Dr. Itoro Emembolu is a Director at TechQuest STEM Academy, a non-profit technology education provider in Nigeria that has delivered digital skills & capability building programs across Africa, impacting over 35,000 people (https://tqstem.org/). She has over 18 years cognate experience in in the areas of Research and Education, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluations (Impact and...

Elodie Nonga-Kenla is a multi-awarded Cameroonian entrepreneur. She is the Founder of WETECH (Women in Entrepreneurship and Technology), EN Group and TOCEN Interiors. She is a consultant in Community building and development, Digital entrepreneurship, and Digital communication. She works with institutions, companies, incubators, communities, and entrepreneurs in Africa and abroad. In 2022, she won under...

Paul Mbua is an Entrepreneur, International Consultant, Trainer, IT Expert, Business Development Expert, Investment Expert, Policy Expert, Ecosystem Architect, IT Expert with over 16 years’ professional experience working in multicultural environment in over 15 African countries working with Local Councils, Companies, Organizations, INGOs, Embassies, Government agencies, Associations, International organizations and funders. He is an ILO...

Berry Numbi is an actor in the digital sector, passionate about innovation, engineering, technology and entrepreneurship with a focus on positioning the DRC in the pan-African and international arena by supporting innovation services and products. nationally through support for entrepreneurship. He is the founder of the Lubumbashi Innovation Center (CINOLU) in December 2015, an innovation...

Lukonga Lindunda is a Startup Ecosystem Builder, Executive Director and Co-founder of The BongoHive Group in Zambia, which includes BongoHive Innovations, an award-winning innovation and technology hub changing the landscape of innovation and entrepreneurship in the region, BongoHive Consult, a digital transformation and innovation consulting firm, and Hive Co-working, a shared workspace facility. Lukonga has...

Barbara is a co-founder and first managing director of Hive Colab, Uganda’s first innovation hub, business accelerator, and incubator for East African technology startups, and whose mission is to build local tech capacity and scale up ideas with positive social and economic returns. She has managed and developed Hive Colab into Uganda’s leading Innovation and...

Ajibola has over a decade of international experience in technology business consulting, advisory, and business case building. He is a market and business strategist, and he’s excellent at mapping industry best practices to attain business objectives. He has experience working in the technology ecosystem in the public and private sectors and his skills cut across...

Olaf is an IT and management professional with more than 15 years of experience in leadership, business development, digitalization and IT management along with profound skills in project and transformation management. After years in the corporate world he decided for a change – since then Olaf has been mentoring start-ups across Africa and Germany. He...