Three billion people remain offline, disconnected from the digital economy and the opportunities it creates. As the next wave of technology-led growth reshapes economies and global influence, The Next 3 Billion asks one of the defining questions of the decade: will the innovations reshaping global power expand opportunity or concentrate it?

At the intersection of the global AI expansion and the urgent development agenda, The Next 3 Billion will spotlight the leaders shaping a more inclusive and prosperous future for the world’s most ascendent regions.

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H.E. William Samoei Ruto

President, Republic of Kenya

H.E. Judith Suminwa

Prime Minister, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director-General, World Trade Organization

Kristalina Georgieva

Managing Director,  International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Dr. Jean Kaseya

Director-General, Africa CDC

Jumoke Oduwole

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

Ben Black

CEO, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Kara Hurst

Chief Sustainability Officer, Amazon

Sanda Ojiambo

Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, & CEO, United Nations Global Compact

Ilan Goldfajn

President, Inter-American Development Bank

Makhtar Diop

Managing Director, International Finance Corporation

James Manyika

SVP, Research, Labs, Technology & Society, Google-Alphabet

Justin B. Smith

Co-Founder & CEO, Semafor

Ben Smith

Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Semafor

Yinka Adegoke

Editor, Semafor Africa

Alexis Akwagyiram

Managing Editor, Semafor Africa

Shelly Banjo

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Semafor

Ashley Gold

Senior Tech Correspondent, Semafor

Liz Hoffman

Business Editor, Semafor

Tim McDonnell

Climate & Energy Editor, Semafor

Amna Nawaz

Co-Host, PBS News Hour & Semafor Contributor

Rachel Oppenheim

Chief Commercial Officer, Semafor

Prashant Rao

Global Managing Editor, Semafor