Adjany Da Silva Freitas is Minister of Culture, Environment, and Tourism.She was appointed by Angolan President João Lourenço. In September 2019, Biologist and environmentalist, Adjany, the Prize of the young champions of the Earth for the Africa region, thanks to her efforts in favor of the preservation of biodiversity in Angola. Before her appointment, she …
Oduntan Adepegba is the Chief Executive at SME Capital and Director at BMTech.His main role is leveraging technology and financing to support SMEs & MSMEs, driving financial inclusion, and economic transformation. Prior to this, he was a Manager, Strategic Initiatives Sub Saharan Africa at Oracle based in Austin, Texas. And also worked as a Business & …
Sandrine Nzeukou is the Executive Director of Invest Africa US and drives the strategic vision of the non-profit organization in the US and works to grow its selective membership base, providing access through Invest Africa’s global network connecting investors to opportunities on the continent. Prior to joining Invest Africa US, Sandrine was a strategic project …
Tongayi Choto is Co-founder & CEO of AfriBlocks a Pan-African marketplace where African freelancers can provide remote services to clients across the world. He was the Former Vice-Chair Science & Technology Sector for the African Union & Pan African Diaspora Youth Association. An Entrepreneur Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, who has shown leadership in the technology …
Samantha Almeida assumes the leadership of Twitter Next in Brazil, working in partnership with advertisers and agencies in the development of strategies, campaigns and content, with more than 18 years working with communication strategies including 6 years developing on and offline roadmaps in multinational companies, adding brand value through exciting content, diversity mindset and gender …
Ubi Franklin, born Ubi Ekapong Ofem, is a Nigerian music artist manager, politician, Entrepreneur, TV show host and the founder of record label Made Men Music Group (Triple MG). Franklin is the current Special Adviser to Cross River State Governor Benedict Ayade on Tourism. Franklin worked as an assistant to Julius Agwu before going on …
Ronald Chagoury Jr. is Vice Chairman of Eko Atlantic. He has been actively involved in Eko Atlantic since the start of land reclamation in 2008. As a board member, he was responsible for developing the early stages of the project as well as promoting the concept and development of Eko Atlantic at both the regional …
Olawale Ayilara is a passionate entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience starting and running businesses in the South West of Nigeria, handling transactions worth a combined value of $200 million. He is a recipient of the Forbes Africa 30 under 30 recognition. Prior to founding LandWey, he worked as Head, Business Development, Creativity and …
Morin Oluwole is a luxury industry thought leader in digital advertising at Facebook in France, where she manages Facebook and Instagram’s global luxury client partnerships. She was formerly the Business Lead to the VP of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook in NY where she was responsible for developing strategic business solutions that aid in managing …
Michael Seibel is a Managing Director at Y Combinator and co-founder of two startups – Justin tvTwitch and Socialcam. He first joined Y Combinator in 2013, advising hundreds of startups, and has been active in promoting diversity efforts among startup founders. During 2012, Socialcam participated in Y Combinator, raised angel financing from a group of …