Erik Charas

• Founder and Managing Director, Charas, Mozambique

Engineer, Mozambican entrepreneur and social activist. Over 10 years' experience in the private and public sectors in southern Africa. Owner and President, Jornal@Verdade, Mozambique's largest circulation newspaper with +600,000 readers. Lecturer, Mozambique's public university. Chair, several boards of companies and non-profit organizations in Mozambique and abroad. Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum. Named: one of MSN Africa Heroes; one of Africa's New Leaders of the Next Generation, Banker magazine. Archbishop Tutu African Leadership Fellow.