Olusegun Olanipekun is the pioneer and founder of The Abrahamic Foundation. The Foundation is the umbrella entity for other initiatives pioneered by him. He is the Chief Executive Officer, The Institute for Christian Leadership Development. The Convener, Africa Leadership Summit (A biennial Leadership Summit hosted in Jerusalem). International President, Africa-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
He earned his LLM in Constitutional Law from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, LLB from University of South Africa, and Bachelor of Education degree in English/History from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria.
He conducts and organizes conferences and seminars around local and global contemporary issues.
Ansel Kebede Brown is President of the Africa-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Americas and Assistant Professor at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law. Professor Brown teaches Civil Procedure, Legal Research and Writing, and a Writing Seminar in International Law. His research focus is international law and Pan-Africanism. Previously, Professor Brown served as the NCCU Prelaw Advisor and Director of the University Honors Program. Prior to entering academia, Professor Brown served as policy counsel at the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Self-Help Credit Union, and the Center for Responsible Lending. Professor Brown earned his bachelor’s degree from NCCU and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. While at law student, he co-founded the Alliance for Israel, wrote his third year paper critiquing the Durban Conference on Race, Discrimination, and Xenophobia, and received the Dean of Students Community Leadership Award. Professor Brown is a member of the N.C. State Bar.
Gerda Marais is a Certified Internal Auditor (B Com Hons Internal Audit). During the past 10 years of staying all over Africa in rural places she got more experience in bookkeeping and serving not for profit organisations. She lives with her husband and 3 children in Howick, South Africa.
She has a special interest in Corporate Governance and IT, but currently works for Operation Mobilisation, in the Africa Finance department.
Gerda appreciates serving with other cultures and hopes that she can use her skills to serve in God’s Kingdom purposes and what He is busy with now.
Dr. Akintomi A. Olugbodi, is a fellowship-trained and triple board-certified Interventional Pain Medicine Physician, Neurologist and Internist.
He is married to his medical school sweetheart, Adeola, and blessed with 2 children, Oluwaloseyi and Oluwafolajinmi.
Practicing medicine is a calling for him and his passion is praying for the Kingdom of GOD to come and for the LORD’s will to be established in the nations.
He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his family.
Isak has a range of interests, reflected by his education and professional career. He has completed a BA Information Design, a BSc Honours in Applied Mathematics and a MIT in Data Science at the University of Pretoria.
He has worked as a freelancer on projects involving web development, graphic design, animation and copywriting. As a part–time lecturer at the Visual Arts Department, University of Pretoria, he has conducted various practical projects, mainly focussing on interactive interfaces, including graphic design, user experience, animation and development.
He has worked as a consultant with Singularity∞ (singularity8.com) to develop an online performance management platform for educational and sports organisations. He was the technical lead at ADDaBIT (addabit.com), a versatile FinTech platform that supports access to investments, crowdfunding, funeral covers, mobile top-ups, network marketing and a growing list of subscriptions with minimal barriers to entry and zero usage fees.
He is currently the technical lead at Troygold (troygold.app), a FinTech company that facilitates convenient access to physical gold, enabling fractional ownership, instant liquidity and spending using a prepaid debit card.
Rachael is the Executive Director of the Abrahamic Foundation, the Head of Administration at the Africa Leadership Summit, the registrar of Adullam Institute America, and the General Manager of Adullam Institute South Africa.
Rachael holds Doctorate and Master’s degree (Cum Laude) in Education Management, Law and Policy at the University of Pretoria; a Bachelor of Education (Honors) in Education Management from the University of South Africa; a Bachelor of Education in Guidance and Counselling from University of Ibadan, Nigeria; and Certificate in Education, Oyo State College of Education, Ila-Orangun, Nigeria.