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Message from the executive director
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AFRILABS AG 2016
AFRILABS AG 2017
AFRILABS AG 2018
AFRILABS AG 2019
AFRILABS AG 2020
Speakers
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FAQ
Contact
About
Message from the executive director
Sponsors
Past Gatherings
AFRILABS AG 2016
AFRILABS AG 2017
AFRILABS AG 2018
AFRILABS AG 2019
AFRILABS AG 2020
Speakers
Press Releases
FAQ
Contact
OUR SPEAKERS
H.E. Professor Sarah M.E. Anyang Agbor
Commissioner of Human Resources, Science & Technology Department (HRST)
African Union Commission (AUC)
H.E. GETAHUN MEKURIA (Dr. Ing)
Minister of Innovation and Technology
Ethiopia
REBECCA ENONCHONG
Board Chair
Board Chair AfriLabs and Board Chair ActivSpaces Cameroon
AMBASSADOR DANIEL HUNN
Ambassador of Switzerland to Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan and the African Union
NEKESA WERE
Director of Strategy
AfriLabs
Anna Ekeledo
Executive Director
AfriLabs
Almoustapha Amadou Cisse
Chief Technology Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Christine Ha
Digital & ICT Project manager
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Dr. Celestin monga
Visiting Professor of Economics
University of Paris 1 Paris-Sorbonne and Peking University, France
Dr. Edward Addai
UNICEF Country Representative to Ethiopia and the African Union
nGWENYA PRUDENCE NONKULULEKO
Head of Human Resource and Youth Development
African Union Commission (AUC)
Tomi Dave
President
African Business Angel Network ABAN
LETTY CHIWARA
Representative to Ethiopia, Africa Union and UN Economic Commission for Africa at United Nations Women
Kamran Elahian
Founder and Chairman, Global Innovation Catalyst.
Andrew Rugege
Regional Director for Africa
International Telecommunication Union
Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
BlueMoon, Ethiopia
Mark Ihimoyan
Director of Business Development
(Middle East and Africa) at Microsoft Corporation
ELIZABETH HOWARD
Co-Founder
LelapaFund
KARIM SY
President
Digital Africa
Ben White
Founder
VC4A
TORBJÖRN FREDRIKSSON
Chief at ICT Policy Section
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
Ndeye Absa Gningue
Senior Innovation Officer
African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
Jobs for Youth in Africa
DR. AMAZIGH DIB
Private Sector Coordinator
Pan-African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences
(PAUWES)
Coordinator of PAU
KOLA AINA
Founding Partner
Ventures Platform, Board Member Reliance HMO
Amal Mowafy
Regional Youth Employment Technical Specialist for Africa
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Caroline Gaju
Programme Officer at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Regional Office for Africa
Anzize Yessoufou
Financial Planning & Analysis
Seme City, Benin
Erick Yong
CEO
GreenTech Captial
DR. ANINO EMUWA
Founder
Avandis Women CEO Network
MIchael Oluwagbemi
Executive Partner LoftyInc Ltd
Co-Founder Wennovation
Nigeria
Temitope Isedewo
Director of Programmers
AfriLabs
Khalid Mohammed Ali
Founder of Impact Hub
Khartoum Sudan
Jorge Appiah
Founder of KumasiHive
Ghana
Steve Tchoumba
Business Development Manager
ActivSpaces
Douala, Cameroon
Kudzai Mubaiwa
Strategy Lead
iZone Hub, Zimbabwe
Takunda Chingonzoh
Board Member
MARTIN KARANJA
Market Engagement Director
GSMA
TAYO AKINYEMI
International Consultant
#FastTrackTech in Africa
UN International Trade Centre
Helinna Ayalew
Head of Digital Education
Liquid Telecom
Karen Kaneza
Co-chair of African Diaspora Youth Forumm (ADYFE)
Eiman Kheir
Head of Diaspora Division Citizens and Directorate
Civil Society and Diaspora (CIDO)
Jonas Tesfu
Co-founder and CEO
Pangea Accelerator Sweden
Alain Nkurikiye
Founder and CEO
Wajenzi, Netherland
Mamadou Dakouo
BioWin
Canada
Ama Afrifa - Tchie
AMA Consults
UK
Dr. Wilmot Allen
Founder
VentureLift Africa
Fayelle Ouane
Managing Director
SUGUBA
Amalya Yeghoyan
Business and Regional HighTech Development Manager
Enterprise Incubator Foundation
Armenia
ERICH THALER
Senior Manager
Networks and Global Partnerships
UniBasel
Switzerland
Phumlani Nkontwana
Lecturer
Stellenbosh University
South Africa
Bankole Oluwafemi
Editor in Chief
TechCabal
Tefo Mohapi
Founder
iAfrikan
Stan Getui
Principal
Investments at Luminate Group
Rene Parker
Director
RLabs
South Africa
Linda Bonyo
CEO
Lawyers Hub
Kenya
Fiifi Baidoo
CTO
iSpace Foundation
Ghana
Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr
Media Strategist and Tech Advocate
Fatoumata Niang Niox
Francophone Representative
JOSEPHINE MWANGI
Head of Communications, Marketing and Stakeholder Management, Nailab
Kenya
Chinwe fidelia okoli
Manager of Roar Nigeria Hub and Pioneer Manager of Lion Science Park
University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria
Linda Kwamboka
Board Member
Mark Dodsworth
Director and Cofounder
RedZebra
Puleng Makhoalibe
Head of the Innovation
Creativity and Entreprenuership Division
Henly Business School Africa