and the power that numbers have to change the world for the better. Over the summer, I worked with a lot of numbers — validating assumptions and evaluating impact models. I enjoyed working on a…Challenges Canada? There is a lot of doom and gloom in the world and our generation is up against the immense pressure of intersecting crises, including the climate crisis. GCC has taught me that human ingenuity is a reason for hope. There are people and coalitions of teams leading responses and creating proactive solutions for…