Africa Young Voices (AYV)- is an initiative of the Sierra Leone Youth Ambassador (Mr. Anthoney Navo Jnr.) who was appointed in 2008 by the Young Leaders of Sierra Leone Network, an alliance of young executive heads from various youth groups and studient union presidents across the country after a national youth consultative meeting that was held at the British Council Hall in Freetown, Serra Leone.

Managing Director of JIT Capital; Head of Accountancy Department IPAM University; Chartered Institute of Management Accountant CIMA (UK); Fellow of the Institute of Commercial Management (ICM); Masters in Corporate Management. Ph. D – Accounting and Finance M. Phil – Finance MA– Masters in Public Administration, Syracuse University

Messeh Leone has been involved with AYV since its inception. Based in the United Kingdom, Messeh Leone was the Head of AYV International, while serving as the head of the company’s Legal and Communications Unit. His new role as Chief Operating Officer of the whole company is to further strengthen the management’s vision and move the company’s development forward.

Mr. Joe Abass Bangura – Member of the Board and Business Advisor

Lawyer by profession, and currently the managing partner of the BMT Law Chambers, Sierra Leone; he is also the head of the legal office of the Shandong Steel and Iron Ore Corporation. Bachelor of Laws – LLB. United Kingdom

Feminist scholar and activist, and one of Sierra Leone’s foremost scholar and practitioner in Gender and Development; Fmr president and executive member of 50/50 advocacy; involved in the constitution review process in the Republic of Sierra Leone. Ph.D – Gender and Development Studies