Zain Verjee
Zain Verjee Co-founder & CEO aKoma Zain Verjee is one of the world’s most respected and recognized journalists, with 14 years of experience at CNN as an anchor, reporter and profound interviewer. Her passion for Africa has led her to create aKoma, Africa’s premier digital storytelling platform. aKoma wants to capture the diverse and creative... Bio Details →
George Ndirangu
George Ndirangu Presenter CNBC Africa George Ndirangu is currently a Presenter and Senior Producer at CNBC Africa, Africa’s most powerful multi-platform business media brand. He is a Bsc. Actuarial Science holder, and a renowned journalist passionate about finance and ICT. George has conducted interviews from across the world, recent ones being with 8 Heads of... Bio Details →
Kamal Bhattacharya
Kamal Bhattacharya Chief Innovation Officer Safaricom Dr. Kamal Bhattacharya is currently Chief Innovation Officer at Safaricom, responsible for Safaricom's newly established Innovation unit. He has been working in R&D over the last two decades, and has spent the majority of his career at IBM Research. During his time in Kenya he has setup IBM Research... Bio Details →
Wambui Kinya
Wambui Kinya CSO Andela Wambui Kinya is Chief Strategy Officer at Andela, a company that recruits the most talented software engineers on the African continent and pairs them with global tech companies as full-time, distributed team members. Founded on the premise that brilliance is evenly distributed but opportunity is not, Andela has built one of... Bio Details →
Elizabeth Rossiello
Elizabeth Rossiello CEO BitPesa Elizabeth Rossiello co-founded BitPesa Ltd. in 2014 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Elizabeth has worked in Kenya as a Microfinance Analyst and Investment Associate since 2009. She is an expert in East African financial product development and establishing best practices in risk, governance and IT for local banks. Prior... Bio Details →
Chinasa Udeala
Chinasa Udeala Managing Director Songa by Safaricom Chinasa Udeala is the General Manager at Songa by Safaricom a music streaming service partnership between Safaricom and Radio Africa Group based in Kenya. Before Songa by Safaricom, Chinasa was previously Regional Director East Africa for Techno Mobile's Boomplay Music application where he successfully set up the services Kenya... Bio Details →
Lyndsey Duff
Lyndsey Duff Country Manager, what3words Lyndsey Duff is Country Manager - South Africa for what3words, a global addressing system that has divided the world into 3m x 3m squares, each with its own unique 3 word address. Used in everything from emergency response to drone delivery, 3 word addresses allow people to easily communicate a... Bio Details →
Njoki Gichinga
Njoki Gichinga Director of Sales & Partnerships iHub Ms. Njoki J. Gichinga is an accomplished professional from Kenya with nearly 15 of years of experience. She has a proven track record of working with community leaders, high-level administrators, subject-matter experts in a variety of institutions (business, government, academic, multilateral, civil society, NGOs) as well as other... Bio Details →
