Pelonomi Moiloa
Pelonomi is CEO and Co-founder of Lelapa AI – a socially-grounded Africa-centric AI research & product lab. With almost 10 years experience productionalising machine learning solutions in finance and other industries she has formal training in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering. Mail&Guardian top 200 Young South Africans 2019, Bloomberg Catalysts 2023, Ted AI speaker, Times 100 […]
Rawaa Augé
Host and executive producer of series of documentaries on AJ360 about children affected by wars. Host of Baad ams podcast with Al Jazeera, and host of Lana podcast with Doha Debates. More than 10 years experience in TV. Previously a news anchor at France24 and AlJazeera. Hosted and produced a show about women for Al […]
Andrew Ashe
Andrew Ashe is CEO of onebillion, a non-profit organisation that develops education solutions for marginalised children. onebillion’s software takes a child from zero to reading with comprehension in their own language and is a winner of the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE. Andrew first taught maths and reading in Papua New Guinea in the early 1980s. […]
Rwodah Alnaimi
Ms. Rwodah Ibrahim AlNaimi brings extensive experience in international cooperation, sustainable development, innovation ecosystems, and strategic investments. She currently serves as Investment Department Manager at the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), where she leads the formulation and execution of investment strategies that integrate financial sustainability with high-impact development outcomes. Her role includes the deployment of […]
Liesbet Steer
Dr. Liesbet Steer is an international development and finance expert. She was the Executive Director of the Global Education Commission, under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General and chaired by Gordon Brown. In this context, she led the design and establishment of the International Financing Facility for Education (IFFEd), a $5 billion innovative finance mechanism […]
Yassine Laghzioui
Yassine Laghzioui is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Within the startup ecosystem, he is renowned for mentoring high-potential entrepreneurs in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Currently, he holds the position of CEO at UM6P Ventures, a deeptech venture capital firm, and also serves as Director of Entrepreneurship and Venturing at Mohammed VI […]
Dr. Professor Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is an economist and winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2003, he co-founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) with Esther Duflo and Sendhil Mullainathan, where he continues to serve as […]
Mumbe Mwangangi
Mumbe Mwangangi is a passionate social innovator and the Co-Founder and CEO of Nyansapo AI, an organization harnessing the power of artificial intelligence-powered assessments to double the foundational literacy and numeracy of 2,000,000 children in Africa by 2030. Under her leadership, Nyansapo AI has designed inclusive assessment tools that have provided thousands of children with […]