South Africa

CEO and co-founder of Mobiz, Greg has more than 15 years of mobile innovation and experience in both B2B and B2C. Born in Taiwan but grew up in South Africa, his multicultural context has shaped him to be a passionate leader, thinker and pioneer. Being unrelentingly customer-focused, he has led Mobiz to become a trusted… read more »

Ian is an internationally recognised expert on purpose-driven business, innovation and entrepreneurship, with 32 years of experience as a leader, marketer and entrepreneur. Ian led the creation and expansion of Red Bull Amaphiko, an international programme aimed at enabling early-stage, community-based social entrepreneurs. He drove the global growth of the programme which ran in 15… read more »

Stephen Fox PhD DSc is a Principal Scientist at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He is representing the Digilogic Project (https://digilogic.africa), which is focused on boosting cooperation and partnerships between European and African digital innovation hubs (DIHs). Dr Fox is leading Digilogic’s one-year programme to provide support for innovators in Europe and Africa… read more »

Buntu has been active as an entrepreneur since university. Starting with a background in chemical engineering, he took his first steps into the business world as a strategy and innovation consultant. He has since been on two startup journeys with hundreds of users and worked with 1000+ entrepreneurs. Today, he builds digital solutions for entrepreneurship… read more »

Nanko is an African innovation ecosystem builder with a Professional track record in the deployment of economic development strategies and capacity building programmes that supports and enhances the growth of the African technology and innovation ecosystem. She is the Director of Programmes at AfriLabs; a network organization of over 290 technology innovation hubs across 49… read more »

Mats Kuuskemaa is Head of Business Strategy at the Government of Estonia’s e-Residency programme. He has previously worked at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with trade and investment policy, as Consul and Economic Officer at the Estonian Embassy in New Delhi and as Political Counsellor at the Estonian Embassy in Beijing.

Clive Mathe is an entrepreneur and technology architect, and his passion is mainly centred on the intentional application of technology and innovation for strategic creation and improvement of key systems. Clive Mathe is an experienced Aeronautical Engineer, the current and founding CEO at KURAI®, and is an MBA candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand… read more »

Timothy Nuy founded Finclusion in July 2018 with a vision of enabling financial inclusion through data-driven lending. Timothy has over 10 years of international experience across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa in management, investment and advisory capacity. During his previous tenure with MyBucks from 2014 until 2018, Timothy was most notably involved with the group’s acquisitions… read more »

Ariane Labat is currently a counsellor for climate action, environment and agriculture in EU Delegation to South Africa, after 4 years as head of cooperation for the EU Delegation to the Kingdom of Eswatini; previously, Ariane was cluster lead mitigation for the EU international negotiation team at the UNFCCC, working towards successful global climate action… read more »

Sam Twala obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pretoria. He also obtained a Master’s degree in Aviation from Massey University (New Zealand) in 2016. He worked for the South African Civil Aviation Authority from 2011 as a Certification Engineer and later joined the Unmanned Aircraft Systems department as a “UAS… read more »

Hanno van der Merwe is a Digital Marketing and UX Design, Strategy and Development specialist at {type}DEV with nearly two decades of experience in the industry. He holds an Honours Degree in Information Science and is in the process of obtaining his MBA specializing in Digital Marketing. Hanno’s passion lies in ensuring that users are… read more »

Gunther has been applying mathematical models to financial problems for over a decade, serving the financial industry with a focus on risk and automation. Gunther is passionate about building autonomous solutions in today’s fast-paced digital world.

Andrea is the Knowledge Transfer Manager for KTN Global Alliance Africa programme. In this role she is responsible for Monitoring and Evaluation, while also co-leading on the delivery of Place-based Innovation activities across Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Passionate about building sustainable futures through local development, Andrea has also worked with diverse communities in Canada,… read more »

Jabulile is the founder and managing director of Dr J Business Support (Pty)Ltd and the program director of the MM – Business and Executive Coaching at the Wits Business School. She is an Entrepreneur, Statistician, Business Coach, Mentor, facilitator, public speaker, researcher and senior lecturer. She holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship (Wits Business School) and… read more »

Orion is the founder and CEO of LiquidGold Africa and a global and local award-winning innovator creating Africa’s first unique dry female urinal and an off-grid nutrient and water recovery waste solution to create a highly valuable dry fertilizer from toilet resource urine.Through LiquidGold Africa, he saves clients water and money through a unique waterless… read more »