Tendai Biti, Greg Mills, Ray Hartley and Abbasali Haji

Tendai Biti is a human rights lawyer and veteran Zimbabwean opposition leader, serving as the Minister of Finance in the unity government between 2009-13. He is the co-author of 'Democracy Works' and 'In the Name of the People' (both published by Panmacmillan), and the 'Playbook for African Democrats', and is a member of the advisory board of the Platform for African Democrats. Dr Greg Mills is a Fellow at the University of Navarra in Spain and a founder of the Platform for African Democrats (https://www.pad.africa/). From 2005, he was for 20 years the director for the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation. His recent books include "Rich State, Poor State," "The Art of War and Peace." and the forthcoming "The Essence of Success: Insights in Leadership and Strategy from Sport, Business, War and Politics," all published by Penguin Random House. Ray Hartley is an independent commentator. He is the former Research Director of the Brenthurst Foundation and previously edited the Sunday Times, The Times, Rand Daily Mail and BusinessLIVE. He is the author of "Ragged Glory: The Rainbow Nation in Black and White," "The Big Fix," and "Ramaphosa: The Man Who Would be King" among other works. Abbasali Haji is the Founder and Managing Director of East Africa Capital, a firm that advises foreign institutional investors, high net-worth individuals and large family businesses active in East Africa. He has worked for a broad range of financial institutions in London within the corporate finance sector, specialising in Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Equity Capital Markets. Educated at Oxford University, he serves on the Advisory Board of the Platform for African Democrats.