Below are a few of the many individuals in the corporate, investment, banking, political and non-profit world whose advice, support have shaped and informed our Endeavor and made our most unlikely story possible.
For the faith that you have chosen to place on the dream of a generation of African professionals we say thank you.
Senator Barack Obama
Stephen Hayes
President, Corporate Council on Africa
Dan Anagho and Friends
President, Africa Investment Corporation
Hurley Doddy
COO, Emerging Capital Partners
Daeman Harris
VP, Middle East and Africa
US Chamber of Commerce
Lionel Johnson
VP, Stanford Financial Group 
Gordon and Frances Johnson
National Press Club
CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Gareth Penny
CEO, De Beers Group
Barbara Keating
President, Computer Frontiers
Ngosi Okonjo-Iweala
World Bank, Managing Director
Henk Deist
Senior Executive Rand Merchant Bank
Dr. Joseph Okpaku
President, Telecom Africa Corporation
Gary Hirshberg
CEO Stonyfields
Euvin Naidoo
President ,South African
Chamber of Commerce in
America
Carol Adelman and Friends
Executive Director, Hudson Institute 
George Ingram and Liz Schrayer
Board Member and Executive Director,
Center for US Global Engagement
Heidi Metcalf
Executive Director, Geneva Global
Performance Philanthropy
Welile Nhlapo
South African Ambassador to the USA
H.E. Anima Ali and Friends
African Union Ambassador to USA
Florizelle Liser
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa
Walter Fauntroy
Founder of Black Caucus,
President of National
Black Leadership Roundtable
Dr. Calestous Juma
Professor, Kennedy School of Government
Africa Unchained
Dr. William Easterly
Author Whiteman's Burdens
Martin Luther King III
Son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.