Affiong Williams
Affiong Williams was born on March, 9th, 1986 and is the CEO/ Founder of ReelFruit the largest fruit processing, packaging and marketing company in Nigeria. The company, founded in 2012, retails a range of dried fruit and nut snacks through a variety of channels including over 450 Supermarkets, Airlines, Schools, Hotels, and concluding export sales […]
Soromfe Uzomah
Soromfe Uzomah is currently Head, Strategic Partnerships for Microsoft’s Africa Initiatives team (4Afrika) and is responsible for building cross-industry relationships that drive impact on the African continent. He leads engagements with organizations with multi-national footprints – primarily telecommunications, financial services, aggregators and e-commerce. He has over a decade of experience (business development and strategy) working […]
Pearl Uzokwe
Pearl Uzokwe is a results oriented and impact driven executive with over 20 years of global leadership experience across the Global North and South. Currently, she serves as Director for Africa Forward at Catalyst 2030, leading efforts to support social innovators and entrepreneurs in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals across Africa. Previously, Pearl was […]
Chika Uwazie
Chika Uwazie is a business strategist and the founder of Career Queen. She formerly was the CEO at TalentBase, a Silicon Valley backed startup, which provides payroll software for African businesses. Chika believes that sharing knowledge on the intersection between technology and HR as well as advocating for women in technology encourages other women to […]
Seyi Tinubu
Ambassador Oluwaseyi (Seyi) Tinubu is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and CO- Founder of Loatsad Promomedia Ltd, an outdoor advertising company which calls some of Nigeria’s leading blue chip and multinational companies as part of its clients. Developing tailor made solutions for successful brands, Tinubu is highly sought after for his sound legal experience, […]
Rachel Sibande
Rachel works to demonstrate sector-wide collaboration between D4D actors in deploying initiatives that enhance data use for evidence-based decision-making. She joined DIAL in September 2017 as Program Director, supporting program partners in selected countries. Prior to joining DIAL, Rachel established Malawi’s first technology hub; mHub. Through the hub, she championed the development and deployment of […]
Adenike Sheriff
Adenike Sheriff is Co-founder and Chief of Staff at Future Africa, a platform that provides capital, coaching and community for mission-driven innovators building an African Future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach. She’s currently studying Law at the University of Lagos and has over half a decade of experience working with technology companies […]
Tayo Olosunde
Tayo Olosunde is the Founder and Executive Director of Mindthegap (a strategic skill development and job creation social entreprise) with over 19 years combined experience in Human Resources Management, Software Development & usability, Sustainable Development, Public Policy Formulation, Advocacy & Implementation, Corporate Social Investment Management and Enterprise Incubation across Consulting, Banking, IT sectors and Public […]
Job Oyebisi
Job Oyebisi is a passionate social entrepreneur with a vision to build technology companies that leverages emerging tech to provide cutting edge solutions to glocal challenges in agriculture, climate change, education and health. He’s the founder of FarmCorps, an organization that works with food companies, farmers, agro-input distributors and micro-finance institution to create a more […]
Olusola Olakanmi
Olusola Olakanmi is a Director of Business Development for Mastercard across Sub Saharan Africa, and until recently, the Head of Card Products for the United Bank of Africa (UBA) Group. Prior to his stint at UBA, he served in several roles at Access Bank Plc and Unified Payment Services Limited including being responsible for building […]
Ndifreke Okwuegbunam
Ndifreke Okwuegbunam is a seasoned nonprofit professional with over 13 years’ experience in the social sector with strengths in Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Health. She is currently the Head of Programs at Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation, a grant making non-profit organization established to support NGOs and CBOs working in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Health […]