Queen's Young Leader Award was an annual award given in recognition of leadership skills by young persons between the ages of 18 and 29. The award was open to selected
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the ...
to recognize exceptional people or organizations who are making a difference in improving other citizen's lives. The program was established by the
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, in partnership with
Comic Relief
Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.
Definition
Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic epis ...
and the
Royal Commonwealth Society
The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) is a non-governmental organisation with a mission to promote the value of the Commonwealth and the values upon which it is based. The Society upholds the values of the Commonwealth Charter, promoting con ...
.
The programme closed in 2019.
History
The award was first established in 2014 and initially was approved to run through 2018. Nominations re-opened each June.
Award recipients by year
2014
#Kate Row of
Australia
#Emily Smith of
Australia
#Alicia Wallace of
Bahamas
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#Shamir Shehab of
Bangladesh
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Donnya Piggott
Donnya "Zi" Piggott (born 1990) is a tech entrepreneur, designer and human rights advocate from Barbados. In 2012, she co-founded B-GLAD, a support organisation for LGBT persons in Barbados. In 2015, she was awarded Queen Elizabeth's ''Young Lea ...
of
Barbados
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#Denielle Neal of
Belize
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Khairunnisa Ash'ari
Khairunnisa binti Ash'ari (born 1987) is a Bruneian activist and politician, known for her work on environmentalism and women's rights. In Brunei and the surrounding region, Khairunnisa actively supports environmental sustainability and youth d ...
of
Brunei Darussalam
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#Alain Nteff of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
#Mallah Enow Tabot of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
#Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
#Melissa Kargiannakis of
Canada
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#Aaron Joshua Pinto of
Canada
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#Rosimay Venancio of
Canada
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Kellyn George
Kellyn George is from Dominica and in 2013 created a support foundation to help people with sickle cell anemia in her homeland. In 2015, she was awarded Queen's Young Leader Award for her activism in changing the lives of people in her community ...
of
Dominica
#Alzima Elisha Bano of
Fiji
#Leroy Phillips of
Guyana
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Ashwini Angadi
Ashwini Angadi is a global ambassador and advocate of disability rights. She is known for making education accessible to the underprivileged and disabled in India.
Early life and education
Angadi was born to a marginalized family in Chellagurki ...
of
India
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#Akshay Jadhao of
India
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#Devika Malik of
India
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#Jerome Cowans of
Jamaica
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#Nicole Nation of
Jamaica
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#Abdikadir Aden Hassan of
Kenya
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#Samuel Karuita of
Kenya
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#Caren Nelima Odanga of
Kenya
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#Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo of
Mauritius
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#Barkha Mossae of
Mauritius
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#Karuna Rana of
Mauritius
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#Tanyaradzwa Daringo of
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e ...
#Tabitha Besley of
New Zealand
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#Oladipupo Ajiroba of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
#Nkechikwu Azinge of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
#Kelvin Ogholi of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
#Isaiah Owolabi of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
#Salman Ahmad of
Pakistan
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#Christina J K Giwe of
Papua New Guinea
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#John Taka of
Papua New Guinea
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#Nadia Hitimana of
Rwanda
#Jean D’Amour Mutoni of
Rwanda
#Javon Liburd of
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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#Kenville Horne of
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Erna Takazawa
Erna Takazawa (born 1988) is the first fully qualified optometrist of Samoa. In 2014, she was awarded as one of the inaugural recipients the Queen's Young Leader Award.
Biography
Erna Fumi Rebecca Fotuofaamanuiaga Takazawa in Japan but raised in ...
of
Samoa
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#Philip Cole of
Sierra Leone
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#Christina Houaisuta
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its ca ...
#Nosipho Bele of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
#Emma Dicks of
South Africa
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#Patrice Madurai of
South Africa
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#Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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Kavindya Thennakoon
Kavindya Thennakoon (born 1995) is a Sri Lankan community development and youth activist. She has been associated with both Youth Service America and the United Nations Youth Advisory Panel.
Early life
Kavindya Thennakoon was born in 1995 in ...
of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
#Nondumiso Hlophe of
Swaziland
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#Given Edward of
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
#Angela Benedicto Mnagoza of
Tanzania
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#Teocah Dove of
Trinidad And Tobago
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#Diana Nakaweesa of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...
#Deo Sekandi of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...
#Nicola Byrom of
United Kingdom
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#Zoe Jackson of
United Kingdom
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#Edmund Page of
United Kingdom
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#Missack Willy of
Vanuatu
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#Brighton Kaoma of
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are ...
#Regina Mtonga of
Zambia
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2015
Africa
#Alain Nteff of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
#Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
#Mallah Enow Tabot of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
#Abdikadir Aden Hassan
#Caren Nelima Odanga
#Samuel Karuita
#Barkha Mossae
#Karuna Rana
#Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo
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Tanyaradzwa Daringo
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Biography
Daringo was born in Zimbabwe in 1992, but was brought up in Windhoek. ...
#Isaiah Owolabi
#Kelvin Ogholi
#Nkechikwu Azinge
#Oladipupo Ajiroba of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
#Jean d’Amour Mutoni
#Nadia Hitimana
#Philip Cole
#Emma Dicks
#Nosipho Bele
#Patrice Madurai
#Nondumiso Hlophe
#Angela Benedicto Mnagoza
#Given Edward
#Deo Sekandi
#Diana Nakaweesa
#Brighton Kaoma
#Regina Mtonga
Asia
#Shamir Shehab
#
Khairunnisa Ash’ari
#Akshay Jadhao
#Ashwini Angadi
#Devika Malik
#Salman Ahmad
#Kavindya Thennakoon
#Thejitha Saubhagya Edirisinghe
Caribbean and Americas
#Alicia Wallace
#Donnya Piggott
#Denielle Neal
#Aaron Joshua Pinto
#Melissa Kargiannakis
#Rosimay Venancio
#Kellyn George
#Leroy Phillips
#Jerome Cowans
#Nicole Nation
#Javon Liburd
#Kenville Horne
#Teocah Dove
Europe
#Edmund Page
#Nicola Byrom
#Zoe Jackson
Pacific
#Emily Smith
#Kate Row
#Alzima Elisha Bano
#Tabitha Besley
#Christina Giwe
#John Taka
#Erna Takazawa
#Christina Houaisuta
#Willy Missack
2016
Africa
#Moitshepi Matsheng
#David Morfaw
#Paul-Miki Akpablie
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Alex Mativo
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He is the founder and CEO of E-LAB, a company aimed at eradicating electronic waste in Africa by transforming it into products for the fashion and interior desi ...
of
Kenya
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#Peris Bosire of Kenya
#Susan Mueni Waita of Kenya
#Maletsabisa Molapo
#Asante Mzungu of
Malawi
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#Madalo Banda of Malawi
#Deegesh Maywah
#Drucila Meireles
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Imrana Alhaji Buba
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of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
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Olanrewaju Adeloye Olanrewaju may refer to:
* Lanre Oyebanjo (born 1990), footballer
*Olanrewaju Durodola
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of Nigeria
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Olumide Makanjuola
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of Nigeria
#Nancy Sibo Rwanda
#Angelique Pouponneau
#Howard Nelson-Williams
#Jessica Dewhurst of
South Africa
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#Lethabo Ashleigh Letube of South Africa
#Rachel Nungu of
Tanzania
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Josephine Nabukenya
Josephine Nabukenya is a Ugandan HIV/AIDS activist who is also living with HIV/AIDS. She serves as a Stephen Lewis Foundation Youth program coordinator at Makerere University Johns Hopkins University (MUJHU). She was awarded the Queen’s Young L ...
of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...
Asia
#Osama Bin Noor
#Kartik Sawhney
#Neha Swain
#Calvin Yoong Shen Woo
#Safaath Ahmed Zahir
#Muhammad Usman Khan
#Zainab Bibi
#Mark Jin Quan Cheng
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Nushelle de Silva
Nushelle de Silva is an Australian born Sri Lankan social entrepreneur and art educator. She is the founder of Building Bridges foundation in Sri Lanka.
Biography
Nushelle de Silva was born in Australia and lived there until the age of seven. ...
Caribbean and Americas
#Regis Burton
#Firhaana Bulbulia
#Shamelle Rice
#Deidra Smith
#Gunjan Mhapankar
#Kelly Lovell
#Tina Alfred
#Ali Dowden
#Tijani Christian
#Tevin Shepherd
#Trevis Belle
#Dillon Ollivierre
Europe
#Katerina Gavrielidou
#Annabelle Xerri
#Sara Ezabe Malliue
#Adam Bradford
#Ashleigh Porter-Exley
#Ella Mckenzie
Pacific
#Alexander Stonyer-Dubinovsky of Australia
#Jacob Thomas of Australia
#Luisa Tuilau of Fiji
#Tabotabo Auatabu of Kiribati
#Unique Harris of Nauru
#Brad Olsen of New Zealand
#Valentino Wichman of New Zealand
#Seini Fisi’ihoi of Papua New Guinea
#Nolan Salmon Parairua of Solomon Islands
#Aiona Prescott of Tonga
#Easter Tekafa Niko of Tonga
#Mary Siro of Solomon Islands
2017
Africa
#Chaikhwa Lobatse
#Tobby Bond Njamngang
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Efua Asibon
Efua Asibon was one of the three Ghanaians that won the Queen's Young Leader Award in 2017. She is an account manager for Facebook in Ireland the co-founder of Dislabelled, a non profit organisation in Ghana that supports, empowers and educates pe ...
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Elijah Amoo Addo
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of Ghana
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Winnifred Selby Winnifred Kyei Selby is a young Ghanaian social entrepreneur and the president of the EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana. She co-founded the Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative with Bernice Dapaah at the age o ...
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Chebet Lesan
Chebet Lesan (born c. 1989) is a Kenyan climate activist and entrepreneur whose company BrightGreen creates charcoal briquettes from local waste materials, selling them through a network of women. Her awards include the Queen's Young Leader Award ...
#Domtila Chesang
#Towett Ngetich
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Virginia Khunguni
Virginia Khunguni is a women's rights activist from Malawi. She is the founder and director of Girls Arise for Change, an organization that aims to empower women in order to foster social and cultural change. The organization led initiatives in c ...
#Hilda Nambili Liswani
#Nyeuvo Amukushu
#Bukola Bolarinwa
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Nasir Yammama
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of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
#Kellya Uwiragiye
#Yvette Ishimwe
#Demien Mougal
#Kumba Musa
#Salton Massally
#Aditi Lachman
#Chantelle De Abreu of South Africa
#Farai Mubaiwa
#Nonduduzo Ndlovu
#Favourite Driciru
#Joel Baraka
#Ruth Nabembezi
#Alina Karimamusama
#Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma
Asia
#Rahat Hossain
#Sajid Iqbal
#Ankit Kawatra
#Suhani Jalota
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Heidy Quah
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#Syed Faizan Hussain
#Yunquan Qin
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Rakitha Malewana
#Senel Wanniarachchi
#Yeoh Hong Boon
Caribbean and Americas
#Lia Kupiec Nicholson
#Jamilla Sealy
#Alexander Deans
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Kevin Vuong
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#Eber Ravariere
#Rianna Patterson
#Michael Thomas
#Samantha Sheoprashad
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Abrahim Simmonds
Abrahim Simmonds is the current National Coordinator for the Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence in Jamaica and a recipient of The Queen's Young Leader Award for Jamaica
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Elizabeth Kite
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Africa
#Alimatu Bawah Wiabriga of
Ghana
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Ghana
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Shadrack Frimpong
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Ghana
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Kenya
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Lesotho
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Malawi
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Malawi
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#Mavis Elias of
Namibia
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Hauwa Ojeifo
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Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
#Isaac Ezirim of
Nigeria
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#Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph of
Nigeria
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Rwanda
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Seychelles
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Sierra Leone
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South Africa
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#Thamsanqa Hoza of
South Africa
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Tanzania
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Isaya Yunge
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Tanzania
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#Bazil Mwotta Biddemu of
Uganda
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#Elizabeth Kasujja of
Uganda
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#Stephen Katende of
Uganda
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#Gift Chansa of
Zambia
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#Sela Kasepa of
Zambia
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Asia
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Ayman Sadiq
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Bangladesh
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Zaiba Tahyya
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Bangladesh
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#Ahmad Fadillah Sellahhuddin of
Brunei Darussalam
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#Aditya Kulkarni of
India
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#Deane De Menezes of
India
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#Trisha Shetty of
India
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#Siva Nagappan Visvesvaran of
Malaysia
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#Wen Shin Chia of
Malaysia
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#Haroon Yasin of
Pakistan
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Pakistan
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#Mahnoor Syed of
Pakistan
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#Efraheem Matthew of
Pakistan
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Singapore
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#Yi Jun Mock of
Singapore
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#Bhagya Wijayawardane of
Sri Lanka
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Caribbean and Americas
#Ronelle King of
Barbados
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#Aditya Mohan of
Canada
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#Ishita Aggarwal of
Canada
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#Midia Shikh Hassan of
Canada
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#Lakeyia Joseph of
Dominica
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Grenada
#Marva Langevine of
Guyana
#Aubrey Stewart of
Jamaica
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St. Vincent and Grenadines
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#Benedict Bryan of
Trinidad and Tobago
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#Jean-Claude Cournand of
Trinidad and Tobago
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Europe
#Antonia Michailidi of
Cyprus
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#Martina Caruana of
Malta
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#Harry Phinda of
United Kingdom
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#Leanne Armitage of
United Kingdom
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Pacific
#Caitlin Figueiredo of
Australia
#Hunter Johnson of
Australia
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Kiribati
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Alexia Hilbertidou
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New Zealand
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Ezekiel Raui
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New Zealand
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#Petronilla Molioo Mataeliga of
Samoa
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#Millicent Barty of
Solomon Islands
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#Joshua Isikeli Sefesi of
Tonga
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Litiana Kalsrap of
Vanuatu
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