Born in Uganda, Ms. Kiyingi holds a first class bachelor’s degree in law and bachelor’s of arts degree in international studies from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. She is admitted as a solicitor in NSW, Australia and England and Wales. Prior to her appointment as General Counsel at the African Export-Import Bank, Ms. …
Audu Maikori is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and lawyer. He was born in Kaduna, Nigeria and attended the prestigious King’s College Lagos. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2001 and cut his teeth in the legal profession having worked at several firms including Chief Afe Babalola SAN & Co, Leasing Company of Nigeria (a subsidiary …
Mamadou-Abou Sarr is a driven, accomplished Director of Product Development & Sustainable Investing with a passion and knowledge of the Asset Management industry gained whilst working for global financial services company across the U.S., Europe, Middle East and Africa. Experience in a variety of product development, sales, strategist and leadership roles. He is also the …
Lisiane Lemos considers herself to be an expert in the B2B business area, including planning and prospecting new business, market analysis, sales performance, customer satisfaction and retention. She has solid knowledge in different industries with a track record of managing more than one thousand clients distributed in the corporate and governmental segment to offer technological …
Jan Coleman is a marketer with 3rd-party commercial tie-ins focus and extensive experience working with multiple brands, colleagues and facilitating work across different offices and lines of business. She is currently the Director, Global Marketing Partnerships at The Walt Disney Studios. She believes she has abilities to apply strategic thinking to the development of 3rd-party …
Fatima Dicko is the founder and CEO of JetPack venture-backed, seed-stage technology company that envisions a world where people have access to the products they need in minutes. After studying Chemical Engineering at Columbia University, She worked as a Senior Engineer on an upstream innovation team at Procter & Gamble developing new-to-the-world products (3-10 years …
Evelyn Namara is a Ugandan technology entrepreneur who is the founder of Vouch Digital, a technology start-up using data and digital payments to improve conditional and unconditional cash-based programs in Uganda and beyond. She is a finalist in the 2018 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards. Evelyn was named Outstanding Woman in Innovation in 2017 MTN Innovation …
Dr. Gbolahan O. Okubadejo is a board-certified, fellowship-trained spine surgeon with comprehensive experience in performing numerous spinal surgical procedures in the treatment of cervical, lumbar and thoracic conditions. He is extremely adept in dealing with degenerative spinal disease, deformity and all other pathologies of the spine. He has presented at major spine conferences around …
Diane Karusisi is a Rwandan statistician, economist, bank executive and academic. She is the CEO of the Bank of Kigali, the largest commercial bank in Rwanda by assets. Immediately prior to her present position, she served as the chief economist and head of strategy and policy at the Office of the President of Rwanda. Diane Karusisi has “broad experience in managing private and public …
Chika Nwobi is a serial entrepreneur focused on building successful mobile and internet-related companies in Africa. Through a venture development firm, ‘Level5Lab’ which he founded three years ago, Chika has invested in starting Jobberman.com – West Africa’s most popular job’s portal and Cheki.com.ng- Nigeria’s leading cars/autos website. Chika has been able to guide these two …