Honorable Felix Chipota Mutati is one of Zambia’s long standing politicians. He was appointed as the Minister of Technology and Science by H. E. Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia, in September 2021. Hon. Mutati was one of the first ACCA members in Zambia. He is the very first ever ACCA global advocacy...
Flo Mosoane is an entrepreneur with businesses in AgriFood and Bioscience. She is also a startup ecosystem developer and business growth specialist based in South Africa. Flo is the Founder and MD of FoodMakers Africa. An AgriFood innovation consultancy that collaborates with global impact organisations to build effective support frameworks for Agritech and Foodtech businesses...
Charles is an IT professional with nearly 2 decades of cognate experience in IT Strategy, Business Transformation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is a serial entrepreneur and an information technology systems architect. He holds an Engineering degree from University of Nigeria, has attended Management programs at Lagos Business School, Harvard University and obtained a diploma in...
John Rexford Nzira is a big believer in the future of today’s youth. He has been working at Twende Social Innovation Center since 2018 and serving as the Executive Director since 2020. John’s daily mission is to inspire and equip the youth with training in creativity, innovative thinking, and practical “hands-on” implementation. He has progressively...
Maurice is an innovative and versatile organizational leader specializing in sustainable social enterprise growth and implementing impact business transformation. A quality acknowledged by VIVO Energy International having been honored with the Reputation Builders award for his work on social innovation in creating a recycling program and creative capacity building for communities, corporate bodies, and waste...
Franciscah Nzanga is the Chief Operations Officer at Villgro Africa. Here she oversees the company’s Africa wide operations and spearheads the organisation’s corporate expansion strategy. She has a wide portfolio of experience in Operations, Programs, and Innovations, having worked with diverse teams that span across Africa, Asia, Europe and the US. She has set-up and...
Christopher Odongo is the CEO of WYLDE International Ltd and co-founder of SNDBX. He is an entrepreneurship ecosystem builder and believes in developing partnerships to catalyse the success of entrepreneurs across Africa. He is a strategic planning consultant and business coach with 22 years experience working with SMEs across Africa. He is creative and practical...
Mrs. Jane Mubanga Chinkusu is Director, Science and Technology at the Ministry of Higher Education. She holds a Master of Science in Water Environment Resource Management from the International Institute of Infrastructural Hydraulic and Environment engineering in the Netherlands, A Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Science, Chemistry and a post graduate Diploma in Limnology...
Nuria is a program officer at the United Nations International Trade Center and an entrepreneurship ecosystems development expert. She has led the publication of 19 Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystem Diagnostic reports, including the one published in 2019 for the Zambian ecosystem. She has also conducted ecosystem and network building initiatives working with hubs in Africa, Asia,...
Patrick is a Business Development Strategist with more than 20 years of engagement at Senior Management in the Private Sector, Quasi-Government and NGOs. Patrick has for many years done Consultancy work and Lecturing in Entrepreneurship Development. Has designed and implemented multiple local, regional and international enterprise development programs/projects in mindset transformation, eco-inclusive enterprise development and...