Dr. Alexander Ezenagu is the Founder and Chief Consultant of Sapient Consulting Group, a full-service professional firm, with offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, amongst others. He holds a PhD in Civil Law from McGill University, Canada and is a Professor of law with a career spanning over 13 years across Africa, Europe …
Seun Timi-Koleolu is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Pavestones. Her practice areas include Technology(including Fintech), Foreign Investments, Data Protection and Corporate Commercial Law. She has played a pivotal role in structuring from a legal standpoint, the successful entry into and operation in the Nigerian market by Foreign Direct Investors from various countries including South Africa, …
Asha Mweru is the Managing Director for African Management Institute (AMI) Enterprise, a company committed to providing critical talent skills for the future of work. She leads an AMI Enterprise division with a deep bench and an ever-growing footprint across the continent, including sales and learning delivery team members in Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, …
Steven Bartlett is the 30-year-old Founder of the social media marketing agency Social Chain. From a bedroom in Manchester, this university drop-out built Social Chain Agency, which would become “Social Chain AG” – a social commerce marketing group. He led Social Chain AG as Co-Founder & Co-CEO’s with Wanja Oberhof until he stepped down in …
Joseph Opeyemi Owolabi is the Board Chairman of the Australian Sickle Cell Advocacy (ASCA). He served as Global Council member of the ACCA, in UK from 2015-2018, and as a delegate to the ACCA International Assembly from 2014-2015. He possess excellent presentation skills and he is widely sought global speaker. His audience includes company executives, …
Kike Oniwinde Agoro is the Founder & CEO of BYP Network – a digital platform described as LinkedIn for black young professionals. It connects professionals and entrepreneurs with one another and with corporations, and hosts networking events that attract major names such as Spotify. “If you’re the only black person in the workplace, which tends …
Tope Alabi is the co-founder of Afriex, a digital asset exchange for Africa. Prior to Afriex, Tope worked at ConsenSyS and IDEO CoLab as a software engineer and fellow, respectively. Tope’s experience in the tech industry has given their a unique perspective on how to build digital products that are both user-friendly and scalable. When Tope …
Azeez Amida is the CEO, Pan African Towers Limited, Nigeria’s third-largest Tower Infrastructure Provider. He has worked globally to support career professionals, entrepreneurs and corporate brands with cutting-edge growth strategies. As an under-40 CEO, Amida has over 19 years of professional experience cutting across four countries and 12 industries, including Telecommunications, FMCG, Healthcare, Investment Banking, …
Olumide Soyombo is the Founder, Bluechip Technologies Ltd– A systems integrator and technology consulting outfit in 2008 and has grown the organization from one with two employees to an organization with over 100 consultants spread across Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Kenya and DRC. In 2014, Olumide setup Leadpath as a seed fund investing in local tech …
Travis Montaque is also the CEO and Co-Founder of Group Black, the home for Black-owned media properties. As an industry leader laser-focused on nextgen tech, media, enhanced digital communication, and DEI, Travis has been recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30, Entrepreneur Magazine’s Most Daring Entrepreneurs, CSQ NextGen 10, and led Holler to place on Fast Company’s …