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Wambui Kinya
Wambui Kinya Vice President of Success Andela Wambui Kinya is the Vice President of Success at Andela, 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 has built one of the most selective engineering...
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Chi Onwurah
Chi Onwurah Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central Shadow Minister for Industrial Strategy, Science & Innovation Chi Onwurah is a British Member of Parliament representing Newcastle upon Tyne Central and is also Shadow Minister for Industrial Strategy Science & Innovation. From Sept 2015-October 2016 Chi was Shadow Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy....
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Tokunboh Ishmael
Tokunboh Ishmael Co-founder Alitheia Capital  Tokunboh is co-founder and managing director of Alitheia Capital, a Nigeria based investment management and advisory firm focused on channelling private equity investments into businesses to enhance access to finance, energy and housing for small and growing businesses, and low-income households. Alitheia Capital is the manager of the GWAMDC financial...
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Saidah Nash Carter
Saidah Nash Carter Head of Innovation Thomson Reuters Saidah Nash Carter is Head of Innovation at Thomson Reuters Labs.  She is a builder of new experiences for new platforms. She began her career creating multimedia news services for early internet sensations like Yahoo and AOL, nearly 15 years ago. She's a digital business native with a...
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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 shaping the future of food and agriculture. Her focus is to bring together the greatest minds, technology and products to identify exponential solutions to solve agriculture’s biggest challenges. Niki has been instrumental...
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Boko Inyundo
Boko Inyundo Founder, The Sixth D Boko Inyundo is the Founder of “The Sixth D”, a consultancy delivering innovative strategy, business development and marketing solutions stimulating growth for venture capital, private equity and other investment funds, plus early-stage companies in their portfolio, operating in various sectors across Africa. He focuses on social and sustainable impact...
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Manji Cheto
Manji Cheto London Stock Exchange Manji joined the Primary Markets team at the London Stock Exchange Group in December 2017 to lead on IPO origination from Africa. In this role, she advises clients from the region on listing options, ways to raise capital, corporate governance, investor relations and continuing obligations on LSE. Additionally, Ms Cheto...
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Emem Rita Usanga
Emem Rita Usanga Co-Lead TLA Africa Emem is the Founder & CEO of Bnkability, a tech platform automating the African infrastructure project vetting process. She is also Co-Lead of TLA Africa, Strategy Committee member of Ada's List, London chapter Lead for the Interaction Design Foundation and mentors for a number of accelerator programmes including Seedcamp...
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Sinclair Skinner
Sinclair Skinner Co-Founder BitMari Sinclair Skinner is Co-Founder of BitMari, the largest Pan-African Bitcoin wallet provider that is using blockchain technology to open doors of financial inclusion and economic empowerment. BitMari has been among the most successful bitcoin companies in Africa and is the first to partner with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to lower...
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Charlotte Ward
Charlotte Ward Senior Partner AHL Ventures Charlotte Ward joined AHL Ventures in 2014. From her base in the UK, she leads AHL's relationships with a number of portfolio companies, and sits on many Boards and Advisory Committees. Ms. Ward has experience in investment banking, project finance and managing small business development support programs in emerging...
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