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| Surname, Name, Title | Position | Country |
| Wa Dondo, Kengo, Léon | President of the Senate of the Republic of Congo; Former 'First State Commissioner' under Mobutu in Zaire | Congo-Kinshasa |
| wa Mulumba, Tshisekedi, Etienne, Mr | Leader, Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrés Social (UDPS) | Congo-Kinshasa |
| Wa Mutharika, Bingu, (Born Brightson Webster Ryson Thom) | President (since 2004); Minister of Education and Human Resources; Minister of Agriculture and Food Security | Malawi |
| Wabudeya, Beatrice | Minister for the Presidency | Uganda |
| Wade, Abdoulaye | President of Senegal (since 2002); Secretary of the PDS | Senegal |
| Wade, Karim, Mr | Son of the president of Senegal | Senegal |
| Wafio, Serge, Jean | Minister of Rehabilitation of Public Buildings, Town planning and Housing | Central African Republic |
| Waikikona, Wandendeya, David | Minister of State for Northern Uganda (Office of the Prime Minister) | Uganda |
| Waiss, Obsieh, Elmi | Minister of Equipment and Transport | Djibouti |
| Waiss, Du'ale, Aboulkader | Minister of Interior and Decentralization | Djibouti |
| Waititu, George, Mr | Managing director of Steadman Group | Kenya |
| Wako, Amos | Attorney General | Kenya |
| Walwa, Terefa, H.E. Ato | Minister of Capacity Building | Ethiopia |
| Wamala, Katumba, Edward, Lieutenant General | Commander of Land Forces | Uganda |
| Wangwe, Wangwe, Chacha, Mr, | Member of Parliament, part of ÔChama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo' (Chadema) | Tanzania |
| Wanjohi, Gatheru, Nick, Professor | Vice-Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya |
| Wanjui, Barrage, Joe, Dr | Chairman of the Board of UAP Provincial Insurance; Chancellor of the University of Nairobi | Kenya |
| Warabe, Ali, Faisal | Leader of the Justice and Welfare Party | Somaliland |
| Ward, William, General | Deputy head of US European Command | USA |
| Warsame, Dhimbil , Hassan | Minister of Justice | Somalia |
| Wasira, Masatu, Stephen | Minister of State for Regional Admin and Local Government (President's Office) | Tanzania |
| Weiqiang, Jiang | Director-General, International Bureau, State Council Information Office | China |
| Wekesa, Noah, Hon. / Dr. | Minister for Forestry and Wildlife | Kenya |
| Were, Mellitus, Mugabe | Former MP (ODM) | Kenya |
| Wereko-Brobbey, Yves, Charles, Dr | Chief Executive of the Ghana@50 Secretariat | Ghana |
| Werikhe, Kafabusa, Michael, (Kafabusa Werikhe) | Minister of State for Housing | Uganda |
| Wesseh, Conmany | Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Liberia |
| Westwood, Bryan, Mr | Managing Director of the Uganda Affiliate of Heritage Oil and Gas | Uganda |
| Wetangula, Moses | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Kenya |
| White, Kathryn, Ms | Executive Director of Canada's United Nations (UN) Association | Canada |
| Wilcox, Mark, Mr | Managing Director of Mvelaphanda | South Africa |
| Williams, Moegsien, Mr | Editor of 'The Star', Johannesburg ; Vice-Chair: SA National Editors Forum; Board Member: International Press Institute | South Africa |
| Williams, Francis, Mr. | Co-owner of Kagoda Agriculture Limited | Tanzania |
| Wilson , C., Joseph | Director at Symbion Power | United States |
| Wissenbach, Uwe | Coordinator for Africa-China Relations, European Commission | |
| Woldegiorgis, Girma, H.E. Ato | President | Ethiopia |
| Wolde-Michael, Sintayehu, H.E. Dr. | Minister of Education | Ethiopia |
| Wolfensohn, David, James, Mr | 9th President of the World Bank | Australia |
| Wolfowitz, Paul, Dr | Former President of the World Bank (2005-2007); Former Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001-2005) | USA |
| Wood, Theodora, Georgina, Chief Justice, (nee Lutterodt) | Chief Justice | Ghana |
| Wykes, Sarah, Mrs. | Transparency campaigner at Global Witness | UK |







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