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VIEW FROM THE TOP AT GITEX AFRICA: GLOBAL LEADERS AND AFRICAN LEADERS, STARTUPS AND INVESTORS ADDRESS THE REGION

A stellar lineup of major tech chiefs reveal their perspectives on the current challenges and the next frontier of innovation.

HE Ghita Mezour

Minister of Digital Transition and Administration Reform
Morocco

Luci Valero

Partners & Alliance Manager
OpenText

Mitja Podlesnik

ESEA HPE Regional Services Manager
HPE

Ibrahim Azab

Regional Sales Director, Cybersecurity , MEA
OpenText CyberRes

HE Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama

Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications
United Arab Emirates

HE Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti

Head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council
UAE Government
United Arab Emirates

HE Cina Lawson

Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation
Togo

Brigadier General El Mostafa Rabii

Director of the Center for monitoring, detection, and response to cyber-attacks
DGSSI
Morocco

HE Belete Molla

Minister, Ministry of Innovation and Technology
Ethiopia

HE Lacina Koné

Director General
Smart Africa
Rwanda

HE Joseph LE

Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms
Republic of Cameroon

Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou

Special Advisor to President of Niger and CEO
National Agency for Information Society (ANSI)
Niger

Jack Selby

Managing Director
Thiel Capital
USA

HE Tahina Michel RAZAFINDRAMALO

Minister of Digital Transformation, Posts and Télécommunciations
Madagascar

HE Ahmed Reda Chami

President
CESE (The Moroccan Economic, Social and Environmental Council)
Morocco

Mohamed Fikrat

Chairman of The Management of Board
Credit Agricole
Morocco

Jerome Henrique

CEO Middle East & Africa
Orange
France

Dorothy McAuliffe

Special Representative for Global Partnership
US State Department

Tonny Bao

Vice President
Huawei

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

Deputy Mayor
Jerusalem

Edward A. Christow

Resident Representative for the Kingdom of Morocco
UNDP
UK

Umar Garba Danbatta

Chief Executive Officer
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
Nigeria

Omeed Mehrinfar

Managing Partner
Plug & Play EMEA
France

Karima El Hakim

Country Director Egypt
Plug & Play

Yassine Laghzioui

CEO
UM6P Ventures
Morocco

Dr Ray O. Johnson

CEO
Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
UAE

Richard Okyere-Fosu

Director General
National Information Technology Agency
Ghana

Azza El-Shinnawy

Head of Egypt and North Africa
AWS

Dr Thierry Lestable

Executive Director, AI and Digital Science Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
UAE

HE Désiré-Cashmir Kolonele Eberande

Minister of Digital Transformation
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Habiba Ben Barka

Chief of Africa Section
UNCTAD
Switzerland

Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi

Secretary General
United Cities and Local Governments Africa (UCLG)

Khalid Safir

Director General
CDG (Caisse de Depot et de Gestion)
Morocco

Younes Idrissi Kaitouni

Director General
DGI (Moroccan General Directorate of Taxation)
Morocco

Karim Achngli

President
Region of Souss Massa
Morocco

Mehdi Tazi

General Vice President
General Confederation of Moroccan Companies (CGEM)
Morocco

Zouhair Mohammed El Aoufir

Director General
Moroccan Airport Authority (ONDA)
Morocco

Othmane Benjelloun

President
Professional Group of Banks in Morocco (GPBM)
Morocco

Saeed Al Gergawi

Vice President
Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy
UAE

Bill Liao

General Partner
SOSV
Ireland

H.E. Syed Amin Ul Haque

Minister of Information Technology and Communications
Pakistan

Mohammed Tawfik Mouline

Director General
The Royal institute for Strategic Studies  
Morocco

Dominique Migisha

Special Advisor to the President
Democratic Republic of Congo

Loni Prinsloo

Africa Deals Correspondent
Bloomberg LP
South Africa

El Hadi Chaibainou

Director General
The Professional Grouping of Banks in Morocco

Dr Marwan Alzarouni

CEO
Dubai Blockchain Centre
UAE

Mohamed Benomar

Country General Manager, Middle East and North Africa West
Mastercard

Nabyl Lakhdar

Secretary General
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Morocco

Robert Aouad

CEO
ISOCEL Telecom
Benin

George Njuguna

CIO
Safaricom
Kenya

Mark Kleyner

Partner
Dream VC
UK

Alice Higiro

Project Director
Ministry of ICT and Innovation
Rwanda

HE Ousman Bah

Minister
Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy
The Gambia

Nathalie Akon Gabala

Executive Director, Pan African Programs
Mastercard Foundation
Kenya

Saad El Khadiri

Director of regulation and strategy
DGSSI
Morocco

Giovanni Zazzerini

Secretary General
INSME
Italy

Hicham El Habti

President
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Morocco

Zachariah George

Managing Partner
Launch Africa Ventures
South Africa

Younes Benakki

Secretary General of the Economic, Social and Enviromental Council
Morocco

Tesi Rusagara

Managing Director
Kigali Innovation City
Rwanda

Dr. Abdellatif Miraoui

The Minister of Higher Education
Morocco

Mohammed Amin

Senior Vice President, CEEMETA
Dell Technologies
UAE

HE Eucario Bakale Angue Oyana

Minister of Public Administration and Reforms
Equatorial Guinea

Marc Nolla

Vice President Solution Advisory and Innovation
SAP
Spain

Mohamed Benali

CTIO
Orange
Morocco

Freddy Mpinda

Senior Advisor to the Minister
Ministry of Digital Transformation
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Majid Lahlou

Director General
Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fishing, Rural Development and Water and Forests

Ahmed Al Hujairi

Group CEO
Gulf Future Business

HE Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu

Executive Governor
Lagos State
Nigeria

Juliana Rotich

Head of Fintech
Safaricom
Kenya

Regis Louis

Vice President Product Strategy, EMEA
Oracle

Fadwa Jouali

Head of the FinTech and Payments Development Unit
Central Bank of Morocco
Morocco

Hicham Chiguer

President
AUSIM
Morocco

Sidi Dhaker

Special Advisor to Governor
Central Bank of Mauritania
Mauritania

HE Dr Salim Al Malik

Director General
ICESCO

Simon See

Global Head of Nvidia AI Technology Centre
NVIDIA Corporation
Singapore

HE Anar Gabil Oghlu Karimov

Head of Parterships & International COoperation
ICESCO

Steve Nouri

Founder
AI4Diversity
Australia

Dr Shaoshan Liu

Founder/CEO
PerceptIn
USA

Prince Randy Koussou Sogan

Executive Chairman
Black Lion Group
Benin

Mikael Hajjar

General Partner
P1 Ventures
UK

Aishah Ahmad

Deputy Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria

Dr Adel Alsharji

Chief Operating Officer
Presight

David Behr

CEO, Liquid Cloud and Cyber Security
Cassava Technologies
UK

Saad Toma

General Manager
IBM Middle East and Africa
UAE

H.E. Jean-Laurent SYSSA-MAGALE

Minister of Higher Education
Central African Republic

Sarah Lamrani

General Secretary
Ministry of Digital Transition & Administration Reform
Morocco

Gilles Babinet

Co-Chairman
French Digital Council
France

Ngozi Megwa

Senior Vice President, Digital Partners and Enablers
Mastercard
UAE

Dr Samir Rachidi

CEO
IRESEN
Morocco

Mohamed Issa

Regional Directorr, CMEA
ESRI
UAE

Bertrand Levy

Vice President Global Licensing & Brand Partnerships
The Sandbox

Konstantin Hapkemeyer

Investment Manager
Seedstars
Portugal

Mareme Dieng

Africa Lead
500 Global
Spain

Hamza Madrani

Business Development Representative
inDrive

Siim Sikkut

Former Government CIO
Estonia

Dr. Adel Al Sharji

COO
PresightAI

Syed Junaid Imam

Member
Ministry of IT and Telecom
Pakistan

Dadouda Gueye

Vice Mayor
Dakar

Mohamed Anwar Maree Hafez

Group CISO
Central Bank of Egypt
Egypt

Khalil Nossair

Director of Cybersecurity Assistance, Training, Control & Expertise
DGSS
Morocco

Ashim Egunjobi

Managing Partner
Octerra Capital
Nigeria

Cándido Ncogo Engono Nchama

Vice minister of telecoms
Equatorial Guinea

Shruti Chandrasekhar

Africa Regional Lead
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
USA

Mohammed Drissi Melyani

CEO
Digital Development Agency
Morocco

Charlly Li

VP, Northern Africa Cloud Ecosystem & Partner Development Dept
Huawei

Youssef Ait Kaddour

Chief Cybersecurity Officer
Huawei
Morocco

Hong-Eng Koh

Global Chief Government Industry Scientist
Huawei

​ Mohammed Bouramtane

Director of Development
ONEE (National Electricity and Water Office)
Morocco

Imade Elbaraka

CEO, Africa Francophone
Deloitte
France

Aristotle Onumo

Acting Director Corporate Planning and Strategy
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

Mohamed Ali Habouha

Governor
The Province of Berkane
Morocco

Karim Benkirane

Chief Commercial Officer
DU

Dr Chen-Yu Lee

Taipei Smart City Director
Taipei City
Taiwan

Marijn Fraanje

Chief Digital Officer
City of The Hague
The Netherlands

Fadila Leturq

Board member at the French federation for Future and Senior advisor
French Administration
France

Chamsoudini Mzaouiyani

Director General
Digital Development Agency
Comoros

Mounir Nakhla

Founder & CEO
MNT-Halan
Egypt

Xiaoming Zhu

VP, Global Industry Development
Huawei Cloud

Dr. Lorenz Petersen

Country Director
GIZ Morocco
Morocco

Tomiwa Aladekomo

CEO
Tech Cabal
Nigeria

Abdoulaye S. Doucouré

Head of ICT
AFRIPOL
Ivory Coast

Ram Lisaey

Head of Global Agronomy
Netafim

Oscar Ondo

CEO
GITGE
Equatorial Guinea 

Kushal Shah

Managing Director - Corporate Venture Capital
e& capital - Arm of e& / Etisalat
UAE

Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei

Director and Co-Founder, Al-Cross Center Unit
Technology Innovation Institute (TII)

Dr. James Grieve

Director – Quantum Communications, Quantum Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute (TII)

Elodie Robin

Head of Growth & Strategy
Hub71, Abu Dhabi Global Tech Hub
UAE

Rajaa Assade

Head of Marketing B2B
Orange Maroc
Morocco

David Adeleke

Africa Editor
Rest of World

Neda Al-Daihani

General Manager
SACGC
Kuwait

Sithembile Songo

Group CISO
Eskom Holdings
South Africa

Stephane Kablan Allou

Chief Financial Officer
Digital Africa
Rwanda

Aby Agina

Senior Anchor & Producer
CNBC Africa
Kenya

MOHAMMAD SHOKOOHI-YEKTA

Lead Data and Applied Scientist
Microsoft
USA

Hamza Rkha Chaham

Co-Founder
SOWIT
France

Jong Yoon Kim

CEO
Yanolja
South Korea

Alicia Levine

COO
Chipper Cash
USA

Mustapha Zaouini

Chairman
AI in Africa
South Africa

Aurelie Jacquet

Chair of Standards
Australia Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Australia

Charlot Magayi

Founder
Mukuru Clean Stoves
Kenya

Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni

Executive President
AI movement
Morocco

John Omo

Secretary-General
African Telecommunications Union
Kenya

Samiya Abdulkadir Godu

President
Ethiopian Youth Entrepreneurs Association (EYEA)
Ethiopia

Natalya Makarochkina

Senior Vice President, International, Secure Power, Energy Management Business
Schneider Electric

Albert Antwi-Bosiako

Director General
Cyber Security Authority
Ghana

Omar Seghrouchni

President
CNDP (National Control Commission for the Protection of Personal Data)
Morocco

Laurent Roussel

President, Cluster Francophone Africa & Islands
Schneider Electric

Foster Akugri

Founder & President
Hacklab Foundation
Ghana

Kerry Sheehan

Head of Service Development & Innovation
UK Civil Service
UK

Alex Dadey

Executive Chairman
KGL Group
Ghana

Jeremy Hodara

Co-Founder & Former CEO
Jumia
France

Hendrik Kasteel

CEO
Orange Maroc
Morocco

Sheel Mohnot

Founder
Better Tomorrow Venture
USA

Pascal Murasira

MD East Africa
Norrsken
Rwanda

Aya Zaghnin

Investor
Breega
South Africa

Noureddine Tayebi

Founder
Yassir
USA

Josh Willson

Chief Strategy Officer
Binj
UK

Ralph Simon

CEO
Mobilium Global
UK

Ali Saddiki

General Director
AMDIE
Morocco

Bassel Rahmy

CEO
MSMEDA
Egypt

Zechariah Akinpelu

CISO
Unity Bank
Nigeria

Wessam Maher

CISO
The American University
Cairo

Samuel Ubido

Global OT Information Security Expert
University of Oxford Scholar
UK

Nelson Juma

Group CISO
I&M Group
Kenya

Manal Bernoussi

Founder & Managing Director
Leaders on Purpose

Samuel Nkrumah

Head of Transport /Transmission
AirtelTigo
Ghana

Nzinga Qunta

Business News Anchor
South African Broadcasting Corporation
South Africa

Daniel Ardamola

Chief Information Security Officer
Suntrust Bank
Nigeria

Charles Shyaka

General Manager
250 Startups
Rwanda

Berla Mundi

TV/Radio Presenter
TV3
Ghana

Anita Erskine

TV Host

Ghana

Sidi Saccoh

Ecosystem Developer & Host
ThePitchRoomAfrica
UK/Sierra Leone

Ben Marell

Founder
Breega
France

Abdul Baba

Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
Infrastructure SA
South Africa

Mehdi Filali

VP - Farmers Solutions
OCP
Morocco

Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola

Chair
African Union Cyber Security Expert Group
Ethiopia

Prasanna Burri

Group CISO
Dangote Group
Nigeria

Senyo Hadzor

CISO Ghana, South Africa & Southern Africa
Standard Chartered Bank
Ghana

CRAIG MCEWEN

Group CISO
Anglo American
United Kingdom

Solomon Manteaw

Ag. CISO
Stanbic Bank Ghana
Ghana

Meha Jouini

Ambassador
Women Tech Makers

Timothy Oriedo

Chief Data Scientist
Predictive Analytics Lab

Ronald Martey

CISO
GCB Bank
Ghana

Hakima El Alami

Director - Supervision of Payment Systems and Means & Financial Inclusion
Bank Al-Maghrib

Lydie Ngo Nogol

CISO Francophone Africa
PwC
Cameroon

Amin Hasbini

Head of Research Center, GReAT META team
Kaspersky
France

Takuma Terakubo

CEO & General Partner
Uncovered Fund Inc

Meyssane Alj Hakim

Chief of Staff & Director of Strategic Programs
Micron Technology

Alaa El Huni

Chief Business Officer
CAFU
UAE

Olabode Ogundele

CISO
Vox Telecom
South Africa

Jongkil Lee

Management & Planning Bureau Director
Korea-Africa Foundation

Sami Said

Executive Director of Security
Tunisie Telecom

Jean Philbert Nsengimana

Chief Digital Advisor
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)

Unguec Stephen Kang Ilario

Assistant Director for Cybersecurity
National Communication Authority (NCA)
South Africa

Ahmed Abdelhafez

Vice President for Cyber Security Affairs
NTRA
Egypt

Jelena Zelenovic

Senior Head, CISO
European Investment Bank (EIB)

Ubaid Jafri

Head of Cyber Defence and Offensive Security
Habib Bank
Pakistan

Oluleke Olatunji

CISO
FSDH Merchant Bank
Nigeria

Melvyn Lubega

Founder & Director
Go1
Australia

Abeer Khedr

Head of Cyber Security
National Bank of Egypt
Egypt

Hisham Mohamed

CISO
Emirates NBD
Egypt

Su Le

Chief Digital Officer & Chief Strategy Officer
Tonomus
KSA

Solomon Soka

Director General
Information Network Security Administration (INSA)
Nigeria

Harrison N. Nnaji

CISO
First Bank
Nigeria

Salma Baghdadi

Startup Ecosystem Director
Smart Capital
Tunisia

Celia Mantshiyane

CISO
MTN
South Africa

Tarek El kady

Founder & Chairman
MED ANGELS

Enrique Martinez-Hausmann

Principal
Speedinvest
UK

Jayson E. Street

Chief Chaos Officer, World Class Hacker & Author
Truesec
United States of America

Anna Ekelado

Executive Director
AfriLabs
Nigeria

Segun Cole

Founder
Fund the Gap
Nigeria

Cathy Guetta

Co-Founder
Djaayz
UK

Raphael Aflalo

CEO & Co-Founder
Djaayz
UK

Somachi Chris-Asoluka

CEO
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)
Nigeria

Rodrigo Alier

Global Executive Director
Glovo
Spain

Omar El Hyani

Investment Director
Maroc Numeric Fund
Morocco

Alvin Katto

Chief Growth Officer
Hive Colab
Uganda

Lior Weizman

Director
SAP
Israel

Daniel Yu

Founder & CEO
Wasoko
Tanzania

Rym Sahnoun

CEO
Orange Business Services
Morocco

Hassan Radoine

School of Architecture, Planning & Design
UM6P
Morocco

Ismael Belkhayat

Founder & CEO
Chari
Morocco

Faith Burn

Chief Information Officer
Eskom Holdings
South Africa

Omar Laalej

Managing Director
Al Mada Venture Capital
Morocco

Diego Arias

Ventures
Plug and Play
Egypt

Daniel Schaer

Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of Estonia
Estonia

Ahmed Rahhou

President
The Competition Council
Morocco

Dr Reham El Mayet

Deputy Director of ICT
Arab League
Egypt

Mitchelle Chibundu

Product Designer
Wise
United Kingdom

Mohamed Okasha

Founder & GP
Disruptech Egypt Venture
Egypt

Fatou Sow Kane

CEO
Expresso Telecom
Senegal

Nathan Swain

CISO Europe, Asia, MENA
Binance
UAE

Omar Hassan

Managing Director
Global Growth Hub
UK

Daniel Lowe

Programme Management Officer, Cyber and New Technologies Unit
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre
USA

Rodrigue Le Bayon

Head of the Global CERT
Orange Cyberdefense
France

Roland Aikpe

Director
CERT Benin
Benin

HE Dr. Mohamed Zinelabidine

Director of Culture and Communication Sector
ICESCO

Gilbert Nyandeje

Founder & CEO
Africa Cyber Defense Forum
Kenya

Salmaan Jaffery

Chief Business Development Officer
DIFC
UAE

Boris Paillard

CEO & Co-Founder
Le Wagon
France

Mohamed Bensaid

VP Transformation
OCP
Morocco

Nanko Madu

Director of Programmes
AfriLabs

Miguel Enes

Director, Head of Offensive Security Team
Deloitte
France

Funmilayo Caulcrick

Senior Programmes Officer
AfriLabs

Mehdi El Alaoui

Head of Startup Department
Agence de Développement du Digital (ADD)
Morocco

Simon Peleau

Consultant, Pentester and Red teamer
Deloitte
France

Mouna Essa-Egh

VP of Secure Power for MEA
Schneider Electric
UAE

Khairy Ammar

Service Sales Director
Dell Technologies

Lorreta Songola

Chief Business Officer
Liquid Telecom

​Hassan Rachad

General Director
Maroc Telecom

Ayo Arikawe

Co-Founder
ThriveAgric
Nigeria

Anta-Kader Konfrou

Senior Consultant, Lead of Deloitte Morocco Cyber Center Offensive Security Team
Deloitte
France

Selma Ribica

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
First Circle Capital

Joseph Lukwago

Co-Founder & CTO
Rural Inclusion
UK

Mohamed-Ali (Dali) Lakhoua

North and Western Africa VC specialist, Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF)
AfricInvest

Jacqueline Aby

Partner
Magmasend

Yakubu Yakubu Musa

National Coordinator
National Information Technology Development Agency
Nigeria

Faten Aissi

Associate Director
Flat6Labs
Tunisia

Youssef Koun

Board Member
Africa Fintech Forum

Edafe Onoriode

Strategy & Client Service Director
Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Nigeria

David Akinin

Founder & CEO
Jabu

HE Monica Musenero Masanza

Minister Science, Technology Innovation
Uganda

Maha Khannoussi

Program Manager
Flat6Labs Tunisia
Tunisia

El Ajjouri Tarik

Cybersecurity Manager
Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA)
Morocco

Carmain Hayden

Fund Manager
Goodsoil
UK

Innocent Muhizi

Chief Executive Officer
Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA)
Rwanda

Abdel Aziz Dhahi

CEO
Richard Partners

Ranya Alaoui

Head of Mission, Entrepreneurship & Venturing
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Morocco

Ibrahim Ramadan

Partner
Sawari Ventures
Egypt

​ Arshad Ahmed

CISO
Mercedes-Benz, South Africa
South Africa

Nawfal Fassi Fihri

Managing Director
212 Founders by CDG Invest
Morocco

Lucas Le Bell

Founder
CerbAir
France

Laura Kakon

Co-Founder
Chief Growth & Strategy Officer, Honoris Universities
Morocco

Christian Glessner

Leitwolf
Hololux
Germany

Jennifer Okeke-Ojiudu

Senior Ecosystem Events Manager
AfriLabs
Nigeria

Larbi Alaoui Belrhiti

Co-Founder & Co-CEO
YoLa Fresh
Morocco

Marie Campagne

Head of Grow
SAP for ScaleUps, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Germany

Othmane Zrikem

Co-Founder
vdd.ai
France

Ajibola Odukoya

CEO
AfriLabs
Nigeria

Saad Berrada

Chief People Officer
Intelcia
Morocco

Karen Serem Waithaka

Investment Principal
The Catalyst Fund
Kenya

Zaid Zaim

Mixed Reality Catalyst
Hololux
Germany

Khadija Khartit

Founder
Fujn
USA

Corine Busson-Benhammou

Executive Director
La French Tech Angers
France

Wojciech Bajda

Managing Director, Middle East & Africa
AWS

Ada Nduka Oyom

Founder
She Code Africa
Nigeria

Yves Komaclo

Investment Manager
Oikocredit
Cote d'Ivoire

Dr Abdelilah Kadili

President
Tamkine

Dr Mats Johansson

President
Eon Reality

Sara Asad

Investments
MSA Novo
China

Marie-Reine Seshie

Aurora Tech Award finalist, Founder & CEO
Kola Market Inc.
Ghana

Dr. Qamar Raheel

Director of Science Division
ICESCO

Saifur Rahman

President
IEEE

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Morocco Office Director
USAID
Morocco

Dr. Rachid Serraj

Director of Strategy & Africa Initiatives
UM6P
Morocco

Nouss Bih

Principal
Sahel Capital
Cote d'Ivoire

Dr Munyaradzi Gwatidzo

Founder & CEO
Astro Africa

Ahmed Mazloum

Project Manager
GIA HUB

Cristina Bueti

Counsellor on Metaverse
International Telecommunication Union

Tamer Montasser

Executive Director of Markets Development
NTRA
Egypt

Stéphane Berthaud

Regional Systems Engineering Director, France & NW Africa,
Nutanix

Patricia Adusei Poku

Executive Director
Data Protection Commission
Ghana

Tahani El Hajjami

Senior Solution Advisor, Data & Analytics, SAP Francophone Africa,
SAP

Fissal Oubida

Global Marketing Director
Lexar

Omar Lahbabi

Partner, Tech
Deloitte
Morocco

Agnieszka Bruyère

VP Cloud Growth & Public Sector
Oracle EMEA
France

Zohaib Khan

Chairman
P@SHA
Pakistan

Fatima Asad-Said

CEO
Abacus Consulting Technology
Pakistan

Khalid Elgibali

Division President, Middle East and North Africa
Mastercard

Naseer Akhtar

President and CEO
INFOTECH Group
Pakistan

Klim Popov

Business Growth
Dubai Silicon Oasis
UAE

Sanusi Drammeh

Director of Cyber Security
Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy
The Gambia

Finhai Munzara

Chief Financial Officer
Africa Data Centres

Mo Sherif

AIOPs Technical Specialist
IBM

Adil El Hajiz

Cloud Architect
Nutanix

Cherif El Azzaoui

End Users Services Sales Manager – NorthWest, East & Central Africa
HP

Bongani Sithole

CEO
Founders Factory Africa
South Africa

Ndéa Yoka

Journalist
Africanews/Euronews
France

Hani Khalaf

CTO IoT, Edge and Digital Cities, META
Dell

Samia Benrachi

Chief Data Officer
ATOS

Frederic Goepfer

Sales Export Manager and Data Centre Team Leader, French Africa
EATON

Adeniyi Adebayo

Chief Business Development Officer / Head of Africa
Yango

Lorenzo Lumassi

Vice President Services Sales, Middle East, Africa, Turkey, C&N, CEE and Western Regions
Dell
UAE

Mohamed El Ouahdoudi

CEO
Green Soluce

Simon Hardie

CEO
Findexable

Dr Ahmed Ennaoui

CEO
IRESEN
Morocco

Mouad Zeghraoui

Data Scientist
IBM

Athina Stantzos

Blockchain Solution Architect Lead, MEA
SettleMint

Shail Khiyara

President & COO
Turbotic
USA

Bellaj Badr

CTO & Blockchain Architect
Mchain
Morocco

Maja Janković

Product Lead
Noventiq

Ahmed Atared

Country Manager, Egypt & North Africa
Citrix

Idriss Aberkane

Founder
Guild of Logos
France

Ali El Amrani

Founder
iBTIQUAR - Innovation Lab
Morocco

Tam Ogubai

Partnership Lead
Zindi
South Africa

Kunle Awosika

Managing Director
Microsoft Africa Transformation
Kenya

Toni Azzi

General Manager
Mindware

Ali Shabdar

Regional Director, MEA
Zoho

Toufic Derbass

Managing Director
OpenText

Dr Natalie Raphil

Ambassador Women in AI Southern Africa, Founder
Robots Can Think Pty Ltd
South Africa

Stephen Cudjoe-Seshie

Lead
CERT of Ghana
Ghana 

Ravi Baldev

CTO Cyber Resilience
Dell
UAE

Hasnae Taleb

Partner and Chief Investment Officer
Ento Capital
UAE

Marlene Mhangami

Director and Vice Chair, Practitioner Board
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
USA

Saad Ouchkir

Head of Cloud Customer Engineers
META, Google Cloud
UAE

Nadia Filali

Head of Blockchain Programs
Caisse des Dépôts
Morocco

Gilles Reant

Business Innovation Advisor
HPS
Morocco

Dr. Omer Dawelbeit

Principal Solutions Architect
AWS
UAE

Jean Robert Hountomey

Executive Director
AfricaCERT
Benin

Kaleem Ahmed Usmani

Director
CERT Mauritius
Mauritius 

Armin Ibrisimovic

Head of the Social and Human Sciences Programme
UNESCO
Morocco

Hanane Lboukili

Security Strategist, Regional Lead MEA
AWS
UAE

Karim Hamdaoui

President
LMPS Group & MorTrust
Morocco

Hajar Mousannif

Professor & AI Expert
Cadi Ayyad University
Morocco

Sara Boukhris

Transformation Officer
GIZ Morocco
Morocco

Khadija Toubi

Head of Data Analytics & AI - META
Google
UAE

Tarek Chelaifa

Senior Manager
GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator program
Tunisia

Eiman Kheir

Public Policy Manager, Diaspora Engagement
African Union
UK

Zeineb Messoued

Director
The dot
Tunisia

Temesgen Gebrehiwo

CEO & Founder
Zmall Delivery
Ethiopia

Jonathan Coury

CLO
Ghani Consulting Investments Group
USA

Malika Ahmidouch

CEO
INTELCIA IT Solutions
Morocco

Bethlehem Ayele

Marketing & Communication Manager
Askema Engineering
Ethiopia

Cristina Duta

Director of Intelligent Automation
AECOM
Romania

Ahmed Aljeshi

MEA Regional Director - HPC and AI
Intel Corporation
KSA

Mohammed Benmahjoub

General Manager
Inwi
Morocco

Hannah Subayi Kamuanga

Venture Partner
Launch Africa Ventures
Congo

Marcel Dridje

President Emeritus
Sophia Business Angels
France

Fadilah Tchoumba

Secretary General
ABAN

Bastiaan Amsing

Board Member
GSA
The Netherlands

Xiaomei Wang

CEO
PathoAI
China

Salma Kabbaj

Co-Founder
Impact Lab
Morocco

Yau I. Garba

National Director
National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Nigeria

Melody Musoni

Digital Economy and Governance Policy Officer
European Centre for Development Policy Management
The Netherlands

Ghita Zniber

Partner
Kalys Ventures
Morocco

Meriem Haddouchi

Chief Operating Officer
BP212.com
Morocco

Youssef Lemrini

Director
Manageo
Morocco

Ismail Bargach

CEO & Co-Founder
Wafr
Morocco

John Fulton

President
International Society of Precision Agriculture
USA

Rahel Boon-Dejene

CEO
R&D Group
The Netherlands

Sherif Nessim

Venture Capital, Founder & Managing Partner
Jedar Capital
Egypt

Zeineb Chabchoub

Advisor
GIZ Tunisia

Sachiko Hara

Ethiopia Expert
JICA
Japan

Lee Caswell

Senior Vice President Product
Nutanix
USA

Larbi El Hilali

President
1337 & YouCode Maroc
Morocco

Ibukun Tunde-Oni

CEO & Founder
8Medical
Nigeria

Mubarak Ayanniyi

Founder & CEO
Betalife Health Service
Nigeria

Hanna Abdel Hamid

Head of Sigma Software Canada
Sigma Software Group
Canada

Mohamed Dhaouafi

CEO
Cure Bionics
Tunisia

Tony Idugboe

Group Chief Investment Officer
Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX Group)
Nigeria

Habtamu Tadesse

CEO
ZayTech IT Solutions Share
Ethiopia

Jihed Hannachi

Co-Founder
MajestEYE
Tunisia

Daouda Gueye

Vice Mayor- Technology
Dakar
Senegal

Tigist Afework

Co-Founder & COO
Gooday Online Inc
Ethiopia

Khaled Saleh

CEO
Afra Import & Export PLC
Ethiopia

Estephanos Zewdie Mamo

Co-Founder & CEO
JEMLA
Ethiopia

Dr. Mame Aby Seye

General Delegate
Délégation générale à l’Entrepreneuriat Rapide des Femmes et des Jeunes (DER/FJ)
Senegal

Hon. Kwadwo Baah Agyemang

CEO
Ghana Digital Centres Ltd.
Ghana

Ghers Fisman

Head of Data
StartupBlink

Martin Jerch

Head of Department Entrepreneurship & Investments
ICEX – Invest in Spain

George Murumba

Program Manager
AUDA-NEPAD
South Africa

Dr. Chuks Ekwueme

Chairman & CEO
Uniccon Group
Nigeria

Mayokun Fadeyibi

COO Marketplace
Autochek Africa
Nigeria

Nao Fuwa

JICA Expert
Japan International Cooperation Agency (Nigeria)
Nigeria

Selamyihun Adeffris Haile

Director General
Ministry of Innovation and Technology
Ethiopia

Mohammad Ghani

CEO
Ghani Consulting LLC - Investment Capital
USA

Michel Rogy

Digital Development Practice Manager for Western and Central Africa
World Bank

Elisabeth Carpenter

COO
Circle
USA

Hani Salamin

Strategic Partnerships Manager, META Region
TikTok for Business
USA

Karthik Ananda Rao

Chief Technical Evangelist
ManageEngine
India

Ramez El-Serafy

CEO
Flat6Labs
UAE

Mohamed Essaidi

Global Cities Alliance, MEA Chairman
IEEE
Morocco

Neeraj Agarwal

Commerce Counsellor and Head of Chancery
Embassy of India Rabat
Morocco

Rajesh Vaishnav

Ambassador of India to Kingdom of Morocco
Embassy of India Rabat
Morocco

Michael Jux

Senior Area Sales Manager
STULZ
Germany

Ryosuke Yamawaki

Partner
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures
Japan

Laurent Deville

Senior Manager, Solutions Consulting
Genesys
France

Ricardo Pardo

Global Director of UCaaS – Bogota
Noventiq
Colombia

Kenechi Okeleke

Director, Social and Regional Research
GSMA
UK

Maciej Śmigiel

Expert, Export Department
Polish Investment and Trade Agency
Poland

Abbas Al Ossman

Regional Manager (Hospitality), META & South Asia
Mitel Networks
UAE

Souad Sabia

Territory Manager FSA
Mitel Networks
Morocco

Vaughn Naidoo

Executive: Centre of Excellence
MTN

Muhammad Salama

EMEA telco practice lead
Dell

Emmanuel Gadret

CEO, Francophone Africa
Deloitte

Peter Othino

Head of Products and Solutions
Telecom Kenya

Francesco Craciolici

Venture Partner & Chief Growth Officer
CrossFund
UK

Gilles Nembe

CEO
Digital Infrastructure Development Agency
Gabon

Mohamed Benouda

CEO
ABA TECHNOLOGY

Chiekhouna Diop

Security Market Leader Africa
IBM

Ifedayo Osideinde

CISO
AXA Mansard
Nigeria

Michael Mang

Project Director, African Heroes Programme
Alibaba Group
China

Aziza Inoubli

Head of MENA
Briter Bridges
Nigeria

Phillip Tettenborn

Advisor – Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations though Start-ups (SAIS)
GIZ
Germany

Bankole Cardoso

Investment Director
Factor(e) Ventures

Alexandra Topalian

MC, Presenter, Moderator

Isabella Panella

Head of AI in Digital Delivery Platform, Jaguar Land Rover
Gaydon
UK

Aalya Ghouli

CEO
DIGIFI
Morocco

Djiba Diallo

Senior Fintech Advisor
Ecobank

Omar Bekkali

Director
Africinvest

Alex Sea

Founder
African Fintech Forum

Matteo Rizzi

Co-founder
FTS Group

Badr El Houari

Chair
Devoxx Morocco
Morocco

Ephrem Degaga

CEO & Founder
KHONNA TECHNOLOGIES TRADING P.L.C (Gebeyax),
Ethiopia