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Minister of Digital Transition and Administration Reform Morocco
Partners & Alliance Manager OpenText
ESEA HPE Regional Services Manager HPE
Regional Sales Director, Cybersecurity , MEA OpenText CyberRes
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications United Arab Emirates
Head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council UAE Government United Arab Emirates
Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation Togo
Director of the Center for monitoring, detection, and response to cyber-attacks DGSSI Morocco
Minister, Ministry of Innovation and Technology Ethiopia
Director General Smart Africa Rwanda
Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms Republic of Cameroon
Special Advisor to President of Niger and CEO National Agency for Information Society (ANSI) Niger
Managing Director Thiel Capital USA
Minister of Digital Transformation, Posts and Télécommunciations Madagascar
President CESE (The Moroccan Economic, Social and Environmental Council) Morocco
Chairman of The Management of Board Credit Agricole Morocco
CEO Middle East & Africa Orange France
Special Representative for Global Partnership US State Department
Vice President Huawei
Deputy Mayor Jerusalem
Resident Representative for the Kingdom of Morocco UNDP UK
Chief Executive Officer Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Nigeria
Managing Partner Plug & Play EMEA France
Country Director Egypt Plug & Play
CEO UM6P Ventures Morocco
CEO Technology Innovation Institute (TII) UAE
Director General National Information Technology Agency Ghana
Head of Egypt and North Africa AWS
Executive Director, AI and Digital Science Research Center Technology Innovation Institute (TII) UAE
Minister of Digital Transformation Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chief of Africa Section UNCTAD Switzerland
Secretary General United Cities and Local Governments Africa (UCLG)
Director General CDG (Caisse de Depot et de Gestion) Morocco
Director General DGI (Moroccan General Directorate of Taxation) Morocco
President Region of Souss Massa Morocco
General Vice President General Confederation of Moroccan Companies (CGEM) Morocco
Director General Moroccan Airport Authority (ONDA) Morocco
President Professional Group of Banks in Morocco (GPBM) Morocco
Vice President Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy UAE
General Partner SOSV Ireland
Minister of Information Technology and Communications Pakistan
Director General The Royal institute for Strategic Studies Morocco
Special Advisor to the President Democratic Republic of Congo
Africa Deals Correspondent Bloomberg LP South Africa
Director General The Professional Grouping of Banks in Morocco
CEO Dubai Blockchain Centre UAE
Country General Manager, Middle East and North Africa West Mastercard
Secretary General Ministry of Economy and Finance Morocco
CEO ISOCEL Telecom Benin
CIO Safaricom Kenya
Partner Dream VC UK
Project Director Ministry of ICT and Innovation Rwanda
Minister Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy The Gambia
Executive Director, Pan African Programs Mastercard Foundation Kenya
Director of regulation and strategy DGSSI Morocco
Secretary General INSME Italy
President Mohammed VI Polytechnic University Morocco
Managing Partner Launch Africa Ventures South Africa
Secretary General of the Economic, Social and Enviromental Council Morocco
Managing Director Kigali Innovation City Rwanda
The Minister of Higher Education Morocco
Senior Vice President, CEEMETA Dell Technologies UAE
Minister of Public Administration and Reforms Equatorial Guinea
Vice President Solution Advisory and Innovation SAP Spain
CTIO Orange Morocco
Senior Advisor to the Minister Ministry of Digital Transformation Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Director General Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fishing, Rural Development and Water and Forests
Group CEO Gulf Future Business
Executive Governor Lagos State Nigeria
Head of Fintech Safaricom Kenya
Vice President Product Strategy, EMEA Oracle
Head of the FinTech and Payments Development Unit Central Bank of Morocco Morocco
President AUSIM Morocco
Special Advisor to Governor Central Bank of Mauritania Mauritania
Director General ICESCO
Global Head of Nvidia AI Technology Centre NVIDIA Corporation Singapore
Head of Parterships & International COoperation ICESCO
Founder AI4Diversity Australia
Founder/CEO PerceptIn USA
Executive Chairman Black Lion Group Benin
General Partner P1 Ventures UK
Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria
Chief Operating Officer Presight
CEO, Liquid Cloud and Cyber Security Cassava Technologies UK
General Manager IBM Middle East and Africa UAE
Minister of Higher Education Central African Republic
General Secretary Ministry of Digital Transition & Administration Reform Morocco
Co-Chairman French Digital Council France
Senior Vice President, Digital Partners and Enablers Mastercard UAE
CEO IRESEN Morocco
Regional Directorr, CMEA ESRI UAE
Vice President Global Licensing & Brand Partnerships The Sandbox
Investment Manager Seedstars Portugal
Africa Lead 500 Global Spain
Business Development Representative inDrive
Former Government CIO Estonia
COO PresightAI
Member Ministry of IT and Telecom Pakistan
Vice Mayor Dakar
Group CISO Central Bank of Egypt Egypt
Director of Cybersecurity Assistance, Training, Control & Expertise DGSS Morocco
Managing Partner Octerra Capital Nigeria
Vice minister of telecoms Equatorial Guinea
Africa Regional Lead International Finance Corporation (IFC) USA
CEO Digital Development Agency Morocco
VP, Northern Africa Cloud Ecosystem & Partner Development Dept Huawei
Chief Cybersecurity Officer Huawei Morocco
Global Chief Government Industry Scientist Huawei
Director of Development ONEE (National Electricity and Water Office) Morocco
CEO, Africa Francophone Deloitte France
Acting Director Corporate Planning and Strategy National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
Governor The Province of Berkane Morocco
Chief Commercial Officer DU
Taipei Smart City Director Taipei City Taiwan
Chief Digital Officer City of The Hague The Netherlands
Board member at the French federation for Future and Senior advisor French Administration France
Director General Digital Development Agency Comoros
Founder & CEO MNT-Halan Egypt
VP, Global Industry Development Huawei Cloud
Country Director GIZ Morocco Morocco
CEO Tech Cabal Nigeria
Head of ICT AFRIPOL Ivory Coast
Head of Global Agronomy Netafim
CEO GITGE Equatorial Guinea
Managing Director - Corporate Venture Capital e& capital - Arm of e& / Etisalat UAE
Director and Co-Founder, Al-Cross Center Unit Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Director – Quantum Communications, Quantum Research Center Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Head of Growth & Strategy Hub71, Abu Dhabi Global Tech Hub UAE
Head of Marketing B2B Orange Maroc Morocco
Africa Editor Rest of World
General Manager SACGC Kuwait
Group CISO Eskom Holdings South Africa
Chief Financial Officer Digital Africa Rwanda
Senior Anchor & Producer CNBC Africa Kenya
Lead Data and Applied Scientist Microsoft USA
Co-Founder SOWIT France
CEO Yanolja South Korea
COO Chipper Cash USA
Chairman AI in Africa South Africa
Chair of Standards Australia Committee on Artificial Intelligence Australia
Founder Mukuru Clean Stoves Kenya
Executive President AI movement Morocco
Secretary-General African Telecommunications Union Kenya
President Ethiopian Youth Entrepreneurs Association (EYEA) Ethiopia
Senior Vice President, International, Secure Power, Energy Management Business Schneider Electric
Director General Cyber Security Authority Ghana
President CNDP (National Control Commission for the Protection of Personal Data) Morocco
President, Cluster Francophone Africa & Islands Schneider Electric
Founder & President Hacklab Foundation Ghana
Head of Service Development & Innovation UK Civil Service UK
Executive Chairman KGL Group Ghana
Co-Founder & Former CEO Jumia France
CEO Orange Maroc Morocco
Founder Better Tomorrow Venture USA
MD East Africa Norrsken Rwanda
Investor Breega South Africa
Founder Yassir USA
Chief Strategy Officer Binj UK
CEO Mobilium Global UK
General Director AMDIE Morocco
CEO MSMEDA Egypt
CISO Unity Bank Nigeria
CISO The American University Cairo
Global OT Information Security Expert University of Oxford Scholar UK
Group CISO I&M Group Kenya
Founder & Managing Director Leaders on Purpose
Head of Transport /Transmission AirtelTigo Ghana
Business News Anchor South African Broadcasting Corporation South Africa
Chief Information Security Officer Suntrust Bank Nigeria
General Manager 250 Startups Rwanda
TV/Radio Presenter TV3 Ghana
TV Host Ghana
Ecosystem Developer & Host ThePitchRoomAfrica UK/Sierra Leone
Founder Breega France
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer Infrastructure SA South Africa
VP - Farmers Solutions OCP Morocco
Chair African Union Cyber Security Expert Group Ethiopia
Group CISO Dangote Group Nigeria
CISO Ghana, South Africa & Southern Africa Standard Chartered Bank Ghana
Group CISO Anglo American United Kingdom
Ag. CISO Stanbic Bank Ghana Ghana
Ambassador Women Tech Makers
Chief Data Scientist Predictive Analytics Lab
CISO GCB Bank Ghana
Director - Supervision of Payment Systems and Means & Financial Inclusion Bank Al-Maghrib
CISO Francophone Africa PwC Cameroon
Head of Research Center, GReAT META team Kaspersky France
CEO & General Partner Uncovered Fund Inc
Chief of Staff & Director of Strategic Programs Micron Technology
Chief Business Officer CAFU UAE
CISO Vox Telecom South Africa
Management & Planning Bureau Director Korea-Africa Foundation
Executive Director of Security Tunisie Telecom
Chief Digital Advisor Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Assistant Director for Cybersecurity National Communication Authority (NCA) South Africa
Vice President for Cyber Security Affairs NTRA Egypt
Senior Head, CISO European Investment Bank (EIB)
Head of Cyber Defence and Offensive Security Habib Bank Pakistan
CISO FSDH Merchant Bank Nigeria
Founder & Director Go1 Australia
Head of Cyber Security National Bank of Egypt Egypt
CISO Emirates NBD Egypt
Chief Digital Officer & Chief Strategy Officer Tonomus KSA
Director General Information Network Security Administration (INSA) Nigeria
CISO First Bank Nigeria
Startup Ecosystem Director Smart Capital Tunisia
CISO MTN South Africa
Founder & Chairman MED ANGELS
Principal Speedinvest UK
Chief Chaos Officer, World Class Hacker & Author Truesec United States of America
Executive Director AfriLabs Nigeria
Founder Fund the Gap Nigeria
Co-Founder Djaayz UK
CEO & Co-Founder Djaayz UK
CEO Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Nigeria
Global Executive Director Glovo Spain
Investment Director Maroc Numeric Fund Morocco
Chief Growth Officer Hive Colab Uganda
Director SAP Israel
Founder & CEO Wasoko Tanzania
CEO Orange Business Services Morocco
School of Architecture, Planning & Design UM6P Morocco
Founder & CEO Chari Morocco
Chief Information Officer Eskom Holdings South Africa
Managing Director Al Mada Venture Capital Morocco
Ventures Plug and Play Egypt
Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government of Estonia Estonia
President The Competition Council Morocco
Deputy Director of ICT Arab League Egypt
Product Designer Wise United Kingdom
Founder & GP Disruptech Egypt Venture Egypt
CEO Expresso Telecom Senegal
CISO Europe, Asia, MENA Binance UAE
Managing Director Global Growth Hub UK
Programme Management Officer, Cyber and New Technologies Unit United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre USA
Head of the Global CERT Orange Cyberdefense France
Director CERT Benin Benin
Director of Culture and Communication Sector ICESCO
Founder & CEO Africa Cyber Defense Forum Kenya
Chief Business Development Officer DIFC UAE
CEO & Co-Founder Le Wagon France
VP Transformation OCP Morocco
Director of Programmes AfriLabs
Director, Head of Offensive Security Team Deloitte France
Senior Programmes Officer AfriLabs
Head of Startup Department Agence de Développement du Digital (ADD) Morocco
Consultant, Pentester and Red teamer Deloitte France
VP of Secure Power for MEA Schneider Electric UAE
Service Sales Director Dell Technologies
Chief Business Officer Liquid Telecom
General Director Maroc Telecom
Co-Founder ThriveAgric Nigeria
Senior Consultant, Lead of Deloitte Morocco Cyber Center Offensive Security Team Deloitte France
Co-Founder & Managing Partner First Circle Capital
Co-Founder & CTO Rural Inclusion UK
North and Western Africa VC specialist, Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) AfricInvest
Partner Magmasend
National Coordinator National Information Technology Development Agency Nigeria
Associate Director Flat6Labs Tunisia
Board Member Africa Fintech Forum
Strategy & Client Service Director Hill+Knowlton Strategies Nigeria
Founder & CEO Jabu
Minister Science, Technology Innovation Uganda
Program Manager Flat6Labs Tunisia Tunisia
Cybersecurity Manager Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA) Morocco
Fund Manager Goodsoil UK
Chief Executive Officer Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) Rwanda
CEO Richard Partners
Head of Mission, Entrepreneurship & Venturing Mohammed VI Polytechnic University Morocco
Partner Sawari Ventures Egypt
CISO Mercedes-Benz, South Africa South Africa
Managing Director 212 Founders by CDG Invest Morocco
Founder CerbAir France
Co-Founder Chief Growth & Strategy Officer, Honoris Universities Morocco
Leitwolf Hololux Germany
Senior Ecosystem Events Manager AfriLabs Nigeria
Co-Founder & Co-CEO YoLa Fresh Morocco
Head of Grow SAP for ScaleUps, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa Germany
Co-Founder vdd.ai France
CEO AfriLabs Nigeria
Chief People Officer Intelcia Morocco
Investment Principal The Catalyst Fund Kenya
Mixed Reality Catalyst Hololux Germany
Founder Fujn USA
Executive Director La French Tech Angers France
Managing Director, Middle East & Africa AWS
Founder She Code Africa Nigeria
Investment Manager Oikocredit Cote d'Ivoire
President Tamkine
President Eon Reality
Investments MSA Novo China
Aurora Tech Award finalist, Founder & CEO Kola Market Inc. Ghana
Director of Science Division ICESCO
President IEEE
Morocco Office Director USAID Morocco
Director of Strategy & Africa Initiatives UM6P Morocco
Principal Sahel Capital Cote d'Ivoire
Founder & CEO Astro Africa
Project Manager GIA HUB
Counsellor on Metaverse International Telecommunication Union
Executive Director of Markets Development NTRA Egypt
Regional Systems Engineering Director, France & NW Africa, Nutanix
Executive Director Data Protection Commission Ghana
Senior Solution Advisor, Data & Analytics, SAP Francophone Africa, SAP
Global Marketing Director Lexar
Partner, Tech Deloitte Morocco
VP Cloud Growth & Public Sector Oracle EMEA France
Chairman P@SHA Pakistan
CEO Abacus Consulting Technology Pakistan
Division President, Middle East and North Africa Mastercard
President and CEO INFOTECH Group Pakistan
Business Growth Dubai Silicon Oasis UAE
Director of Cyber Security Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy The Gambia
Chief Financial Officer Africa Data Centres
AIOPs Technical Specialist IBM
Cloud Architect Nutanix
End Users Services Sales Manager – NorthWest, East & Central Africa HP
CEO Founders Factory Africa South Africa
Journalist Africanews/Euronews France
CTO IoT, Edge and Digital Cities, META Dell
Chief Data Officer ATOS
Sales Export Manager and Data Centre Team Leader, French Africa EATON
Chief Business Development Officer / Head of Africa Yango
Vice President Services Sales, Middle East, Africa, Turkey, C&N, CEE and Western Regions Dell UAE
CEO Green Soluce
CEO Findexable
Data Scientist IBM
Blockchain Solution Architect Lead, MEA SettleMint
President & COO Turbotic USA
CTO & Blockchain Architect Mchain Morocco
Product Lead Noventiq
Country Manager, Egypt & North Africa Citrix
Founder Guild of Logos France
Founder iBTIQUAR - Innovation Lab Morocco
Partnership Lead Zindi South Africa
Managing Director Microsoft Africa Transformation Kenya
General Manager Mindware
Regional Director, MEA Zoho
Managing Director OpenText
Ambassador Women in AI Southern Africa, Founder Robots Can Think Pty Ltd South Africa
Lead CERT of Ghana Ghana
CTO Cyber Resilience Dell UAE
Partner and Chief Investment Officer Ento Capital UAE
Director and Vice Chair, Practitioner Board Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) USA
Head of Cloud Customer Engineers META, Google Cloud UAE
Head of Blockchain Programs Caisse des Dépôts Morocco
Business Innovation Advisor HPS Morocco
Principal Solutions Architect AWS UAE
Executive Director AfricaCERT Benin
Director CERT Mauritius Mauritius
Head of the Social and Human Sciences Programme UNESCO Morocco
Security Strategist, Regional Lead MEA AWS UAE
President LMPS Group & MorTrust Morocco
Professor & AI Expert Cadi Ayyad University Morocco
Transformation Officer GIZ Morocco Morocco
Head of Data Analytics & AI - META Google UAE
Senior Manager GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator program Tunisia
Public Policy Manager, Diaspora Engagement African Union UK
Director The dot Tunisia
CEO & Founder Zmall Delivery Ethiopia
CLO Ghani Consulting Investments Group USA
CEO INTELCIA IT Solutions Morocco
Marketing & Communication Manager Askema Engineering Ethiopia
Director of Intelligent Automation AECOM Romania
MEA Regional Director - HPC and AI Intel Corporation KSA
General Manager Inwi Morocco
Venture Partner Launch Africa Ventures Congo
President Emeritus Sophia Business Angels France
Secretary General ABAN
Board Member GSA The Netherlands
CEO PathoAI China
Co-Founder Impact Lab Morocco
National Director National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Nigeria
Digital Economy and Governance Policy Officer European Centre for Development Policy Management The Netherlands
Partner Kalys Ventures Morocco
Chief Operating Officer BP212.com Morocco
Director Manageo Morocco
CEO & Co-Founder Wafr Morocco
President International Society of Precision Agriculture USA
CEO R&D Group The Netherlands
Venture Capital, Founder & Managing Partner Jedar Capital Egypt
Advisor GIZ Tunisia
Ethiopia Expert JICA Japan
Senior Vice President Product Nutanix USA
President 1337 & YouCode Maroc Morocco
CEO & Founder 8Medical Nigeria
Founder & CEO Betalife Health Service Nigeria
Head of Sigma Software Canada Sigma Software Group Canada
CEO Cure Bionics Tunisia
Group Chief Investment Officer Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX Group) Nigeria
CEO ZayTech IT Solutions Share Ethiopia
Co-Founder MajestEYE Tunisia
Vice Mayor- Technology Dakar Senegal
Co-Founder & COO Gooday Online Inc Ethiopia
CEO Afra Import & Export PLC Ethiopia
Co-Founder & CEO JEMLA Ethiopia
General Delegate Délégation générale à l’Entrepreneuriat Rapide des Femmes et des Jeunes (DER/FJ) Senegal
CEO Ghana Digital Centres Ltd. Ghana
Head of Data StartupBlink
Head of Department Entrepreneurship & Investments ICEX – Invest in Spain
Program Manager AUDA-NEPAD South Africa
Chairman & CEO Uniccon Group Nigeria
COO Marketplace Autochek Africa Nigeria
JICA Expert Japan International Cooperation Agency (Nigeria) Nigeria
Director General Ministry of Innovation and Technology Ethiopia
CEO Ghani Consulting LLC - Investment Capital USA
Digital Development Practice Manager for Western and Central Africa World Bank
COO Circle USA
Strategic Partnerships Manager, META Region TikTok for Business USA
Chief Technical Evangelist ManageEngine India
CEO Flat6Labs UAE
Global Cities Alliance, MEA Chairman IEEE Morocco
Commerce Counsellor and Head of Chancery Embassy of India Rabat Morocco
Ambassador of India to Kingdom of Morocco Embassy of India Rabat Morocco
Senior Area Sales Manager STULZ Germany
Partner Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures Japan
Senior Manager, Solutions Consulting Genesys France
Global Director of UCaaS – Bogota Noventiq Colombia
Director, Social and Regional Research GSMA UK
Expert, Export Department Polish Investment and Trade Agency Poland
Regional Manager (Hospitality), META & South Asia Mitel Networks UAE
Territory Manager FSA Mitel Networks Morocco
Executive: Centre of Excellence MTN
EMEA telco practice lead Dell
CEO, Francophone Africa Deloitte
Head of Products and Solutions Telecom Kenya
Venture Partner & Chief Growth Officer CrossFund UK
CEO Digital Infrastructure Development Agency Gabon
CEO ABA TECHNOLOGY
Security Market Leader Africa IBM
CISO AXA Mansard Nigeria
Project Director, African Heroes Programme Alibaba Group China
Head of MENA Briter Bridges Nigeria
Advisor – Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations though Start-ups (SAIS) GIZ Germany
Investment Director Factor(e) Ventures
MC, Presenter, Moderator
Head of AI in Digital Delivery Platform, Jaguar Land Rover Gaydon UK
CEO DIGIFI Morocco
Senior Fintech Advisor Ecobank
Director Africinvest
Founder African Fintech Forum
Co-founder FTS Group
Chair Devoxx Morocco Morocco
CEO & Founder KHONNA TECHNOLOGIES TRADING P.L.C (Gebeyax), Ethiopia
Joseph LE, Senior Journalist (Super Scale) and Politician, was born on 19 March 1959, in Nkol-Mvolan, Abong-Mbang Sub-division, Haut Nyong Division of the Region of East.
A pure product of the Cameroonian educational system, he obtained his Baccalaureate certificate (series "B", Economics) in 1982, at the Technical and Commercial High School of Yaounde. He studied at the Higher School of Information Science and Techniques (ESSTI) in Yaoundé, from where he graduated with a Diploma in Journalism in 1985. Later, this son of Jean SEMBONG and Marcelline MBOUNG, in 1993, obtained another Diploma in journalism, this time around, specialising as Political Analyst, from the Higher School of Information Science and Techniques (ESSTIC). This solid training has been supplemented by several internships and post-graduate courses in Germany, Canada, the United States and France.
Professionally, this worthy son of the East Region began his career in 1985 at the Television Unit which a few months later became Cameroon Television (CTV). He served as Deputy Service Head of Provincial Programmes, Deputy Service Head of Documentation, Service Head of magazines and Service Head of the Special Reporting Brigade.
In 1997, he was promoted to the rank of Senior Reporter with rank and prerogatives of deputy director of the central administration. In 2000, he attained the prestigious rank of editorialist, and was appointed Head of the Presidential Coverage Unit at the Special Reporting Brigade, then Head of the Special Reporting Division (Director) in 2005.
His humility, devotion and loyalty to the President of the Republic, earned him the appointment on 6 March 2006, as Technical Adviser/ Head of the Communication Unit at the Civil Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic. Then on 4 April 2007, he was promoted at the prestigious post of Deputy Director of the Civil Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic; a position that he occupied until his entry into Government on 2 March 2018, as Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation (SOPECAM), and alternate member of the Central Committee of the CPDM, the current MINFOPRA is Grand Officer of National Order of Valor (Cameroon) and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Minister Joseph LE is married with four children.
Co-author of the National Digital Plan “Horizon 2025” of the DRC.
Mr. Syed Aminul Haque is a well-known politician of Pakistan. He served twice in National Assembly before winning the General Elections of 2018. He is part of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Party and a member of Rabta Committee MQM Pakistan. Mr. Syed Aminul Haque assumed charge of Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication on 22nd April 2020. He has been proactively developing the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sector since joining this portfolio.
Mr. Syed Aminul Haque has brought Youth, Innovators, Industry and the relevant government entities for Ease of Doing Business through his wisdom and addressing issues and opportunities relating to ICT sector in Pakistan.
In enactment of the Prime Minister of Pakistan’s vision of “Digital Pakistan”, the Federal Minister has initiated developing projects proliferating growth of ICT sector and to improve bilateral relations with countries around the globe to expedite the realization of potential opportunities in hand.
Mr. Syed Aminul Haque has ensured efficient utilization of emerging technologies and creating a collaborative and research oriented environment with relevant stakeholders nationally and internationally, bringing the government one step closer to the sector and people adding to national socio-economic growth.
Mohamed Benomar is the Country General Manager of MENA West at Mastercard. Mohamed is responsible for overseeing Mastercard’s operations and managing a team that concentrates on marketing, commerce development, sales and operational activities for Mastercard in North, West and French Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mohamed joined MasterCard in 2006, prior to which he held positions in sales at Hightech Payment Systems, Meditel and Wincor Nixdorf. With more than 15 years of card industry experience, Mohamed has extensive knowledge of transaction processing, card industry regulations and compliance, project management, sales and business development.
Mohamed holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in California, USA.
Backed by European Commission to advise on policies and programs in support of SMEs in Italy
Hicham El Habti is the President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. With a combination of both corporate as well as education management and administration skills and leadership capabilities, he continues fostering organizational Development, leading formulation and implementation of the university’s strategic vision and transformation aspirations, promoting the implementation of effective procedures and institutional reforms and building impactful collaborations and linkages at the local and international levels.
Hicham El Habti has extensive education, experience and background in Applied Mathematics and Economics, Hicham El Habti also holds an engineering degree from l’Ecole Normale des Pont et Chaussee, Paris in Economics, Management and Finance.
He joined OCP in January 2013 where he has served in various positions before being appointed deputy general secretary. Prior to joining OCP he has undertaken several strategic and managerial positions including piloting strategic and operational projects, Financial Risk Management, managing investments and providing consultancy services and guidance to leading companies in Morocco and France.
Mr. Mohamed Benali, who holds an engineering degree from ENST, embarked on his professional journey in 1994 at SFR, where he started as a Team Manager. Over time, he progressed through various roles, including IP & Infrastructure Engineering Director, VAS Director, and Internet & Service Development Director. In 2011, he joined “Méditel” then, Orange now, as Web Director and afterwards broadened his responsibilities by overseeing New Services. In 2015, he assumed the position of Services and Information Systems Director. Finally, in December 2020, he took on the role of Chief Technology and Information Officer.
Fadwa Jouali, is a Head of Fintech and Payment Development Service within the department in charge of monitoring systems and means of payment and financial inclusion at Bank Al Maghrib .
She’s Ph.D. in Applied Economics and a graduate of Néoma Business School-France and ISCAE-Morocco, has more than 13 years of experience in the financial services and payments market.
She joined Bank Al Maghrib in early 2014 where she participate to the implementation of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy, the National Mobile Payment Solution and the development of its regulatory framework, the implementation of circulars and application texts related to payment institutions, contribution to studies and analysis of payment institution licensing files submitted to the Bank, as well as contribution to the operationalization of payment systems and their interoperability.
Recently, she’s in charge of the one stop shop initiative to open the payments market to fintechs and worked to support the creation of a national ecosystem conducive to the development of electronic and innovative payments
Fintech advisor to the governor of Central Bank of Ghana
Sarah LAMRANI is a Computer Science engineer who graduated from ENSIAS and began her career as a project manager in the Information Systems Department of TMSA. She later joined the Ministry of Industry, Trade, Investment, and the Digital Economy, where she played a key role in the implementation of the Moroccan digital strategy "Maroc Numeric 2013" and the e-Government program. In 2015, Sarah assumed leadership positions as the Information Systems Director and Director of Studies, Communication, and Cooperation at the Ministry of Administration Reform. Since February 2023, she has been serving as the General Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform.
Unicorn 2022 in gaming, launched brand partnerships in metaverse with Gordon Ramsay and other celebrities
Primarily responsible for Presight operations, Dr. Adel brings over 25 years of experience to Presight. His expertise and in-depth knowledge of AML, auditing, and anti-corruption are concentrated on developing and delivering technology-driven financial AI products and solutions, offering exceptional customer service.
Dr. Adel has previously worked in civil services and has a doctorate in business administration. He is passionate about using financial technology to create safer societies.
Vice Mayor of Senegal's largest city
Charlly, Joined Huawei in 2010 and has served as Marketing Director of Huawei Middle East EBG, Solution Director of Huawei Kuwait Representative Office, General Manager of Huawei Gulf North Representative Office (Kuwait,Qatar ,Bahrain)and now he is VP of Huawei Northern Africa EBG. Expertise in Leading ICT technologies,Digital transformation of National and Vertical industry, he has worked more than 10+ with many project practices and rich experience in Huawei.
Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Huawei Morocco Youssef AIT KADDOUR is Huawei Morocco Office chief Cybersecurity Officer (CSO). He is specialized in cybersecurity Cyber Security and Privacy Protection Governance and resilience and risks management, with a strong experience in telecommunications and ICT industry.
Youssef obtained an engineering degree in Telecommunications from INPT (Institut National des postes et télécommunications) and an Executive MBA in International Business development from Toulouse Business School. He joined Huawei Technologies Morocco in 2008 and he began his career as a Transmission and Datacom engineer. He had been appointed to manage many strategic projects in the telecommunications and ICT Domains, and has been nominated on 2019 as Delivery and service Director of the Account of a Key telecoms’ operator in Morocco. From 2021, he is occupying the position of Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Director.
Hong-Eng has 30 years of government operations and ICT knowledge and experience, including the years with the Singapore Police and subsequently driving the Singapore national e-Government program. Before joining Huawei to lead the Global Government Industry Expert Office, he spent 16 years in Oracle holding various government business lead roles, including the global lead for public safety.
A globally recognized industry expert, he was voted by the US based Security.World as the world’s top 12 market influencers in security. He was a visiting researcher at the China Public Security University, and currently serving on the expert panel of the Geneva based Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Over the years, he developed various government digital transformation concepts and architectures, such as collaborative e-Government in the age of the sharing economy, Social-Enabled Policing, and Collaborative Public Safety.
Profile of Aristotle Onumo PhD Aristotle Onumo is an experienced Information Systems Security professional with expertise in Strategy Formulation, Policy analysis and Planning, Information systems security Management, Project Management, Business analysis and ideation.
He holds a PhD in Computer Science (Behavioural Cybersecurity) and has achieved the status of Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy in UK Standard Education Framework in addition to ISO certifications on Information Security Management System (ISO/ISMS 27001 Lead Implementer and ISO/ISMS 27001 Lead Auditor including Balance Score Card Professional.
Aristotle has about 20 years’ experience in the public sector, which was devoted to the deployment and management of public sector information technology infrastructure, digital service entrepreneurship, Information Security Management, strategy formulation and policy development. Among the high points in his career especially in the field of digital service entrepreneurship was the establishment of the first Government led technology incubation hub for tech start-ups and entrepreneurs.
He also co-initiated the Graduate Internship Scheme for Information Technology with the objective to create a platform for young IT graduate acquire practical digital skills that will enable them to become successful digital entrepreneurs.A
ristotle is currently playing a leading role in the digital transformation process as the Acting Director Corporate Planning and Strategy at National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) where he is presently leading a strategy implementation team for Organisational cultural reorientation toward a sustainable digital economy. His present role is critical to elevating digital innovation and platform entrepreneurship as a potent tool for wealth distribution and poverty alleviation.
He has his research interest in the field of Organisational Culture and Information Security where he has also published several papers indexing Behavioural Information Security in reputable international journal.
For over 25 years, Dr. Petersen as been a cooperation and leadership leader with credited work in research, advocacy, programme implementation and senior management in public and private sector organisations.
Dr. Petersen holds a master degree in Agricultural Science and a Phd in Environmental Economics.
He held several senior leadership positions as head of Climate program in GIZ HQ, Germany from 2006 to 2011, Country Director in GIZ Mozambique from 2011 to 2014, Director of Water, Energy and Transport Division in GIZ HQ from 2014 to 2018. Since 2018, he is the Country Director at GIZ Morocco.
Holds a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Studies from the Hebrew University. A farmer’s son, born and raised in a kibbutz in the south arid parts of Israel he has a background farming in the extreme conditions of the Arava desert. Prior to taking a position with Netafim he spent a year in Brazil managing nurseries for Del Monte and six years as Agronomist for one of Israel’s leading food companies. In his first six years at Netafim he was part of the operation division taking part of the establishment of a global procurement unit. Eight years ago, he took the position of Asia-Pacific chief agronomist supporting Netafim local teams and clients in its fastest growing division. In the last two years Ram is managing Netafim's global Agronomy department.
Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei is the Director and Co-Founder of the Al-Cross Center Unit at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII). Her work focuses on delivering AI and advanced tech solutions across multiple industries from healthcare, telecommunication, education, energy, security, etc.
Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei plays a pivotal role to build LLMs and step up the UAE’s capability in this space, led the team behind building Falcon LLM which significantly outperform models like BLOOM and GPT-3. Additionally, she led the development of Noor, the world’s largest Arabic large language model (LLM) model to date (like ChatGPT model but using Arabic content. She leads the big data working group in the expert subcommittee of the UAE Council for AI and Blockchain and is a member of the worldwide steering board of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF). She has extensive experience in professional activities, including being the general chair of Abu Dhabi AI Connect and TPC chair of many IEEE international conferences. Dr. Ebtesam plays an instrumental role in leading her team to achieve multiple global awards and reinforcing U.A.E.’s contributions in Advanced technologies. Dr. Almazrouei is known for her contributions in building the knowledge economy across academia, and the public and private sectors with a focus on high-impact projects for UAE and customers.
Dr. Ebtesam is the first Emirati woman to hold a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence for wireless communication engineering and computer science.
Dr. Ebtesam is a scientific author, patent inventor, entrepreneur, and public speaker, known for her keynote speeches at prestigious summits such as the AI Summit in London, World AI Cannes Festival, AI Everything Summit, Global GITEX, IEEE conferences, AI for Good, and Tech summits. She obtained her Ph.D. and MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Khalifa University of Science and Technology and earned a BSc in Communication and Electrical Engineering from the United Arab Emirates University.
Dr. James Grieve is Director of Quantum Communications at the Quantum Research Center at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a cutting-edge UAE-based research center. In this capacity, he works on building and testing quantum networking technologies, with applications in ultra-secure communications. Prior to joining TII, Dr. Grieve worked at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), a Research Centre of Excellence (RCE) in Singapore, where he led a team developing integrated quantum photonic devices. His research interests include single photon techniques, quantum technologies, nonlinear optics and nanophotonics, and quantum networks. He completed his Ph.D. in 2012 at the University of Bristol (UK).
Pr. Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni est titulaire d’un doctorat en informatique de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) et d’une Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (HDR) dans le domaine de l’Intelligence Artificielle (Sorbonne Paris Nord).
Experte mondiale de l’Intelligence Artificielle Distribuée et des Systèmes Multi-Agents, elle est reconnue internationalement pour ses travaux dans ce domaine, et a été élue General Chair de la meilleure conférence internationale du domaine (AAMAS 2020, Auckland – Nouvelle Zélande). Elle a été à l’initiative de nombreux projets de recherche et d’événements scientifiques dans ce domaine et a développé des collaborations internationales très soutenues avec le NII à Tokyo au Japon, le LANIA et l’Université de Veracruz au Mexique, PUC RIO et l’Université de São Paulo au Brésil, l’Université Politehnica à Bucarest en Roumanie, et plusieurs autres universités et laboratoires en Europe (l’Italie, Allemagne, Pays Bas, etc.). Ses collaborations industrielles sont très soutenues et elle est Experte à Thales Systèmes Aéroportés depuis 2000.
Membre de trois écoles doctorales, elle a dirigé 34 Doctorats d’Universités soutenues avec succès à l’Université Paris Dauphine, à Sorbonne Université et à Sorbonne Paris Nord. Elle a publié 17 ouvrages incluant des actes de conférences internationales, plus de 200 articles dans les conférences majeures d’IA et des SMA, ainsi que de nombreux chapitres de livres et des articles de journaux internationaux.
Au sein du LIP6 – UMR CNRS 7606, elle a fondé l’équipe SMA et l’a dirigée de 2006 à 2021. Elle a co-animé l’axe de recherche Intelligence Artificielle et Sciences des Données depuis sa création au LIP6 jusqu’à fin 2021. Cet axe fédère toujours 14 équipes de recherches et plus de 120 permanents.
Elle assume par ailleurs de nombreuses responsabilités scientifiques comme la présidence de comités de programmes, l’évaluation de projets internationaux et la coordination d’études prospectives pour des organismes prestigieux ; elle siège à de nombreux conseils internationaux comme le conseil des directeurs IFAAMAS board ; elle a été éditrice associée de la prestigieuse revue IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, TAI , etc.
Enfin, elle est passionnée par les sujets de société relatifs aux problèmes d’éthique, du genre, de l’inclusion et de la justice sociale et été nominée pour les Berkeley World Business Analytics Awards, dans la catégorie "Femme de l'année".
Natalya Makarochkina is Senior Vice President (SVP) of the Secure Power Division at Schneider Electric, leading more than 1000 seasoned professionals in delivering innovative solutions to empower channel partners and support customers with successful digital transformation projects and achieving sustainability goals.
Schneider Electric Secure Power Division provides complete physical infrastructure solutions for data centers, distributed IT environments, and industrial applications. As SVP, Natalya is responsible for business success within multiple geographies - Asia Pacific, India, Middle East, Africa and South America.
Natalya is a passionate and charismatic executive with strong expertise within the IT and Energy Management industries. Her previous leadership roles include senior management and sales positions within major international technology companies including HPE, Philips, Oracle, 3COM and others. She holds an Executive MBA from the University of Antwerp, and Masters degree from the Higher School of Economics.
Natalya is a confident, credible and knowledgeable speaker, able to address a broad range of topics from the digitalisation of sectors to emerging technologies such as edge computing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the decarbonisation of data centers and IT services.
Her international experience together with her time invested face-to-face with customers and end-users in some of the fastest growing global economies, means she can speak insightfully and at first hand to the challenges and successes of delivering world-class digital infrastructure to meet the needs for speed, efficiency and sustainability in the current age.
Laurent Roussel is President of the Francophone Africa & Islands at Schneider Electric, leading more than 500 professionals in delivering Schneider Electric solutions for energy management and next generation automation in support of customers with successful digital transformation projects and achieving sustainability goals. Schneider Electric is present in the region for more than 50 years and provides a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for Data Centers, Buildings, Infrastructure and Industries. With 11 offices around the cluster covering 65 countries, 1 plant, 2 distribution centers and more than 300 partners, Laurent leads the deployment of innovative solutions aimed at accompanying the regions key challenges around electrification, cloudification and industrialization.
Laurent Roussel has spent part of his career in the consumer electronics retail business and has evolved for 15 years in Japanese tech companies: 5 years at Pioneer and 10 years at Panasonic. He joined the latter in 2003 as Sales Director then Division Director in 2006. Appointed CEO of Panasonic France in 2009, he defined a new marketing and commercial policy for the french subsidiary and managed to maintain the group's leading position against stark competition. Under his leadership, turnover increased from 165M€ to 430M€, with remarkable success stories such as Lumix, launched from scratch, that became market leader in France with 35% of market share value.
In 2013 he joined Schneider Electric where he held the position of Vice President Retail and Distribution in France. He moved to Morocco in late 2019 following his appointment as President of the Francophone Africa and Islands region where he is positioning Schneider Electric as the local expert advisor, bringing services, expertise and digitization closer to customers.
He benefits from an extensive international experience with governments and public authorities, fellow business leaders as well as customer in both developed markets and developing ones. That gives him the ability to speak insightfully and at first hand to the challenges and opportunities of an ever-transforming world.
A true leader, Laurent is an expert in business development and human resources management to support the creation and execution of brand strategy, while relying on collaboration as a core value. He holds an MBA in Marketing Management from Matshushita University Osaka and in International business from ACI Negocia.
Laurent has a deep passion for generating long term and sustainable development partnerships in growing economies. An impactful communicator, he is able to address a broad range of topics from ecological and energy transition of african economies to the impact of digitization on efficiency and profitability gains.
The Biggest investor in emerging markets, one of the first investors in Chipper Cash
One of 2022 UNESCO and The Asfari Institute top 20 woman change makers pioneers in MENA
Host and an Advisor of the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative
Biggest Japanese fund in Africa
Leader of the Manufacturing Institute's STEP Ahead, the first woman in the Arab world to hold the title
UAE's homegrown scaleup expanding globally now
Winner of the Inspiring Leader of the Year 2022 Award
Rwanda's Former Minister of ICT
Awarded the CISO of the year for 2019 in Luxembourg, Sentinel CISO Global 2020, EU CISO 2020, and Ambassador of the year 2021 in Luxembourg.
First unicorn from South Africa - edutech startup; US$ 2.8 Bn
Boasts 8 fast-growing unicorns in their portfolio
Member, Global Future Council on the Future of Technology Policy at world Economic Forum. Leading a network organisation of 400 Technology and Innovation Hubs across 52 African countries.
Segun Cole is a Serial entrepreneur and CEO/Founder of ekocab; An Ondemand Mobility marketplace for high end rides. He started his Career as a New mobility Consultant advising Governments on micromobility policies. He is an Investor and also sits on the Board of various African Tech Startups. He is the President of Startup huddle Lagos(A Community of 235 Startups from Pre-series to Series C) powered by GEN Global, he also sits on the Board of GEN Africa. He is the Founder of Fund The Gap Alliance; that advocates for underrepresented and underfunded founders in the Allocation of VC Funding. He is a policy commission member(NESG), New Urban Mobility Alliance(NUMO) member and Tony elumelu Foundation Mentor, African Business Heroes Judge. He is an International Partner to the World Business Angel Fund, and a Partner of Vertex Fund with $15m AUM. He is a Venture Partner at Wefunder, Openner.VC and Zero to One Capital.
Serial entrepreneur in entertainment, hospitality, beauty and tech; also organised events across Europe including Unighted; launched music albums with David Guetta. Newly found the dj booking entertainment app and raised 1 Mn euros
Raphael Aflalo entered the digital business in 1999 when he co-founded IBase, one of the first French e-marketing companies. In 2006, Ibase joined the Publicis Group and Raphael became Managing Director of Digitas, the Digital Network Agency of the group. Between 2009 and 2011, he was Managing Director of Omnicom Media Group in charge of the Digital business. In 2011, with Cathy and David Guetta, he founded the endorsement company, My Love Affair, an agency specialized in advertising campaigns and partnerships between brands and artists My Love Affair links brands directly to personalities through different means of communication such as endorsement, Digital activations, product placement in music videos, event partnerships. By the time of My Love Affair’s launch, the company had already secured various campaigns and partnerships between high-profile artists and Dj’s like David Guetta, Avicii, will.i.am, Steve Aoki, Nervo, Lenny Kravitz, Iggy Pop, Jen Michel Jarre, to name a few and internationally known brands like Tag Heuer, G.H.Mumm , HSBC, HP, Renault, Sony Mobile, P&G, IWC, Alcatel, Nestlé etc. In 2022 he founded with Cathy GUETTA the first DJ booking app, Djaayz .
Driving the world’s leading philanthropy empowering a new generation of African entrepreneurs, through poverty alleviation, jobs creation and women’s economic inclusion. The leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs across all 54 African countries, directly funding over 18,000 African entrepreneurs
Leading Spanish unicorn
Omar El Hyani, is the Investment Director of Maroc Numeric Fund (MNF), a leading Moroccan VC fund investing in tech startups. MNF has invested in 23 startups so far, in various fields of tech : AI, SaaS, Fintech, EdTech, PropTech, video gaming, online services, e-commerce and more. Omar is in charge of sourcing, investing and monitoring the MNF portfolio. Previously, he worked as a consultant in the Boston Consulting Group and as corporate finance associate in CDG Capital. He is a graduate of ESCP Business School Paris and of Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs.
Alvin Katto is currently the Chief Growth Officer at Hive Colab, leading Hive Colab's expansion in Uganda and Internationally. He has over 10 years of experience primarily in tech companies in ecommerce, recruitment and career development.
Over the past two decades Lior has been focusing on connecting startups with the world's largest corporations. In his current he’s leading SAP.iO Rising Stars team, a global team of portfolio development experts with a mission to secure SAP partnership with cutting edge startups. Before joining SAP, Lior has led Deloitte Technology Scouting Services in Israel, and spent 11 years at IBM, where he led IBM's first startup accelerator (IBM Alpha Zone) and IBM’s first startup incubator. In his free time Lior invest in startups as an angel investor while supporting their journey as a mentor.
Soonicorn Series B funding from Tiger Global and Avenir. Winner of the Prince of Wales Young Entrepreneur Prize, designation by the White House as an Emerging Global Entrepreneur
Overlooking venture opportunities across pan-Africa
Mohamed Okasha is the founder and Managing Partner at Disruptech Ventures - an early stage fintech focused VC fund. He also sits on the board of a number of the fund portfolio companies He is an experienced C-level executive with more than 25 years of experience. Most recently, Mohamed was Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fawry (CASE: FWRY), the leading electronic payment company in Egypt. Mohamed co-founded the company in 2009 and grew it through multiple rounds of financing until taking it public in 2019 in the first and the most successful IPO for a tech company in the Middle East and Africa Before Fawry, Mohamed served as Head of Marketing at Vodafone Egypt, where he led various commercial operations. Earlier, Mohamed started his career at Raya Holding where he spent 10 years across several of the group’s subsidiaries, culminating with him becoming General Manager of the Information Technology subsidiary. Mohamed holds an MBA from the Paris ESLSCA business school, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo. Additionally, Mohamed completed the Management Development Program at the IMD Business School.
Founded a US$25 Mn seed fund to support entrepreneurs across the MENA region
Winner of the 2022 Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) and Linking 500k famers to trade their commodities in the global markets
Building a content distribution network to empower over 20,000 rural agents in fifteen countries to train 2,000,000 small scale farmers by 2028
In 2023 was honored for the 13th time in a row for receiving the 'Microsoft MVP Award'
For his work of bringing history to life in cutting-edge MR Technologies, he received in 2023 the Microsoft MVP award.
Khalid Elgibali is President of the Middle East and North Africa Division(MENA) at Mastercard. Based in Dubai, he is responsible for leading the company’s dynamic MENA business – driving growth and innovation to meet market-specific needs, form new partnerships and deliver on Mastercard’s continued commitment to invest in the region.
Since joining Mastercard in 2016, Khalid has helped reinforce the company’s position as a technology leader and trusted payments advisor to regional governments, enabling the successful execution of national-level programs that support their digital agendas and long-term visions. Furthermore, he spearheaded Mastercard’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in MENA, as the company supported governments, businesses, SMEs and consumers in combatting the impact of the pandemic through the power of digital commerce.
From driving commercial growth through diversification of revenue streams, and building strategic partnerships with the region’s leading public and private stakeholders, Khalid is on a mission to drive financial inclusion and payments innovation in the region through Mastercard’s multi-rail network strategy.
Khalid has held several senior positions at leading financial institutions including HSBC Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays and Citigroup, and brings a wealth of experience to the role alongside a deep understanding of the region’s economic landscape.
Fluent in six languages, Khalid holds a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from Strathclyde Graduate Business School in Glasgow.
Successfully building a country-wide Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system based on Blockchain technology
The First Arab and African Woman Nominated as The Shewolf of Nasdaq
Nadia Filali is a forerunner in the field of cryptoassets and blockchain and has been setting up with her team the first custody offering registered as CASP by an institutional and the first operational consortium blockchain dedicated to credentials and DID with Archipels.io in France
Gilles has been at the inception of MarocPay, one of the first interoperable instant-payment network in Africa, linking more than 20 wallet apps provided by financial institutions and Telcos in Morocco.
An expert of China AI and Big Data Committee of 100.
An author of publications on AI, Fintech and Blockchain
Upskilling 2180 coding students in Morocco
Managing the Canadian Division for one of the TOP 100 IT outsourcing companies
Dr. Michel Rogy is the World Bank’s Digital Development Practice Manager for Western and Central Africa. In this role, he oversees a portfolio of work aimed at closing the digital divide for client countries and harnessing the potential of digital transformation.
Before joining the Bank in 2011, Michel Rogy was for six years a partner with Paris-based TERA Consultants, an international economic consulting firm, where he advised the European Commission department responsible for creating a single digital market as well as regulatory authorities and operators throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa on policy, strategic and regulatory issues in the ICT/telecommunications sector. Michel also worked for Neuf Telecom, one of the leading new French telecommunications operators, first as director of interconnection and carrier services and head of regulatory affairs, and later as director of the business customers unit. He started his career as a partner with EUTELIS Consult, an ICT/telecommunications consulting firm based in Ratingen, Germany.
Michel holds a PhD in economics from Telecom ParisTech and a master’s degree in telecommunications from Telecom Bretagne. He speaks English, French, German and some Italian.
Elisabeth Carpenter is Chief Operating Officer at Circle, responsible for overseeing global business operations, including Revenue, Marketing, and Talent. In addition to her effectiveness in driving Circle’s evolution into a globally respected brand, her leadership in establishing the company’s inspiring culture has played an integral role in furthering the company’s mission to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value.
Prior to joining Circle, Carpenter served in a variety of leadership roles at companies that harness the power of technological innovation to revolutionize industries ranging from financial services to media to nonprofit fundraising. Among her many roles, she has served as COO of Evertrue and as SVP at Brightcove, News Corporation and BSkyB.
In addition to being a Fulbright Scholar, Carpenter earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and passed the NYS Bar. Outside of work, Carpenter pursues her personal passion for improving the lives of those who have been marginalized and disaffected, with a particular focus on financial inclusion, education, and food security.
Ramez El-Serafy accumulates more than 18 years of experience in technology, investments, entrepreneurship and management. Ramez currently heads Flat6Labs and its regional and global expansion.
Flat6Labs is the MENA’s leading seed and early-stage VC firm, and the manager of the most renowned startup programs in the region. Since 2011, Flat6Labs has established presence in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Lebanon, Tunisia, Bahrain and Jordan with plans to expand into more locations in Africa and other emerging markets soon.
Before leading Flat6Labs, Ramez was responsible for building and managing the mobile app business unit at Sarmady - a Vodafone Company. Prior to that, he initiated and led the product design team at eSpace. Ramez also served as board member at the Global Accelerator Network between 2014 & 2016. He holds a B.Sc degree in Computer Engineering from Alexandria University.
Biggest Japanese VC on a mission to invest US$100 Mn in African startups by 2026
Abbas Al Ossman is a highly experienced telecom industry professional with over 32 years' experience. He has a strong background in technical support, channels management, and pre/post/high-touch sales. Abbas is results-driven, with a proven ability to guide product development, engineering, technical quality, and sales teams to achieve high standards. He is skilled in designing UC architecture with specialty in hospitality vertical, formulating corporate technical policies, and implementing secure procedures. Abbas has a track record of effectively managing channel partners, increasing market share, and providing technical expertise to both technical and non-technical customers. He possesses strong decision-making, leadership, problem-solving and high touch- sales skills.
Souad Sabia is an experienced Territory Manager who is passionate about delivering innovative communication solutions to businesses in the FSA region. With over a decade of experience in the telecommunications industry, she has acquired extensive knowledge in sales management, team leadership, and customer relations. Souad has worked for prominent companies including Mitel, Hiperdit alliance, and Air Telecom, where she has developed strong relationships with clients and contributed to the growth of revenue in the region.
Souad's exceptional skills in sales and partnership building have been instrumental in her success, and she is always keen to take on new challenges and opportunities. As a Territory Manager for Mitel, she is dedicated to providing top-quality communication solutions and ensuring excellent customer service for businesses in the FSA region. Souad's commitment and expertise make her a valuable asset to Mitel and the telecommunications industry at large
Michael Mang is the project director of Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy with an aim to support and inspire the next generation of African entrepreneurs. He oversees the program’s mission to showcase and grow local talent who are creating a positive impact in their communities and beyond, and inspire a movement of African entrepreneurship.
Michael joined ABH in 2020 after accumulating around a decade of experience in business development, marketing and project management at Alibaba Group. Based in Hong Kong, China, he possesses an extensive background in cross-cultural roles, which has equipped him with a unique perspective on business strategy and a deep understanding of how to build successful partnerships.
Omar is a Partner at AfricInvest Group, co-heading the Panafrican financial inclusion fund « FIVE » since 2018 and previously in charge of the Moroccan operations since 2010.
Omar enjoys a diversified and proven track-record having worked on more than 25 transactions in the following sectors among others: Banking, Insurance, Fintech/Insuretech, Microfinance, IT, Renewable Energy, Agribusiness, Transport & logistics and Automotive industry.
Omar participated to the fund raising of more than USD 500mln.
Before joining AfricInvest, Omar worked in Natixis, within the structured finance department, involved in the syndication of more than €10 billion value of loans across multiple sectors.
Omar holds a Master degree from Grenoble Business School and a licence degree in law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.nne.
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