Nathalie Munyampenda is the Managing Director of the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). The NEF is driving Africa’s scientific agenda through the premier science and innovation conference on the continent as well as organizing a coordinated Africa Science Week in over 35 countries. As part of making science more accessible, Nathalie is Editor-in-chief […]
George Ndirangu is a journalist at the BBC. Before that, he was Senior Presenter and Producer at CNBC Africa and holder of Rwanda’s 2017 Media Personality Award. He is a BSc. Actuarial Science holder. George has conducted interviews and panels globally, recently with 8 Heads of State at the Transform Africa Summit, (including Rwanda’s Paul […]
Moina Spooner is The Conversation Africas East and Francophone Africa Editor. Moina has extensive media experience, as a journalist, researcher and editor. She has written widely on a variety of pan-African issues having previously worked for Africa Review (The Nation Media Group) and Mail & Guardian Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya. […]
Esther Kunda is the NEF’s Policy, Innovation and Community of Scientists Manager. She manages the development of the NEF policy initiatives and works closely with the NEF Community of Scientists on various programs including ensuring a successful NEF Africa Science. She also provides supports Scientific African, the NEF journal. She previously was the Programs and […]
Evelyn Gitau is the Director of Research Capacity Strengthening division at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) where her main role is to expand opportunities for African scholars to become research leaders and to support the growth of APHRCs signature fellowship program, Consortia for Advanced Training in Africa (CARTA). Evelyn was previously a […]
Tolu Oni is a Public Health Physician-Scientist and urban epidemiologist, joint lead of the University of Cambridge Global Diet and Activity Research programme, and Honorary Associate Professor in Public Health at the University of Cape Town. She also leads the Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity (RICHE Africa). RICHE Africa, a collaborative of transdisciplinary […]
Talla Ndiaye is involved in extending Senegal’s use of Data Intelligence. A specialist in Information Systems focusing on Big Data, he graduated from the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique, Dakar and Supinfo International University, Paris. After working as technical consultant in EPM/BI/Big Data in Paris for Auchan, Casino, Gemalto, Air Liquide, Galderma International, etc., he is now […]
Ghada Bassioni is a Professor and the Head of the Chemistry Division at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University in Cairo and is a member of the Egyptian National Committee for Pure and Applied Chemistry and has been recently elected to the Bureau of the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). She […]
Raïssa, a physicist by training, is an international education consultant, promoter of Science and Technology Week in the DRC and Ambassador of the Next Einstein Forum for the DRC (2017-2019). She currently heads the Education Project for the Quality and Relevance of Education at the Secondary and University Levels for the Congolese Ministry of Primary, […]
Rachel is the founder of Malawi’s first technology and innovation hub, mHub. She serves as Program Director at the United Nations Foundation’s Digital Impact Alliance. She leads sector-wide big data for development demonstration models in Africa. Rachel became a Google Scholar in 2015, being a recipient of Google’s scholarship for outstanding computer science students from around […]