Speakers

Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Deputy Chair

Presidential 4IR Commission

Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Republic of Guinea

Moustapha Cisse

African Institute of Mathematical Sciences; Head of AI Centre, Google

Unathi Mtya

Chief Technology Officer

Grindrod Bank

Stafford Masie

General Manager

WeWork South Africa

Juliet Mhango

Chief Human Capital Development & Transformation Officer

Cell C

Chris Bertish

Adventurer

Mavericks Big Wave Champion, SUP Trans-Atlantic Paddler

Rapelang Rabana

‎Founder & CEO

Rekindle Learning

Daniel Adaramola

Chief Information Security Officer

Unity Bank

Jacques Ludik

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

Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa

Dr. Tashmia Ismail-Saville

CEO

Youth Employment Service

Peter Ndegwa

CEO

Safaricom

Aubrey Hruby

Senior Fellow, Africa Center. Co-founder

Africa Expert Network

Glenda Noemdoe

Group Head: Employee Health and Wellness

Standard Bank Group

Ahmed Ogwell Ouma

Deputy Director

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Karen Smit

Principal Specialist: Specific Needs

Vodacom

Herman Singh

CEO

Future Advisory

Razvan Ungureanu

Chief Technology Officer

Airtel Africa

Dorothy Tembo

Executive Director

The International Trade Centre

Ammin Youssouf

CEO

Afrobytes

Eric Osiakwan

Managing Partner

Chanzo Capital

Kuseni Dlamini

Chairman

Massmart

Gavin Kandier

Digital Transformation Officer

Netcare

Simon Rey

Group Head of Talent, Learning & Organizational Effectiveness

Ecobank Group

Pamela Coke-Hamilton

Executive Director

International Trade Centre

Darlington Akogo

Founder, Executive Director

IT & WHO Focus Group on AI for Health, karaAgro AI, minoHealth AI Labs

Abimbola Alale

Managing Director

Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited

Emma Wade-Smith

Her Majesty's TRade Commissioner for Africa

Department for International Trade

Hanlie Smuts

CEO

University of Pretoria

Thabo Mashegoane

President

IITPSA

Bernard Chiira

Director, Innovate Now

Global Disability Innovation Hub

Aretha Mare

Policy & Ethics Chair

Alliance for Africa's Intelligence

Abdoulaye Baniré Diallo

Professor and Director of Bioinformatics Lab UQAM; Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer

My Intelligent Machines

Hein Wagner

Global Adventurer, Founder

Hein Wagner Academy

Dr. Bitange Ndemo

Chairman of the Blockchain and Artificial intelligence Taskforce

Government of Kenya

Deemah Alyahya

Founder & Managing Partner

ALMTAD Consulting

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)

Aissatou Diallo

Senior Regional Portfolio Manager - West Africa and Indian Ocean

International Trade Centre

Farzam Ehsani

Co Founder and CEO

VALR

Tunde Fafunwa

Lead Advisor

Digital Centre for Excellence, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

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

Adrian Ho

Practice Leader, Enterprise Advanced Digital Services

Omdia

Pius Illah

Head of Innovation & Partnerships (Global Engagements)

Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA)

Thelmé Janse van Rensburg

SVP People - Cape Town

2U

Hemash Kala

Managing Director

Beansprout Technologies

Kevin Kent

CEO

Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions

Tauriq Keraan

CEO

TymeBank

Yaseen Khan

CEO and Co Founder

Emerging Medical Guidance

Professor Tawana Kupe

Vice-Chancellor

University of Pretoria

Femi Longe

Co-founder & CEO

Qiesto

Precious Lunga

Co-founder & CEO

Baobab Circle

Dr Desne Masie

Chief Strategist

IC Publications

Bruce Mellado

Senior Scientist & Professor

iThembaLabs & Witwatersrand School of Physics

Eric Muli

CEO

Odyssey Africa Capital

Jimmy Nguyen

Founding President

Bitcoin Association

Temitope Okupe

Project Management Officer

Community Development Links Initiative

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)

Marius Retiz

General Manager Africa

LUNO

Nitesh Singh

Managing Director for Communications, Media & Technology (CMT)

Accenture South Africa

Lee Smith

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

DataCentre DNA

Max Smolaks

Global Editor

AI Business

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

Abe Wakama

CEO

IT News Africa

Craig Wright

Chief Scientist

Bitcoin

Mark Young

CEO

Get Bucks South AFrica

Guy Zibi

Founder & Principal

Xalam Analytics