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Edem Kwame Dotse
Edem Kwame Dotse
Edem Kwame Dotse CEO of Swiftly CEO of Swiftly, Edem Kwame Dotse, Age 25 , graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Ghana in 2013. Shortly after, he started working at Paul Mageus Entreprise; an import,export and trading company based in Ghana. Edem soon got first-hand insight into Freight Forwarding, he...
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Chika Chukwujekwu
Chika Chukwujekwu Africa Business Group Lead PWC Chika is a forensic accountant with extensive international experience in forensic investigations, due diligence, litigation support to court cases, disputes, fraud risks and controls, and regulatory and legal compliance. She has over 9 years of experience across a wide range of industries, including financial services, public sector, energy...
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Samuel Ajadi - Insights Manager at the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerato
Samuel Ajadi
Samuel Ajadi Insights Manager - GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Sam Ajadi is an Insights Manager at the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator. His role involves providing mobile operators and start-ups across Africa and Asia with innovation intelligence. Prior to joining GSMA, Sam was an Analyst at research and consulting firm IHS Markit, covering Africa and the Middle East...
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Lanre Akinola
Lanre Akinola Editor of African Business Lanre Akinola is the Editor of African Business, IC Publications. He is the former Editor of This Is Africa at the Financial Times and a non-executive director at the UK’s Business Council for Africa. Lanre is a 2014 Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow. 4th Feb - Side Events Day 1...
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Yannick Lefang, KASI Insight
Yannick Lefang
Yannick Lefang CEO at KASI Insight Yannick is the Founder & CEO at KASI Insight, Africa’s most innovative research and advisory company that empower business leaders and organizations with reliable consumer data and actionable insights. KASI Insight solves problems that present challenges for most firms doing business in Africa – lack of fresh local market...
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Alexia Christie is a partner in the Technology, Media, Telecommunications & Intellectual Property Practice at Webber Wentzel.
Alexia Christie
Alexia Christie Partner Webber Wentzel Alexia Christie is a partner in the Technology, Media, Telecommunications & Intellectual Property Practice at Webber Wentzel. Alexia is a highly experienced technology lawyer, with over 17 years of experience as well as very practical in-house counsel insights from her previous roles within the Naspers group (a large multinational ecommerce...
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Erik Hersman
Erik Hersman
Erik Hersman CEO BRCK Erik Hersman is an entrepreneur and technologist focused on advancing the use of technology in Africa. He is the CEO of BRCK which creates software and hardware solutions for connectivity in frontier markets.  In 2010 he founded the iHub, Nairobi’s innovation hub for the technology community, bringing together entrepreneurs, hackers, designers and the investment...
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Tomi Davies
Tomi Davies President of the African Business Angels Network (ABAN) Harry Tomi Davies (TD) is an ICT Expert with a background of technology management for FTSE 100 level companies in the UK, US and Africa. He directs and advises a broad range of organisations globally, writes and blogs (occasionally) while maintaining a significant network of...
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Jessica Francisca Colaço is a TED fellow and co-founded Brave Venture Labs
Jessica Francisca Colaço
Jessica Francisca Colaço Co-founder Brave Venture Labs Jessica Francisca Colaço is a TED fellow and co-founded Brave Venture Labs based in Nairobi and San Francisco with Ibanga Umanah; East Africa’s first Network Science Lab and Brave Academy. Brave Academy is career accelerator for emerging professions in data science, design, and entrepreneurship. She co-founder the iHub...
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