EPD2026: Official Opening
Official Opening Speakers
Website: https://cejzambia.org/
She is the Executive Director at CEJ, specialised in environmental sustainability, corporate government, sustainable livelihoods and community development. She is currently a PhD Candidate focusing on Green Bonds and Sustainable Investment and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with specialty in corporate governance and sustainability. She has professional qualifications in Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Social Safeguards, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Climate Diplomacy and Governance.
He is the Presiding Bishop of Liberty Christian Centres, and the founder of Liberty Christian Academy, Liberty Bible College, and Kabod Ministries International. With over 27 years of ministry experience, he is a respected preacher, teacher, worship leader, conference speaker, and media personality. He holds advanced qualifications in Global Leadership and Conflict Resolution, Organisational Leadership, and Divinity.
Website: https://www.twnafrica.org/
He is the Coordinator of TWN-Africa, a pan-African advocacy organisation based in Accra that works for social and economic equity through a focus on trade, investment, development finance, minerals and gender. Holding an LLB from the University of Ghana, an LLM from the Free University of Brussels and a PhD from the University of Warwick, he has extensive experience as a public intellectual, activist, government official and expert for UN bodies and the African Union. He contributed to the Africa Mining Vision, the landmark report Minerals and Africa’s Development* (2011), and related governance frameworks, and is a member of the Editorial Working Group of the Review of African Political Economy as well as co-editor of Africa’s Development Challenges in the New Millennium (2006).
Website: https://www.mgee.gov.zm/
He is the Minister of Green Economy and Environment. He holds both a Master’s degree and PhD in city and regional planning from University of Cape Town in South Africa. Until his nomination to Parliament, He has been a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Zambia (UNZA).
Website: https://cornerstone-intl.org/
Dr. Christine Phiri Mushibwe is Director of Nature-Based Solutions at Cornerstone International Carbon Division. She advances strategic approaches to environmental sustainability, ecosystem restoration and climate resilience. Her work connects environmental protection with biodiversity conservation, community resilience and sustainable economic opportunities. Bringing an institutional and development-focused perspective to nature-based solutions, she supports collaborative efforts aimed at lasting benefits for both people and ecosystems.
At EPD 2026 in Lusaka, she represents Cornerstone International Carbon Division’s commitment to
practical, locally relevant solutions for environmental protection and sustainable development.
Website: https://savingcranes.org/
He is a career conservationist with approximately 30 years of formal and informal experience in natural resource management, community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), governance, protected area management, environmental policy, environmental education, and stakeholder engagement. He began as a youth conservation volunteer and has undertaken technical consultancy assignments for local CSOs and NGOs as well as international organisations including IUCN, the International Institute for Environment and Development, VVOB, Conservation International, and WWF, and multilateral bodies such as UNDP, FAO, and the World Bank.
