Pan-African Tech Conference 2019 | Meltwater | 10 June 2019 | Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi Upper Hill, Elgon Road Nairobi KE, Kenya

This is the Pan-African tech conference. The Summit brings together top entrepreneurs, investors, executives and ecosystem players from across Africa, Silicon Valley, Europe and Asia to explore the latest innovations and rising stars in the tech and startup space on the continent.

2019 Speakers

Jorn Lyseggen
MEST + Meltwater - Founder & CEO

Bilha Ndirangu
Africa's Talking - CEO

Chris Lwanga
Microsoft - Senior Director Software Partnerships.

Bruce Nsereko-Lule
Chandaria Capital - Investment Principal

Vivian Nwakah
Medsaf - Founder

Kwaku Owusu-Achaw
Shell Foundation - Business Development Advisor

Nicole Kayode
Medixus - Co-Founder

Olugbenga Agboola
Flutterwave - CEO & Co-Founder

Tosin Eniolorunda
TeamApt - CEO & Founder

Yacob Berhane
Pariti - CEO and Co-founder

Tosh Juma
IDEO.org - Managing Director, Nairobi

Olga Morawczynski
The Mastercard Foundation - Senior Program Manager

Fola Olatunji
Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa - Co-Lead

Ngozi Dozie
Carbon - Co-founder

Claire Munene
mSurvey - CCO

Philippe Greinacher
MEST Africa - Director of Business Development & Partnerships

Dr. Bitange Ndemo
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship

Mikael Gange
Opibus - Founder & CSO

Hendrina Doroba
African Development Bank - Division Manager, Abidjan

John Kieti
Ashoka - COO

Michele Castegnaro
Kuwekeza Holdings Ltd - COO

Sandra Locoh
Lendable - Head of Origination, Africa

Snehar Shah
Azuri Technologies - General Manager East Africa

Andreata Muforo
TLcom Capital LLP - Partner

Herve Kubwimana
Merck - Head of Accelerator Africa

Muthoni Wachira
EWB Ventures - Investment Director

Juha Suojanen
EkoRent Africa - CEO and Founder

Hon. Michael Onyango
Fellow + Member, Distributed Ledgers + AI Task Force, Gov of Kenya

Irfan Mirza
Trend Solar - CEO + Co - Founder

Niraj Varia
Novastar Ventures - Investment Director

Faith S. Kaoma
Restless Davelopment - International Research Action Manager

Grant Brooke
Twiga Foods - CEO + Co-Founder

Mr. Philip Thigo
ThunderBird School for Global Management - Director, Africa

Julio De Souza
StratLink - Director of SME & Impact Finance

Fred Zamblé
Seekewa - CEO & Co-founder

Meghan McCormick
OZÉ- CEO & Co-founder

Nithen Naidoo
Snode Technologies - CEO

Martin Karanja
GSMA - Market Engagement Director

Adelaide Odhiambo
Bluewave - CEO & Founder

Chris Czerwonka
Mosabi - Co-founder & CIO

Frankline Sunday
Standard Media Group - Business Journalist

Ashwin Ravichandran
MEST Africa - Director of Portfolio Support

Teresa Mbagaya
Omidyar Network - Principal, Education Investments, Africa

Charles Gitonga
BBC News - Broadcast Journalist, Business

Njoki Gichinga
Safaricom - Senior Strategic Partnership & Business Development Specialist

Rey Buckman
Airbus BizLab - Campus Leader, Hamburg

Timame N. Wanyoike
Liquid Telecom - Communication and Projects Liaison for Innovation Partnerships

Marvin Ngesa
Liquid Telecom - Transmission Planning Engineer

2019 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• Africa's Talking
• Liquid Telecom
• Ethiopian
• Intel
• Oracle
• Lori
• Flutterwave
• StratLink

ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS:
• GSMA
• Gearbox
• Alx
• Growth Africa
• KOKO
• iHub
• iRise
• VC4A
• Sinaps
• Shona
• MBM
• Nairobi Garage
• MovemeBack
• Swahili Box
• Robotech Labs