Michael Dawson
Mike Dawson (CEO of UstadMobile) has been working in Education Technology in developing countries for over 8 years and has 15 years of software development experience. He is the CEO of Ustad Mobile ; an open source edtech startup that helps track school attendance and deliver learning content to offline low cost devices in India, […]
Mr. Tariq Fancy
Tariq Fancy is the founder of Rumie, which brings affordable digital education to remote, underserved communities worldwide ranging from Indian villages to Syrian refugee camps. Tariq founded Rumie after a career at the intersection of finance, technology and emerging markets, and his business career and unique decision to found Rumie has been chronicled in extensive […]
Daniyal Zia
It always baffled me, even as a young child, that in the mornings we would drop my sisters off at a public school while I was dropped off at one of the country’s most expensive private schools. I couldn’t make sense of it. Both my sisters were just as hardworking and smart as I was, […]
Tracey Burns
Tracey Burns is Chief Research Officer, National Center on Education and the Economy in Washington, DC. She is seconded to this position from the OECD, where she was Chief of Research for the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. She additionally serves as an Expert for UNESCO’s Broadband and Future of Education Commissions and is […]
Nedgine Paul Deroly
Nedgine is the co-founder and CEO of Anseye Pou Ayiti, which seeks to raise education outcomes in rural Haiti by promoting teacher excellence and student success—rooted in Haitian culture, customs, and community. She has experience in the non-profit sector with an emphasis on promoting equal educational opportunities for all children. Originally from Haiti, Nedgine moved […]
Agustín Pardo Van Thienen
Agustin is an EdTech entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience working with kids aged from two to fifteen. From a young age he spent his time working towards building EdTech solutions that helped people learn in new and powerful ways. He studied Industrial Engineering and specialized in Gamification as a way to […]
Michael Furdyk
Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder and Director of Innovation at TakingITGlobal (www.tigweb.org), which provides innovative global education programs that empower youth to understand and act on the world’s greatest challenges. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. In 2008, he […]
Pablo Jaramillo Villegas
Industrial engineer from the National University of Colombia with a postgraduate diploma in Coffee Economy of the Autonomous University of Manizales and a Master of Science in Agricultural Management from the University of Reading (England), thanks to a study scholarship provided by the British Council. Mr. Jaramillo also has studies in Senior Management from Los […]
Bola Lawal
Bola Lawal is an impact Entrepreneur focused on emerging markets; and he Co-founded ScholarX, an Education Finance platform that helps students access funding to get an education. ScholarX was recognized by AppsAfrica for “Social Impact” in 2018, and in 2019, it participated in Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa. He is a 2018 African Changemakers Fellow and has been […]
Mr. Nik Kafka
Nik Kafka is the Founding and Managing Director of Teach A Man To Fish. Leaving a successful banking career in the City of London for a local microfinance institution in Paraguay, Nik discovered an innovative school that aimed not only to teach the poor how to become rural entrepreneurs, but to do so as a […]