Dear Building Bridges Members and Friends,

I hope all is well.

We ran another Building Bridges Live event on Sunday March 16th, 2025 at 4pm New York Time and enjoyed a presentation from Hawa Diallo from London.

I first met Hawa when we were both MBA students at the European School of Economics in 2003, and we have been close friends ever since.

Hawa grew up in Guinea, West Africa, looks back at a successful career in the financial industry. She is a co-founder of Africa Ahead. Aahead functions as a catalyst for targeted long-term investment capital and a capacity building agent fully committed to Sub-Saharan Africa's sustainable development.

Hawa visits France regularly and knows all about culture, which guaranteed an interesting session on March 16th, 2025.
Best,
Dirk Luis