Daniel Yu

Daniel Yu is the founder and Global CEO of Sokowatch, a B2B e-commerce platform with integrated logistics and financing supplying informal retail shops across Africa. Prior to founding Sokowatch, Daniel worked as a software developer for several early-stage startups in the US and attended the University of Chicago where he focused on International Studies and […]

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Victor N. Mose

Victor N. Mose is the Deputy Director and Head of Biostatistical Services at African Conservation Centre- Amboseli program. He has a PhD in Biomathematics. Victor’s current works are on spatial data analysis and modelling of large mammal migrations, interactive database creation and Bioinformatics. He is also working on a mathematical model that links local community […]

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Stéphane Momo Takoudjou

Stéphane MOMO Takoudjou is a researcher in remote sensing and ecology of tropical ecosystems. He is conducting a Post-Doctorate study at IRD on the establishment of allometric equations specific to the clear forest (Miombo) of the Democratic Republic of Congo derived from Terrestrial LiDAR data. […]

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Mouna Fahr

Mouna Fahr is a Professor of Plant Biotechnology and Physiology at Mohammed V University, Faculty of Sciences in Rabat, Morocco. She is leading research and education activities in Plant Biotechnology. She was laureate of the L’OREAL-UNESCO scholarship for women and science Maghreb 2015. Her research interests include physiological and molecular aspects of plants tolerance and […]

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Wanja Dorothy Nyingi

Wanja, as she is commonly known, studied at the University of Nairobi where she attained an undergraduate degree in Zoology and Master of Science in Hydrobiology (1998 and 2002). Thereafter she studied at the University of Montpellier 2 and attained a second Masters and a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2004 and 2007). She […]

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Abdoulaye Faty

Abdoulaye Faty is a young researcher in hydrology and ecohydrology, from the Department of Geography at the University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD, Dakar, Sénégal). From 2015, he is a researcher of the international research unit RESILIENCE, co-shared between IRD (France), UCAD (Sénégal), UFHB (Côte d’Ivoire), UT (Madagascar). After a PhD on the use of […]

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Samir Abdelkrim

Samir Abdelkrim – entrepreneur and former columnist for major international journals including Le Monde, Les Echos and the HuffPost – is the French expert on African innovation and has published over 400 analyses, reports and interviews in twenty different European and African media since 2013. He travelled the length and breadth of Africa between 2013 […]

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Paula Ingabire

Paula Ingabire is a Rwandan technology enthusiast, who currently serves as the Minister of ICT and Innovation in the Government of Rwanda. Prior to her appointment as Minister, she served as Head of the ICT Business Development Department at the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and coordinator of the Kigali Innovation City Project, a flagship program […]

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Kendi Nderitu

Kendi Nderitu has built a career in big tech, having worked for Intel, HP, Check Point and Oracle, and was recently appointed as Microsoft’s Country Leader in Kenya. She holds great enthusiasm for the potential that technology has to accelerate trade in Africa and has been instrumental in helping various organisations develop strategic digital road […]

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Kevin Maina

Kevin Maina is a passionate environmental entrepreneur who leans more towards the circular economy sector and is an experienced recycling expert.He is the Founder of Eco Blocks & Tiles, a company that has pioneered the manufacture of Eco-friendly building materials such as roofing tiles made from recycled plastics and sand in Kenya. They do this […]

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