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Henri Nyakarundi
Henri Nyakarundi CEO & Founder A-R-E-D Henri Nyakarundi is a native Rwandan who moved to the US in 1996 to study computer science. After graduation, he soon realized that a 9-5 was not his calling, and he was an entrepreneur at heart. Over the next 10 years, he founded and developed trucking and construction businesses...
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Kwame Acheampong
Kwame Acheampong Head of Africa MallforAfrica Kwame Acheampong is an experienced technologist and entrepreneur, with over 20 years of experience in transactional systems across several sectors including investment banking  and internet. He currently is the Head of Africa for MallforAfrica a Helios backed ecommerce & fulfillment platform serving Africa & Middle East. Prior to that...
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Clément Uwajeneza
Clément Uwajeneza Country Director Andela Clément Uwajeneza is the Country Director at Andela in Kigali, a technology company that helps companies build high performing distributed engineering teams by investing in Africa’s most talented software developers. Founded on the premise that brilliance is evenly distributed, Andela - whose centres are in Lagos, Kampala, Nairobi, San Francisco and...
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Niki Neumann
Niki Neumann Managing Director AFGRI Technology Services An innovation specialist and the Managing Director at AFGRI Technology Services, Niki Neumann is focussed on driving innovation and supporting entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of food and agriculture. Niki has been instrumental in setting up the innovation capabilities and innovation strategy within AFGRI Group Holdings, while...
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Adeleke Alex-Adedipe
Adeleke Alex-Adedipe Partner DOA Lawyer Adeleke is a corporate commercial lawyer and the Partner in charge of the Technology, Media and Telecommunication (“TMT”) practice in the Lagos office of Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe (“The Firm”), a fast growing full-service commercial law firm in Nigeria that provides a wide range of expert legal services to a...
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Uche Ogboi
Uche Ogboi Principal EchoVC Partners Uche Ogboi is a Principal, Investments at EchoVC Partners–a Pan-African tech and tech-enabled stage and sector gnostic venture capital firm.  She has analysed and invested in startups across various sectors including healthcare,fintech, telecoms and agriculture. She sits on the boards of three portfolio companies and mentors several founders in the...
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Miguel Granier
Miguel Granier Founder/Director, Invested Development Miguel Granier is the Founder/Managing Director of Invested Development (ID), a Boston-based impact investment management firm. Before founding ID, Miguel, was the founding Investment Manager for First Light Ventures and founder of MCAP Consulting. Early in his career he served as a loan officer for ACCION New York. Miguel has...
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Sora Yago
Sora Yago Director of Finance and Operations Officer VoxAfrica Sora is the Director of Finance and Operations Officer for VoxAfrica Ltd.’s Francophone and Anglophone platforms. Also, currently a member of the decision-making panel for the bank of England, Sora aids in the collection of information on how business conditions are changing in these times of...
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Kevin Y. Brown
Kevin Y. Brown Founder Legacy Thinking Labs Award winning Entrepreneur, International Speaker and Author Kevin Y. Brown brings his audience members high energy, authentic presentations that provide tangible takeaways to engage them in creating the results and life that they desire. Born to a young drug addicted mother, Kevin entered the California Foster Care system...
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Michael Oluwagbemi
Michael Oluwagbemi Co-founder & Executive Partner at LoftyInc   Michael Oluwagbemi is Co-founder & Executive Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited (operator of the Wennovation Hub and LoftyInc Capital Management USA) and a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Electrical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University; Michael Oluwagbemi also earned a Masters Degree from the University...
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