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Richard Seshie
Richard Seshie
Richard Seshie Founder Blue Bag Richard Seshie is passionate about boosting startup ecosystems in Africa and beyond. As a former founder of a startup in Ghana and having visited over 20 African countries; he witnessed first hand the challenges and obstacles faced by entrepreneurs in under ressourced and maturing ecosystems. Currently as the founder of...
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Rose Muturi
Rose Muturi East Africa Regional Manager at TALA Rose Muturi is currently leading an exceptional team as East Africa Regional Manager at TALA, overseeing operations in Kenya and Tanzania and has a background is in Statistics and Information Technology. Was named one of Kenya’s Top 40 Women Under 40 in Business Daily – 2015.  Also a laureate...
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Simeon Ononobi
Simeon Ononobi Co-founder & CEO ThankUCash Simeon Ononobi is the current CEO and co-founder of ThankUCash, a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African Banks and Businesses.   ThankUCash has just concluded the integration into over 177,000 payment terminals in Nigeria. ThankUCash serves businesses of all sizes - from startups, small retailers, big bucks stores...
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Ope Olugasa
Ope Olugasa MD, LawPavilion Ope Olugasa is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Lagos Business School, and Robet Kennedy College, University of Cumbria. He recently concluded a Management Executive Education in Artificial Intelligence at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He stated his career in Information Technology at the Nigerian Bottling Company Plc (authorized...
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Ridwan Oloyede
Ridwan Oloyede Associate Famsville Solicitors Ridwan Oloyede is an associate at Famsville Solicitors, Nigeria. He is a young, confident and dynamic legal practitioner who loves research into emerging practice areas like cybersecurity and policy, data protection, biotechnology and bio-medicine. He is a digital rights enthusiast and a member of Netrights Coalition. Ridwan is also a member of...
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Pk Malinz
Pk Malinz Founder & CEO Digest Africa  Pk Malinz is the Founder and CEO of Digest Africa, an online media and research company that makes it easy to find fact-checked data about the African tech startup ecosystem. Currently, Digest Africa's website has up-to-date data on 1,000+ funding deals worth over $2.5 billion, 1,000+ fast-growing startups,...
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Nankunda Katangaza
Nankunda Katangaza Co-founder Africa Legal Tech Network Nankunda Katangaza, Co-founder Africa Legal Tech Network (ALT Network). The ALT Network was born in response to the fast-growing tech sector in Africa and the tech and innovation needs of law firms and legal institutions on the continent. The ALT Network is a hub for collaboration, creativity, information...
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Marcello Schermer
Marcello Schermer Head of International Yoco Marcello is in charge of international expansion at Yoco, one of the leading African fintech startups. Yoco helps over 95.000 SMEs in South Africa thrive by helping them accept digital payments and manage their business with digital tools and services. In his role, he is tasked with expanding Yoco’s...
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Israel Bimpe
Israel Bimpe Zipline International  Israel Bimpe is a pharmacist and currently works on the National Implementation team of Zipline International in Rwanda where he manages the integration of Zipline into the Rwandan healthcare system, the national airspace and the technology ecosystem. Previously he was Country Manager for GLOBHE in Rwanda where he was responsible for...
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Michael Felix Ngugi
Michael Felix Ngugi Technology Officer CyberSpeak LC Michael Felix Ngugi is the Technology Officer at CyberSpeak LC, a Cyber Security Engineer and a cyber security consultant at Villbo Group Limited. During his time in the cyber security industry, he has been involved in various security projects creating more cyber resilience in industries he has been...
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