Venue
Place Bab Jdid
Place Bab Jdid, Place Bab Jdid, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco

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Event Date Wed May 31 EAT - Fri Jun 2 EAT (over 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue May 30 5:00pm - Thu Jun 1 5:00pm
Location Place Bab Jdid
Place Bab Jdid, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
Region EMEA
Details

As a global hub bridging the EMEA region with access to a combined population of 2.5 billion people and connecting 80 global cities, Morocco has always been a destination of choice hosting a large international community and has favorable business environment that ranks it 1st among 141 countries in inflation stability and the World’s 5th most competitive destination for Tech R&D.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

He Ghita Mezour
Minister Of Digital Transition And Administration Reform

He Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama
Minister Of State For Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy And Remote Work Applications

He Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti
Head Of The UAE Cybersecurity Council, UAE Government

He Cina Lawson
Minister Of Digital Economy And Transformation, Togo

Brigadier General El Mostafa Rabii
Director Of The Center For Monitoring, Detection, And Response To Cyber-Attacks, DGSSI

He Belete Molla
Minister, Ministry Of Innovation And Technology

He Lacina Koné
Director General, Smart Africa

He Joseph Le
Minister Of Public Service And Administrative Reforms

Ibrahima Guimba-saidou
Special Advisor To President Of Niger And CEO, National Agency For Information Society (Ansi)

Jack Selby
Managing Director, Thiel Capital

He Ahmed Reda Chami
President, Cese (The Moroccan Economic, Social And Environmental Council)

Jerome Henrique
CEO Middle East & Africa, Orange

Tonny Bao
Vice President, Huawei

Umar Garba Danbatta
Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission (Ncc)

Yassine Laghzioui
CEO, UM6P Ventures

Dr. Ray O. Johnson
CEO, Technology Innovation Institute (Tii)

Richard Okyere-Fosu
Director General, National Information Technology Agency

Dr Thierry Lestable
Executive Director, AI And Digital Science Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute (Tii)

He Désiré-cashmir Kolonele Eberande
Minister Of Digital Transformation, Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Habiba Ben Barka
Chief Of Africa Section, UNCTAD

Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi
Secretary General, United Cities And Local Governments Africa (Uclg)

Abdeslam Ahizoune
CEO, Maroc Telecom

Excellence Monsieur Khalid Safir
Director General, CDG (Caisse De Depot Et De Gestion)

Azeddine El Mountassir Billah
CEO, INWI

Younes Idrissi Kaitouni
Director General, DGI (Moroccan General Directorate Of Taxation)

Karim Achngli
President, Region Of Souss Massa

Mehdi Tazi
General Vice President, General Confederation Of Moroccan Companies (CGEM)

Zouhair Mohammed El Aoufir
Director General, Moroccan AIrport Authority (ONDA)

Othmane Benjelloun
President, Professional Group Of Banks In Morocco (GPBM)

Saeed Al Gergawi
Vice President, Dubai Chamber Of Digital Economy

Mbarka Bouaida
President, Regional Council Of Guelmim-oued Noun And President Of The Association Of Regions Of Morocco

Amnah Ajmal
Executive Vice President, Market Development, Eastern Europe, Middle East And Africa, Mastercard

Bill Liao
General Partner, SOSV

Abderrahim El Hafidi
Director General, Onee

H.E. Syed Amin Ul Haque
Minister Of Information Technology And Communications, Pakistan

Mohammed Tawfik Mouline
Director General, The Royal Institute For Strategic Studies

El Hadi Chaibainou
Director General, The Professional Grouping Of Banks In Morocco

Loni Prinsloo
Africa Deals Correspondent, Bloomberg LP

Dr. Marwan Alzarouni
CEO, Dubai Blockchain Centre?

Mohamed Benomar
Country General Manager, Middle East And North Africa West, Mastercard

Nabyl Lakhdar
Secretary General, Ministry Of Economy And Finance

Robert Aouad
CEO, Isocel Telecom

George Njuguna
CIO, Safaricom

Mark Kleyner
Partner, Dream Vc

Alice Higiro
Project Director, Ministry Of ICT And Innovation

He Ousman Bah
Minister, Ministry Of Communications And Digital Economy

He Ousmane Gaoual Diallo
Minister Of Post, Telecommunication & Digital Economy, Congo

Nathalie Akon Gabala
Executive Director, Pan African Programs, Mastercard Foundation

Saad El Khadiri
Director Of Regulation And Strategy, DGSSI

Giovanni Zazzerini
Secretary General, INSME

Hicham El Habti
President, Mohammed Vi Polytechnic University

Zachariah George
Managing Partner, Launch Africa Ventures

Younes Benakki
Secretary General Of The Economic, Social And Enviromental Council, Morocco

Tesi Rusagara
Managing Director, Kigali Innovation City

Mohammed Amin
Senior Vice President, Ceemeta, Dell Technologies

He Eucario Bakale Angue Oyana
Minister Of Public Administration And Reforms, Equatorial Guinea

Marc Nolla
Vice President Solution Advisory And Innovation, SAP

Freddy Mpinda
Senior Advisor To The Minister, Ministry Of Digital Transformation

Majid Lahlou
Director General, Ministry Of Agriculture, Maritime Fishing, Rural Development And Water And Forests

He Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu
Executive Governor, Lagos State

Juliana Rotich
Head Of Fintech, Safaricom

Regis Louis
Vice President Product Strategy, EMEA, Oracle

Hicham Chiguer
President, Ausim

Sidi Dhaker
Special Advisor To Governor, Central Bank Of Mauritania

Dr. Salim Al Malik
Director General, Icesco

Simon See
Global Head Of Nvidia AI Technology Centre, Nvidia Corporation

Anar Gabil Oghlu Karimov
Former Minister Of Culture, Republic Of Azerbajan

Steve Nouri
Founder, Ai4diversity

Dr Shaoshan Liu
Founder/CEO, Perceptin

Prince Randy Koussou Sogan
Executive Chairman, Black Lion Group

Mikael Hajjar
General Partner, P1 Ventures

Aishah Ahmad
Deputy Governor, Central Bank Of Nigeria

David Behr
CEO, Liquid Cloud And Cyber Security, Cassava Technologies

Saad Toma
General Manager, IBM Mena

H.E. Jean-laurent Syssa-magale
Minister Of Higher Education, Central African Republic

Gilles Babinet
Co-Chairman, French Digital Council

Ngozi Megwa
Senior Vice President, Digital Partners And Enablers, Mastercard

Dr Samir Rachidi
CEO, Iresen

Mohamed Issa
Regional Directorr, CMEA, ESRI

Bertrand Levy
Vice President Global Licensing & Brand Partnerships, The Sandbox

Konstantin Hapkemeyer
Investment Manager, Seedstars

Mareme Dieng
Africa Lead, 500 Global

Hamza Madrani
Business Development Representative, Indrive

Siim Sikut
Former Government CIO, Estonia

Dr. Adel Al Sharji
COO, Presightai

Dadouda Gueye
Vice Mayor, Dakar

Khalil Nossair
Director Of Cybersecurity Assistance, Training, Control & Expertise, DGSS

Mohamed Anwar Maree Hafez
Group CISO, Central Bank Of Egypt

He Deemah Alyahya
Secretary General, Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO)

Ashim Egunjobi
Managing Partner, Octerra Capital

Cándido Ncogo Engono Nchama
Vice Minister Of Telecoms, Equatorial Guinea

Shruti Chandrasekhar
Africa Regional Lead, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Mohammed Drissi Melyani
CEO, Digital Development Agency

Charlly Li
VP, Northern Africa Cloud Ecosystem & Partner Development Dept, Huawei

Youssef AIt Kaddour
Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Huawei

Mohamed Fekrat
Chairman Of The Management Of Board, Credit Agricole

​Mohammed Bouramtane
Director Of Development, Onee (National Electricity And Water Office)

Hong-eng Koh
Global Chief Government Industry Scientist, Huawei Technologies

Dorothy Mcauliffe
Special Representative For Global Partnership, US State Department

Imade Elbaraka
CEO, Africa Francophone, Deloitte

Aristotle Onumo
Acting Director Corporate Planning And Strategy, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

Karim Benkirane
Chief Commercial Officer, DU

Dr. Chen-Yu Lee
Taipei Smart City Director, Taipei City

Marijn Fraanje
Chief Digital Officer, City Of The Hague

Fadila Leturcq
Board Member At The French Federation For Future And Senior Advisor, French Administration

Chamsoudini Mzaouiyani
Director General, Digital Development Agency

Mounir Nakhla
Founder & CEO, MNT-Halan

Tomiwa Aladekomo
CEO, Tech Cabal

Abdoulaye S. Doucouré
Head Of ICT, Afripol

Ram Lisaey
Head Of Global Agronomy, Netafim

Oscar Ondo
CEO, Gitge

Kushal Shah
Managing Director - Corporate Venture Capital, E& Capital - Arm Of E& / Etisalat

Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei
Director And Co-founder, Al-cross Center Unit, Technology Innovation Institute (Tii)

Dr. James Grieve
Director – Quantum Communications, Quantum Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute (Tii)

Elodie Robin
Head Of Growth & Strategy, Hub71, Abu Dhabi Global Tech Hub

Rajaa Assade
Head Of Marketing B2B, Orange Maroc

David Adeleke
Africa Editor, Rest Of World

Neda Al-daihani
General Manager, SACGC

Sithembile Songo
Group CISO, Eskom Holdings

Stephane Kablan Allou
Chief Financial Officer, Digital Africa

Aby Agina
Senior Anchor & Producer, CNBC Africa

Mohammad Shokoohi-yekta
Lead Data And Applied Scientist, Microsoft

Hamza Rkha Chaham
Co-founder, Sowit

Jong Yoon Kim
CEO, Yanolja

Alicia Levine
COO, Chipper Cash

Mustapha Zaouini
Chairman, AI In Africa

Aurelie Jacquet
Chair Of Standards, Australia Committee On Artificial Intelligence

Charlot Magayi
Founder, Mukuru Clean Stoves

Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni
Executive President, AI Movement

John Omo
Secretary-General, African Telecommunications Union

Samiya Abdulkadir Godu
President, Ethiopian Youth Entrepreneurs Association (EYEA)

Natalya Makarochkina
Senior Vice President, International, Secure Power, Energy Management Business, Schneider Electric

Albert Antwi-Bosiako
Director General, Cyber Security Authority

Laurent Roussel
President, Cluster Francophone Africa & Islands, Schneider Electric

Foster Akugri
Founder & President, Hacklab Foundation

Kerry Sheehan
Head Of Service Development & Innovation, UK Civil Service

Alex Dadey
Executive Chairman, KGL Group

Jeremy Hodara
Co-founder & Former CEO, Jumia

Hendrik Kasteel
CEO, Orange Maroc

Sheel Mohnot
Founder, Better Tomorrow Venture

Pascal Murasira
MD East Africa, Norrsken

Aya Zaghnin
Investor, Breega

Noureddine Tayebi
Founder, Yassir

Josh Willson
Chief Strategy Officer, Binj

Ralph Simon
CEO, Moblium Group

Ali Saddiki
General Director, Amdie

Bassel Rahmy
CEO, MSMEDA

Zechariah Akinpelu
CISO, Unity Bank

Wessam Maher
CISO, The American University

Samuel Ubido
Global Ot Information Security Expert, University Of Oxford Scholar

Nelson Juma
Group CISO, I&M Group

Manal Bernoussi
Founder & Managing Director, Leaders On Purpose

Samuel Nkrumah
Head Of Transport/Transmission, Airteltigo

Nzinga Qunta
Business News Anchor, South African Broadcasting Corporation

Daniel Ardamola
Chief Information Security Officer, Suntrust Bank

Charles Shyaka
General Manager, 250 Startups

Berla Mundi
TV/radio Presenter, TV3

Anita Erskine
Tv Host, Ghana

Sidi Saccoh
Ecosystem Developer & Host, Thepitchroomafrica

Ben Marell
Founder, Breega

Abdul Baba
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Infrastructure SA

Abdul-hakeem Ajijola
Chair, African Union Cyber Security Expert Group

Prasanna Burri
Group CISO, Dangote Group

Senyo Hadzor
CISO Ghana, South Africa & Southern Africa, Standard Chartered Bank

Craig Mcewen
Group CISO, Anglo American

Fleur Hassan-nahoum
Deputy Mayor, Jerusalem

Solomon Manteaw
Ag. CISO, Stanbic Bank Ghana

Meha Jouini
Ambassador, Women Tech Makers

Timothy Oriedo
Chief Data Scientist, Predictive Analytics Lab

Ronald Martey
CISO, GCB Bank

Hakima El Alami
Director - Supervision Of Payment Systems And Means & Financial Inclusion, Bank Al-Maghrib

Lydie Ngo Nogol
CISO Francophone Africa, PwC

Amin Hasbini
Head Of Research Center, Great Meta Team, Kaspersky

Takuma Terakubo
CEO & General Partner, Uncovered Fund Inc

Meyssane Alj Hakim
Chief Of Staff & Director Of Strategic Programs, Micron Technology

Alaa El Huni
Chief Business Officer, CAFU

Olabode Ogundele
CISO, Vox Telecom

Jongkil Lee
Management & Planning Bureau Director, Korea-africa Foundation

Sami Said
Executive Director Of Security, Tunisie Telecom

Jean Philbert Nsengimana
Chief Digital Advisor, Africa Centres For Disease Control And Prevention (Africa Cdc)

Unguec Stephen Kang Ilario
Assistant Director For Cybersecurity, National Communication Authority (NCA)

Ahmed Abdelhafez
Vice President For Cyber Security Affairs, NTRA

Jelena Zelenovic
Senior Head, CISO, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Ubaid Jafri
Head Of Cyber Defence And Offensive Security, Habib Bank

Oluleke Olatunji
CISO, FSDH Merchant Bank

Melvyn Lubega
Founder & Director, Go1

Abeer Khedr
Head Of Cyber Security, National Bank Of Egypt

Hisham Mohamed
CISO, Emirates Nbd

Su Le
Chief Digital Officer & Chief Strategy Officer, Tonomus

Solomon Soka
Director General, Information Network Security Administration (INSA)

Harrison N. Nnaji
CISO, First Bank

Salma Baghdadi
Startup Ecosystem Director, Smart Capital

Celia Mantshiyane
CISO, MTN

Tarek El Kady
Founder & Chairman, Med Angels

Enrique Martinez-hausmann
Principal, Speedinvest

Jayson E. Street
Chief Chaos Officer, World Class Hacker & Author, Truesec

Anna Ekelado
Executive Director, Afrilabs

Segun Cole
Founder, Fund The Gap

Cathy Guetta
Co-founder, Djaayz

Raphael Aflalo
CEO & Co-founder, Djaayz

Somachi Chris-asoluka
CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation (Tef)

Rodrigo Alier
Global Executive Director, Glovo

Omar El Hyani
Investment Director, Maroc Numeric Fund

Alvin Katto
Chief Growth Officer, Hive Colab

Lior Weizman
Director, SAP

Daniel Yu
Founder & CEO, Wasoko

Rym Sahnoun
CEO, Orange Business Services

Hassan Radoine
School Of Architecture, Planning & Design, UM6P

Ismael Belkhayat
Founder & CEO, Chari

Faith Burn
Chief Information Officer, Eskom Holdings

Omar Laalej
Managing Director, Al Mada Venture Capital

Diego Arias
Ventures, Plug And Play

Daniel Schaer
Ambassador At Large, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Government Of Estonia

Ahmed Rahhou
President, The Competition Council

Dr Reham El Mayet
Deputy Director Of ICT, Arab League

Mitchelle Chibundu
Product Designer, Wise

Mohamed Okasha
Founder & GP, Disruptech Egypt Venture

Fatou Sow Kane
CEO, Expresso Telecom

Edward A. Christow
Resident Representative For The Kingdom Of Morocco, Undp

Nathan Swain
MEA CISO, Binance

Omar Hassan
Managing Director, Global Growth Hub

Daniel Lowe
Programme Management Officer, Cyber And New Technologies Unit, United Nations Counter-terrorism Centre

Roland AIkpe
Director, Cert Benin

Rodrigue Le Bayon
Head Of The Global Cert, Orange Cyberdefense

Gilbert Nyandeje
Founder & CEO, Africa Cyber Defense Forum

Boris Paillard
CEO & Co-founder, Le Wagon

Miguel Enes
Director, Head Of Offensive Security Team, Deloitte

Nanko Madu
Director Of Programmes, Afrilabs

Funmilayo Caulcrick
Senior Programmes Officer, Afrilabs

Simon Peleau
Consultant, Pentester And Red Teamer, Deloitte

Mehdi El Alaoui
Head Of Startup Department, Agence De Développement Du Digital (ADD)

Mouna Essa-egh
VP Of Secure Power For MEA, Schneider Electric

Lorreta Songola
Chief Business Officer, Liquid Telecom

​hassan Rachad
General Director, Maroc Telecom

Karima El Hakim
Country Director Egypt, Plug & Play

Ayo Arikawe
Co-founder, Thriveagric

Anta-kader Konfrou
Senior Consultant, Lead Of Deloitte Morocco Cyber Center Offensive Security Team, Deloitte

Joseph Lukwago
Co-founder & CTO, Rural Inclusion

Mohamed-ali (Dali) Lakhoua
North And Western Africa Vc Specialist, Cathay Africinvest Innovation Fund (CAIF), Africinvest

Yakubu Yakubu Musa
National Coordinator, National Information Technology Development Agency

Omeed Mehrinfar
Managing Director, Plug & Play EMEA

Youssef Koun
Board Member, Africa Fintech Forum

Edafe Onoriode
Strategy & Client Service Director, Hill+knowlton Strategies

David Akinin
Founder & CEO, Jabu

He Monica Musenero Masanza
Minister Science, Technology Innovation, Uganda

Abdel Aziz Dhahi
CEO, Richard Partners

Ranya Alaoui
Head Of Mission, Entrepreneurship & Venturing, Mohammed Vi Polytechnic University

Lucas Le Bell
Founder, Cerbair

Christian Glessner
Leitwolf, Hololux

Larbi Alaoui Belrhiti
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Yola Fresh

Marie Campagne
Head Of Grow, SAP For Scaleups, Southern Europe, Middle East And Africa

Karen Serem Waithaka
Investment Principal, The Catalyst Fund

Zaid Zaim
Mixed Reality Catalyst, Hololux

Ada Nduka Oyom
Founder, She Code Africa

Yves Komaclo
Investment Manager, Oikocredit

Sara Asad
Investments, MSA Novo

Marie-reine Seshie
Aurora Tech Award Finalist, Founder & CEO, Kola Market Inc.

Dr. Rachid Serraj
Director Of Strategy & Africa Initiatives, UM6P

Nouss Bih
Principal, Sahel Capital

Patricia Adusei Poku
Executive Director, Data Protection Commission

Agnieszka Bruyère
VP Cloud Growth & Public Sector, Oracle EMEA

Khalid Elgibali
Division President, Middle East And North Africa, Mastercard

Sanusi Drammeh
Director Of Cyber Security, Ministry Of Communications And Digital Economy

Finhai Munzara
Chief Financial Officer, Africa Data Centres

Bongani Sithole
CEO, Founders Factory Africa

Ndéa Yoka
Journalist, Africanews/euronews

Adeniyi Adebayo
Chief Business Development Officer / Head Of Africa, Yango

Lorenzo Lumassi
Vice President Services Sales, Middle East, Africa, Turkey, C&n, Cee And Western Regions, Dell

Simon Hardie
CEO, Findexable

Dr Ahmed Ennaoui
CEO, Iresen

Shail Khiyara
President & COO, Turbotic

Bellaj Badr
CTO & Blockchain Architect, Mchain

Idriss Aberkane
Lecturer & Essayist

Kunle Awosika
Managing Director, Microsoft Africa Transformation

Natalie Raphil
Ambassador, Women In AI

Stephen Cudjoe-seshie
Lead, Cert Of Ghana

Ravi Baldev
CTO Cyber Resilience, Dell

Hasnae Taleb
Partner And Chief Investment Officer, Ento Capital

Marlene Mhangami
Director And Vice Chair, Practitioner Board, Association For Computing Machinery (Acm)

Saad Ouchkir
Head Of Cloud Customer Engineers, Meta, Google Cloud

Nadia Filali
Head Of Blockchain Programs, Caisse Des Dépôts

Gilles Reant
Business Innovation Advisor, HPS

Dr. Omer Dawelbeit
Principal Solutions Architect, Aws

Jean Robert Hountomey
Executive Director, Africacert

Kaleem Ahmed Usmani
Director, Cert Mauritius

Armin Ibrisimovic
Head Of The Social And Human Sciences Programme, Unesco

Hanane Lboukili
Security Strategist, Regional Lead MEA, Aws

Karim Hamdaoui
President, LMPS Group & Mortrust

Hajar Mousannif
Professor & AI Expert, Cadi Ayyad University

Sara Boukhris
Transformation Officer, Giz Morocco

Khadija Toubi
Head Of Data Analytics & AI - Meta, Google

Tarek Chelaifa
Senior Manager, Gsma Ecosystem Accelerator Program

Eiman Kheir
Public Policy Manager, Diaspora Engagement, African Union

Zeineb Messoued
Director, The Dot

Temesgen Gebrehiwo
CEO & Founder, Zmall Delivery

Jonathan Coury
CLO, Ghani Consulting Investments Group

Malika Ahmidouch
CEO, Intelcia IT Solutions

Bethlehem Ayele
Marketing & Communication Manager, Askema Engineering

Cristina Duta
Director Of Intelligent Automation, Aecom

Ahmed Aljeshi
MEA Regional Director - HPC And AI, Intel Corporation

Mohammed Benmahjoub
Generel Manager, Inwi

Hannah Subayi Kamuanga
Venture Partner, Launch Africa Ventures

Marcel Dridje
President Emeritus, Sophia Business Angels

Fadilah Tchoumba
Secretary General, Aban

Bastiaan Amsing
Board Member, GSA

Xiaomei Wang
CEO, Pathoai

Salma Kabbaj
Co-founder, Impact Lab

Yau I. Garba
National Director, National Center For Artificial Intelligence And Robotics

Melody Musoni
Digital Economy And Governance Policy Officer, European Centre For Development Policy Management

Ghita Zniber
Partner, Kalys Ventures

Meriem Haddouchi
Chief Operating Officer, Bp212.com

Youssef Lemrini
Director, Manageo

Ismail Bargach
CEO & Co-founder, Wafr

John Fulton
President, International Society Of Precision Agriculture

Rahel Boon-dejene
CEO, R&D Group

Sherif Nessim
Venture Capital, Founder & Managing Partner, Jedar Capital

Zeineb Chabchoub
Advisor, Giz Tunisia

Sachiko Hara
Ethiopia Expert, Jica

Lee Caswell
Senior Vice President Product, Nutanix

Larbi El Hilali
President, 1337 & Youcode Maroc

Ibukun Tunde-oni
CEO & Founder, 8medical

Mubarak Ayanniyi
Founder & CEO, Betalife Health Service

Hanna Abdel Hamid
Head Of Sigma Software Canada, Sigma Software Group

Mohamed Dhaouafi
CEO, Cure Bionics

Tony Idugboe
Group Chief Investment Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX Group)

Habtamu Tadesse
CEO, Zaytech It Solutions Share

Jihed Hannachi
Co-founder, Majesteye

Daouda Gueye
Vice Mayor- Technology, Dakar

Tigist Afework
Co-founder & COO, Gooday Online Inc

Khaled Saleh
CEO, Afra Import & Export Plc

Estephanos Zewdie Mamo
Co-founder & CEO, Jemla

Dr. Mame Aby Seye
General Delegate, Délégation Générale À L’entrepreneuriat Rapide Des Femmes Et Des Jeunes (Der/fj)

Hon. Kwadwo Baah Agyemang
CEO, Ghana Digital Centres Ltd.

Ghers Fisman
Head Of Data, Startupblink

Martin Jerch
Head Of Department Entrepreneurship & Investments, ICEX – Invest In Spain

George Murumba
Program Manager, Auda-nepad

Dr. Chuks Ekwueme
Chairman & CEO, Uniccon Group

Mayokun Fadeyibi
Coo Marketplace, Autochek Africa

Nao Fuwa
Jica Expert, Japan International Cooperation Agency (Nigeria)

Selamyihun Adeffris Haile
Director General, Ministry Of Innovation And Technology

Mohammad Ghani
CEO, Ghani Consulting Llc - Investment Capital

Michel Rogy
Digital Development Practice Manager For Western And Central Africa, World Bank

Elisabeth Carpenter
COO, Circle

Hani Salamin
Strategic Partnerships Manager, Meta Region, Tiktok For Business

Karthik Ananda Rao
Chief Technical Evangelist, Manageengine

Ramez El-serafy
CEO, Flat6labs

Mohammed Essaidi
Global Cities Alliance, Mea Chairman, IEEE

Neeraj Agarwal
Commerce Counsellor And Head Of Chancery, Embassy Of India Rabat

Rajesh Vaishnav
Ambassador Of India To Kingdom Of Morocco, Embassy Of India Rabat

Michael Jux
Senior Area Sales Manager, Stulz

Ryosuke Yamawaki
Partner, Verod-kepple Africa Ventures

Laurent Deville
Senior Manager, Solutions Consulting, Genesys

Ricardo Pardo
Global Director Of UCAAS – Bogota, Noventiq

Kenechi Okeleke
Director, Social And Regional Research, GSMA

Maciej Śmigiel
Expert, Export Department, Polish Investment And Trade Agency

Abbas Al Ossman
Regional Manager (Hospitality), Meta & South Asia, Mitel Networks

Souad Sabia
Territory Manager FSA, Mitel Networks

Vaughn Naidoo
Executive: Centre Of Excellence, MTN

Muhammad Salama
EMEA Telco Practice Lead, Dell

Emmanuel Gadret
CEO, Francophone Africa, Deloitte

Peter Othino
Head Of Products And Solutions, Telecom Kenya

Francesco Craciolici
Venture Partner & Chief Growth Officer, Crossfund

Gilles Nembe
CEO, Digital Infrastructure Development Agency

Mohamed Benouda
CEO, ABA Technology

Chiekhouna Diop
Security Market Leader Africa, IBM

Ifedayo Osideinde
CISO, AXA Mansard

Michael Mang
Project Director, African Heroes Programme, Alibaba Group

Aziza Inoubli
Head Of Mena, Briter Bridges

Phillip Tettenborn
Advisor – Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations Though Start-ups (SAIS), Giz

Bankole Cardoso
Investment Director, Factor(e) Ventures

Alexandra Topalian
MC, Presenter, Moderator

Isabella Panella
Head Of AI In Digital Delivery Platform, Jaguar Land Rover, Gaydon

Aalya Ghouli
CEO, Digifi

Djiba Diallo
Senior Fintech Advisor, Ecobank

Omar Bekkali
Director, Africinvest

Alex Sea
Founder, African Fintech Forum

Matteo Rizzi
Co-founder, FTS Group

Badr El Houari
Chair, Devoxx Morocco

Ephrem Degaga
CEO & Founder, Khonna Technologies Trading P.l.c (Gebeyax)

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Orange

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Huawei

SILVER SPONSOR:
• ESRI

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• TII

GITEX CONNEXION LOUNGE:
• Mastercard

AI CONFERENCE SPONSOR:
• AWS

NORTHSTAR INVESTOR LOUNGE:
• Ghani Consulting

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Presight

MOBILE APP SPONSOR:
• HP

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Cassava Technologies

CYBER SECURITY CONFERENCE PARTNERS:
• Kingdom of Morocco - National Defense Administration General Directorate of Information Systems Security
• Cyber Security Council

UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF:
• Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform

HOSTED BY:
• ADD

AFFILIATED WITH:
• Gitex Global

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS:
• ANRT
• Amdie
• Morocco Now
• Morocco
• ONDA
• Royal Air Maroc
• ONCF

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• CGEM
• Smart Africa

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• D-Hub
• Startup Grind
• Channels Television
• ANIMA
• Seedstars
• Chad Innovation
• Flat6Labs
• Sophia Business Angels
• VNTR Capital
• Savant
• Nairobi Garage
• Agility
• PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• One and Only
• Kerala Startup Mission
• NITA
• AGS
• Simetra
• Tech Innovate
• The Disruptive
• Acasla
• CoinPedia Fintech News
• CCI France Philippines
• She Code Africa
• Hackernoon
• Wasabih
• Launch Africa
• Shega
• La Startup Station
• Business Link
• CITY OF INNOVATION
• Lauderdeau and Associates
• WESGRO
• Lagos State Office of Innovation and Technology
• Pinnacle
• Assek
• 250 Startups
• Internatinoal Boost
• Africa Link
• INSKIP Entrepreneurs
• Ministry of Science and Technology
• Endeavor
• Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Arab IoT and AI Challenge
• Flairs Tech
• Eban
• Oxford Business Group
• Comnet Exhibitions
• T-AIM
• T-Hub
• Ghana Tech Lab
• Talenteum Africa
• Gambia Tech Project
• Jokko Labs
• The Hub
• ITAG
• Impact Lab
• AHK
• CSEAN
• Startup Blink
• Wiki Startup
• Dapps
• Startup Wise Guys
• Inland Empire
• The Chamber San Diego
• Jedar Capital
• Afrobytes
• Technopark
• Catalyze
• Seda
• NITDA