Arjuna Costa is a Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures. He co-manages Flourish, with a primary focus on venture investing across emerging markets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Before Flourish, Arjuna was a partner at Omidyar Network, where he built a global portfolio of early-stage, inclusive fintech companies. Before that, he invested equity and debt...
Judith Mwaya is a Senior Tech Policy Analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Her work at the institute revolves around the intersection of technology, public policy, and economic development. She has worked on delivering projects centering on Fostering Local Innovation in Africa, Data Governance Frameworks for Developing Economies, and Web 3 Applications...
Ms. Prudence Ngwenya is the current Acting Director of the Women, Gender and Youth Director and also the substantive Head of the Division of the Youth Development and Engagement Division at the African Union Commission (AUC). Her main responsibilities include leading and providing strategic guidance on the AUC’s mandate on Youth Development while providing strategic...
She believes agribusiness+tech is the only economic sector that can address the most pressing problems facing the world today. Nana Adjoa A. Sifa is an award winning Ghanaian Social Entrepreneur helping Female Agribusiness Founders to make impact and income. Through Guzakuza, a company she founded, she has inspired and nurtured over 5,000 young women from...
Senior expert at ITC&DIH AGRIFOOD. PhD in agriculture. Experienced project manager with more than 10 years of experience in leading research and development projects in the field of agriculture and food in agri-food companies. Interdisciplinary activities. Knowledge in the field of organisation, planning, economic efficiency and management of the most demanding R&D projects, as well...
Buffy Okeke-Ojiudu is a Nigerian businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Zebra Group, an organisation with interests in agro-processing, media and economic development. Buffy is the founder of Zebra Agro-Industries, an agro-processing & technology company that works alongside rural communities and State governments to develop agricultural businesses. Zebra aims to create sustainable jobs,...
Christian Ntieche is a Consultant and Business Development Specialist with over 10 years of experience in supporting and developing innovative African startups. A versatile engineer in business incubation, cooperation project management, local economy development, green economy, social entrepreneurship and social impact measurement, Christian is also co-founder and CEO of IT KOLA, a social innovation hub...
Mr. Francis Omorojie is an innovation enthusiast and a venture builder with over 7 years of supporting both start-ups and innovation ecosystems across Africa. He also provides innovation consultancy services to global organizations such as the United Nations ITC, DW Akademie, European Business and Innovation Network, Practical Education Network and more. Francis is the Founder...
Noémie Hailu is the Program Manager for the Africa Innovation Mradi at Mozilla Corporation, where she manages initiatives, partnerships, events, and promotes Mozilla’s work and specifically Lean Data Practices in the Africa region. Noémie has over 10 years of experience in international affairs across policy, campaigning, and program implementation. Before Mozilla, she worked on conflict resolution and peacebuilding, and has a background...
Nneka Ekechukwu-Soyinka is a Sr. Privacy Manager at Mozilla Corporation and the Lean Data Practices Lead for the Africa Innovation Mradi. She started her career as a Security & Privacy Consultant at Deloitte before transitioning to industry where she would say her privacy career really began. Having worked for two Fortune 100 companies (The Coca-Cola Company and Cisco Systems), Nneka brings global...