South Africa

Tamiko is dedicated and passionate about creating long-term, sustainable solutions for her colleagues, partners and clients through the power of collaboration. Her work is driven by social purpose and impact. Tamiko is committed to providing solutions that work towards helping others. She writes, speaks, publishes and engages in collaboration with others; her business practices have… read more »

Christine is an experienced trade mark and copyright attorney, and a partner at Von Seidels. Her field of expertise includes complex trade mark searches and the prosecution and enforcement of trade marks in Africa. Christine also counsels local and multinational companies on the legal aspects surrounding trade marks and branding, domain names, copyright, advertising standards,… read more »

Stefan is the CEO and founder of Convergenc3 launched in January 2016. He has more than 18 years of experience in the Financial Services and the Telecommunications industries and has also worked within the Retail, Automotive and Aviation industries. Convergenc3 is a management consultancy that facilitates growth, transformation and optimisation through business engineering at our… read more »

Cobus Rossouw is the Executive Vice President: Digital & IT and a member of the Executive Committee of the JSE listed Imperial Logistics Limited. He founded Volition Consulting Services, which became the cornerstone of Resolve Solution Partners, the Lead Logistics Partner capability of Imperial, with annual revenue exceeding R1,5 billion and profits exceeding R100 million…. read more »

Fredell serves as the Country Lead for KTN’s Global Alliance Africa and is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. His work in entrepreneurship capacity development covers development finance, private equity, philanthropy and academia. He enjoys the support of a diverse global network and got experience from assignments in many African countries, Latin America and South Korea…. read more »

A professional in both business and software development, Bruce Liu is a senior Digital Strategist at {type}Dev where he re-modelled the software strategy methodology for the company. He concurrently strategized for more than 10 startups through TuksNovation. In 2019, he graduated with his Masters in Commerce in Text Analysis which falls under Data Mining and… read more »

A qualified helicopter pilot, fixed-wing pilot and a remote (RPL, drones) pilot holder, Refilwe is also a flight instructor. An expert in aviation with a career that spans over 20 years in the industry, Refilwe has served as the Vice-Chairperson of the Air Services Licensing Council (ASLC); responsible for the issuing of air licenses (including… read more »

Prof Calie Pistorius is an extraordinary professor of Engineering Management in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch. He is also the Director of DeltaHedron Ltd, a UK-based consultancy specialising in the management of innovation and technology intelligence to assess the strategic business impact, risks, opportunities and threats presented by the dynamics… read more »

Zi has consulted with C-Suite executives across a diverse set of industry and business sectors. Over a period of 25 years, she has played a pivotal role in the creation and development of highly successful boutique entrepreneurial businesses focused on the development and actualisation of leadership andtalent benches. Zi has in excess of 12,000 hours… read more »

Vivian Nwakah is the Founder& CEO of Medsaf a tech-enabled pharmaceutical platform to facilitate and finance the movement of medications and increase access, quality and affordability. Prior to Medsaf she launched a hybrid solar energy company in Nigeria as well as home health care agencies in the United States. She hails from Chicago Illinois and… read more »

Matthew received his MSc in International Finance at the São Paulo School of Economics (Brazil) and Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) in 2016. Thereafter he worked in finance with a particular focus on asset management, corporate finance and venture capital, with Goldman Sachs in London and BASF in Hong Kong. Since co-founding Brayfoil Technologies, Matthew’s… read more »

Eman Herawy is the founder of ( العرب × بلوكتشين Arabs in blockchain) which aims to build an open community and empower the Arab world in blockchain through organizing events, mentorship programs, and increasing the Arabic content in blockchain. Additionally, She is a tech Lead at Startfi, Devcon V scholar Alumni at Ethereum Foundation, ambassador… read more »

KK Diaz is a business and brand strategist, 6-times author and speaker. He currently serves as CEO of A-Game Business Consulting, a growth-hacking and digital marketing agency that provides innovative strategies to help companies improve business performance, revenue and brand equity. He helps companies around the world to implement innovative business strategies, digital marketing tactics,… read more »

Liebe Jeannot is the Founder and Managing Partner of Akazi Capital, a blockchain-based impact fund investing in early-stage ventures owned and led by female entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Akazi Capital bridges the massive funding gap facing these dynamic and promising entrepreneurs, supporting them to grow their businesses and thereby contributing to bolstering the communities and… read more »

Cindy is qualified as a Professional Accountant (SA) in 2005. She started and sold an Accounting Firm after 14 years of success. She later founded a Corporate Governance Firm and has a proven track record of enterprise systems development working with various organisation leaders. Cindy engages at a strategic level of an organization supporting entrepreneurs… read more »