Speakers

Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Republic of Guinea

Juliet Mhango

Chief Human Capital Development & Transformation Officer

Cell C

Peter Ndegwa

CEO

Safaricom

Moustapha Cisse

Head of AI Centre

Google

Kuseni Dlamini

Chairman

Massmart

Tunde Fafunwa

Lead Advisor

Digital Centre for Excellence at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Stafford Masie

General Manager

WeWork South Africa

Rapelang Rabana

‎Founder & CEO

Rekindle Learning

Chris Bertish

Adventurer

Mavericks Big Wave Champion, SUP Trans-Atlantic Paddler

Daniel Adaramola

Chief Information Security Officer

Unity Bank

Dr. Tashmia Ismail-Saville

CEO

Youth Employment Service

Lerato Mbele

Presenter - Business

BBC World News

Kris Senanu

Managing Director

Telkom Kenya

Professor Tawana Kupe

Vice-Chancellor

University of Pretoria

Karen Smit

Principal Specialist: Specific Needs

Vodacom

Razvan Ungureanu

Chief Technology Officer

Airtel Africa

Pamela Coke-Hamilton

Executive Director

International Trade Centre

German Cufre

Global Head, Digital Infrastructure Investments

International Finance Corporation

Onica Makwakwa

Head of Africa

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Eric Osiakwan

Managing Partner

Chanzo Capital

Glenda Noemdoe

Group Head: Employee Health and Wellness

Standard Bank Group

Ahmed Ogwell Ouma

Deputy Director

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Simon Rey

Group Head of Talent, Learning & Organizational Effectiveness

Ecobank Group

Darlington Akogo

Executive Director

minoHealth AI & AI4Radionology, IT & WHO Focus Group on AI for Health

Deemah Alyahya

Founder & Managing Partner

ALMTAD Consulting

Steve Chege

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Safaricom

Aissatou Diallo

Senior Regional Portfolio Manager - West Africa and Indian Ocean

International Trade Centre

Thelmé Janse van Rensburg

SVP People - Cape Town

2U

Pius Illah

Head of Innovation & Partnerships (Global Engagements)

Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA)

Carlo Maria Rossotto

Principal Investment Officer, Global Head - Upstream Telecom, Media &Technology; Global Infrastructure & Natural Resources

International Finance Corporation

Herman Singh

CEO

Future Advisory

Thabo Mashegoane

President

IITPSA

Dorothy Tembo

Executive Director

The International Trade Centre

Abimbola Alale

Managing Director

Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited

Ronald Chagoury Jr

Vice Chairman, Eko Atlantic City

Eko Atlantic City

Abdoulaye Baniré Diallo

Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer

My Intelligent Machines

Jacques Ludik

Founder, CEO & Executive Chairman, Cortex Group; Founder & President

Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa

Eleanor Sarpong

Deputy Director and Policy Lead

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Sonia Jorge

Executive Director - Alliance for Affordable Internet & Head of Digital Inclusion Program

The World Wide Web Foundation

Ammin Youssouf

CEO

Afrobytes

Aubrey Hruby

Senior Fellow, Africa Center. Co-founder

Africa Expert Network

Yele Bademosi

CEO and Co Founder

Bundle

Haakon Brunell

Co Founder and Managing Partner

Katapult Accelerator

Clive Butkow

CEO

Kalon Venture Partners

Akhona Damane

Chair

South African National Blockchain Alliance (SANBA)

Farzam Ehsani

Co Founder and CEO

VALR

Hossam Elgamal

Chairman

Africa Information & Communication Technologies Alliance & iken

Lorien Gamaroff

CEO

Bankymoon

Zachariah George

Partner and Chief Investment Officer

Startupbootcamp Africa

Daniel Goldfarb

CEO and Co Founder

Lendable

Daniel Guasco

CEO

Click2Sure

Meryem Habibi

CRO

AZA

Edmund Higenbottam

Managing Director

Verdant Capital

Dr Amanat Hussain

Executive Chairman

Issured

Dion Jerling

Managing Director

Connecting Earth

Hemash Kala

Managing Director

Beansprout Technologies

Clare Kandola

Founder and CEO

The Vidya Collective

Kevin Kent

CEO

Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions

Tauriq Keraan

CEO

TymeBank

Yaseen Khan

CEO and Co Founder

Emerging Medical Guidance

Femi Longe

Co-founder & CEO

Qiesto

Precious Lunga

Co-founder & CEO

Baobab Circle

Desne Masie

Cheif Strategist

IC Publications

Bruce Mellado

Senior Scientist & Professor

iThembaLabs & Witwatersrand School of Physics

Muhumbulo Mmbwenga

General Manager, Digital Radio

TransNet Freight Rail

Eric Muli

CEO

Odyssey Africa Capital

Dr. Bitange Ndemo

Chairman of the Blockchain and Artificial intelligence Taskforce

Government of Kenya

Temidayo Oniosun

Managing Director

Space in Africa

Desere Orrill

Chairman of the Board - OLE! CONNECT

and Director - Bold Network

Adeleke Pitan

Head of Talent & Reward Management

Asset & Resource Management Holding Company (ARM HoldCo)

Alvin Rapea

Secretary for Police

Civilian Secretariat for Police Service, Government of South Africa

Marius Retiz

General Manager Africa

LUNO

Lee Smith

Mission-Critical Data Center Life Cycle, Operations & Industry Specialist

DataCentre DNA

Max Smolaks

Global Editor

AI Business

Hanlie Smuts

CEO

University of Pretoria

Russell Southwood

CEO

Balancing Act

Herco Steyn

Senior Fintech Specialist

SARB

Wasim Tahir

Sector Strategist- financial institutions

CDC Group

Yumna Tayob

FNB Bank

Dorothy Tunde-Ajala

HR & Leadership Advisory, Coach & Trainer

Accelerate Leadership Ltd

Toun Tunde-Anjous

Founder + People Lead

The People Practice

David van Dijk

Co-Founder and Director General

African Business Angel Network

Jan Vermeulen

Editor At Large

MyBroadband

Emma Wade-Smith

Her Majesty's TRade Commissioner for Africa

Department for International Trade

Abe Wakama

CEO

IT News Africa

Craig Wright

Chief Scientist

Bitcoin

Mark Young

CEO

Get Bucks South AFrica

Guy Zibi

Founder & Principal

Xalam Analytics