Speakers

Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings

Member of Parliament - The Klottey-Korle Constituency

The Republic of Ghana

Cathy Smith

Managing Director

SAP Africa

Alastair Long

Her Majesty’s deputy Trade commissioner, Africa

Department for International Trade

Elizabeth Rossiello

CEO

AZA Finance

Angela Wamola

Senior Director Strategic Engagement, Sub Saharan Africa

GSMA

Kagiso Mothibi

Fintech lead

FSCA

Guy Zibi

Founder & Principal

Xalam Analytics

Mark Young

CEO

Finclusion South Africa

Paula Hunter

Executive Director

Mojaloop Foundation

Craig Wright

Chief Scientist

nChain

Chris Wehbe

CEO

Lendable

Raphael Dana

Co-Founder

raphael@gozem.co

Paul Webster

Business & Banking specialist

Department for International Trade

Jan Pilbauer

CEO

BankservAfrica

Dev Govender

Director Financial Services

PWC

Kiringai Kamau

South-South Secretariat Lead

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)

Russell Southwood

CEO

Balancing Act

Mercy Wanjau

Acting Director General

Communications Authority of Kenya

Rachel Turner

Director of Economic Development

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tim Nuy

Founder

Finclusion

Coenie Louw

Technical Operations Manager

Ozow

Imelda Ngunzu

Manager, Market development

Mastercard

Tanya Knowles

Business Manager

Adhara

Omar Hagrass

CEO

Trella

Claudine Gakundi

Country Manager Kenya

Odyssey Africa Capital

Tien Fu

Senior Video Producer

Informa Tech

Lorien Gamaroff

CEO

Centbee

Kevin Kent

CEO

Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions

Kenechi Okeleke

Director, Social and Regional Research

GSMA

Ian Paterson

Chief Investment Officer

Africell Group

Chido Muzondo

Energy Policy Consultant

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Habiba Ben Barka

Chief of Africa Section

United Nations Conference on Trade & Development

Angus Brown

Fintech Enrepreneur

Minit Money

Johan Steyn

Lead Architect Automation

PWC South Africa

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Mayor of Freetown

Republic of Sierra Leone

Neelesh Pratap Singh

Group Chief Information Officer

Airtel Africa

Dejan Kastelic

Group CTO

Vodacom

Sérgio Pimenta

Regional Vice President for Africa

International Finance Corporation

Miriam Altman

Professor of Practice 4IR, School of Economics, University of Johannesburg & Commissioner

National Planning Commission, South African Presidency

Razvan Ungureanu

CTO

Airtel Africa

Tracy Bolton

COO

SAP Africa

Dr. Bitange Ndemo

Chairman of the Blockchain and Artificial intelligence Taskforce

Government of Kenya

Noaf Ereiqat

Director - Business Development for META

Netflix

Onica Makwakwa

Regional Co-ordinator - Africa

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Amolo Ng'weno

CEO

BFA Global

Emmanuel Lubanzadio

Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa

Twitter

German Cufre

Global Manager for Telecom, Media and Technology investments

International Finance Corporation

Bill Lenihan

CEO

ZOLA Electric

Charley Lewis

Councillor

ICASA

Alex Okosi

Managing Director - EMEA Emerging Markets

YouTube

Tony Tiyou

Founder & CEO

Renewables in Africa

Eleanor Sarpong

Deputy Director & Policy Lead

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Olusola Teniola

National Coordinator - Nigeria

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Dr Olufunso Somorin

Regional Principal Officer

African Development Bank

Ofentse Mokwena

Strategic Projects Lead

Uber SSA

Dion Jerling

Managing Director

Connect Earth

Kalvin Bahia

Principal Economist

GSMA

Yehia Alamine

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Inside Telecom

Paula Gilbert

Editor

Connecting Africa

Aniel Jhingoeri

Regional Vice President EMEA Sales and Head of Embedded Platforms and Digital Endpoints

Radisys

Chérine Magora

Director of Distribution Partnerships - Middle East, Africa & Pakistan

TikTok - ByteDance

Shoaib Khan

Chief Technical Officer

Cable & Wireless Seychelles

Paul Hjul

Managing Executive

Hjul Consulting

Tom Cuthell

Event Director, Africa Tech Festival

Informa Tech

Adrian Ho

Practice Leader - Advanced Digital Services

Omdia

Elizabeth Rossiello

CEO

AZA Finance

Steve Song

Policy Advisor

Mozilla

Hendrik Malan

Africa CEO

Frost & Sullivan

Alice Munyua

Director of Africa Innovation

The Mozilla Foundation

Temidayo Oniosun

Founder & Managing Director

Space in Africa

Jan Pilbauer

CEO

BankservAfrica

Matt Read

Chief Analyst, Service Provider Markets

Omdia

Tinashe Ruzane

CEO and Co-founder

FlexClub

Jonathan Nickell

COO

3Vision

Albert Lysko

Principal Researcher

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Lucy Chege

Head: Energy, Environment and Information Communications Technologies (ICT)

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Sathya Elumalai

President and CEO

Aidar Health

Andrew Elwick

Head of Technology and Creative

UK Department for International Trade

Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta

Executive Vice-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO)

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

Shirley Gilbey

Dealmaker

Uk Department for International Trade

Dr Yaa Kumah-Crystal, MD MPH

Pediatric Endocrinologist, Clinical Director of HealthIT

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Emmanuel Kwarteng

Country Manager - Ghana

MainOne

Olutomi Olutola

Regional Connectivity and Digital Advisor - Bureau of Development, Democracy and Innovation

USAID

Ben Roberts

CTIO

Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Keiran Smith

CEO

Mr Green Africa