Fatiha Charradi is currently Vice President in charge of Agricultural Development- Domestic Market in OCP Group. She is an Intrapreneur, an experienced leader and a passionate advocate for entrepreneurs and farmers. As an intrapreneur, Fatiha spent 18 years in major Moroccan and multinational companies. In 2008, Fatiha joined OCP as a key resource in the Chairman’s office. […]
Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh is Healthcare Innovation Lead at the Philips Foundation and Senior Advisor on Innovation & Technology in the UN SDGPP. He has over 20 years of experience in end-user-centric innovation, claim validation and data driven research. Before this role, he was heading Philips Research Africa, based in Nairobi. He established Philips Research Africa […]
Kamel Haddar, a French-Algerian dual citizen. Kamel graduated from ESCP Europe, a top 3 French institution, with a degree in marketing and computer science. After graduation, he worked at 3M in London for two years and later, as a strategy consultant at BearingPoint in Paris for seven years. After solding his first startup, Kamel founded […]
Dr. Kommy Weldemariam is a Master Inventor and the Chief Scientist of IBM Research – Africa with responsibilities for overseeing scientific and technical direction. Dr. Weldemariam has been at the forefront of advancing the frontiers of AI and blockchain, while also ensuring these technologies are applied towards solving Africa’s grand challenges. He has utilized these […]
Viola Llewellyn is the co-founder and President of Ovamba Solutions, Inc., an award-winning African “TradeTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies to serve African SMEs in the trade & commodities sectors. Ovamba’s solutions combine innovative Sharia compliant structures with eCommerce, logistics services, and technology to drive financial inclusion and growth. In 2018, Ovamba was selected […]
Rebecca founded CIFAR’s global knowledge mobilization practice in 2014, bringing together experts in industry, civil society, healthcare and government to accelerate the societal impact of CIFAR’s research programs. In 2017, she was responsible for the launch of CIFAR’s AI & Society program to support international working groups and thought leadership on the questions AI poses […]
Peter is an experienced data scientist, and serves as head of DataLab at the French Development Agency (AFD), Paris, France. He holds a double PhD in Applied Mathematics and Economics since 2014. He previously worked at the French National Center for Scientific research (CNRS) as a researcher, and at the French National railway company (SNCF) […]
Yvonne is the founder and CEO of Nexakili, a professional network of African and African-diaspora health professionals and scientists, whose mission is to connect African experts across the globe, circulate scientific knowledge, and accelerate the availability of innovative medicine in Africa. Yvonne did her undergraduate studies in biology and chemistry in Canada, followed by a […]
Kathleen is an AI Researcher who is Regional Coordinator of the Artificial Intelligence for Development – Africa Network. She is keen to connect African AI researchers, policy makers and practitioners, and to strengthen their work through creating platforms for collaboration and access to resources. She has worked with AI communities on the African continent for […]
Luisa has over 30 years been involved in studies of HPV carcinogenesis and vaccine studies to prevent these infections. Her laboratory developed the first high throughput methods for HPV genotyping and implemented these methods in the landmark The Ludwig-McGill HPV Natural History Cohort (NCI, NIH, CA70269), which she co-led for over 15 years. This epidemiologic […]