Danny Manu is a British-Ghanaian engineer and tech entrepreneur who built the world’s first auto-translator earbuds. Danny describes himself as “a very ambitious, hard-working engineer who strives to develop life-changing solutions to improve people’s life”. He is an engineer who was born in the United Kingdom to Ghanaian parents. He studied at Oxford Brookes University and …
Ricardo Lima is the Head of Start-ups & Investors at Web Summit which is a global technology conference company based in Dublin, Ireland. It runs a series of international gatherings across the world. Its flagship event is Web Summit, held for the last five years in Dublin and which will return to Lisbon in 2019. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Chido Munyati is the Head of Africa, and a Global Leadership Fellow, at the World Economic Forum. Chido previously worked as a lawyer at the leading Swiss law firm, Froriep, and the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Congratulations!! Please note: To nominate other high achievers of African Descent Worldwide, visit http://www.mipad.org/nominate To become a MIPADian, …
Dr. Albert ZE has a PhD in Health Economics. For his work, he was decorated Knight of the Order of Valor on an exceptional basis by the President of the Republic of Cameroon and elected best African researcher 2019 and 2022 in Health Economics as part of the African Super Prize for Excellence. In addition, he …
Alexandre Telfort Fils (ATF) is President of the political party AYITI2054. He is a young Haitian leader and social entrepreneur. ATF is an alumni of the Coady International Institute at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Canada. He’s now leading the Renaissance Project of Haiti. He’s an Honoree of the City of North Miami Beach …