Africa Partner, Alta Global Ventures

Victor Asemota

Victor Asemota founded SwiftaCorp over 20 years ago, a pioneering African software and technology services group with subsidiaries and operations in over 14 African countries. He is also the Co-founder of MFISA a unique African Mobile Financial Services Accelerator that has powered a number of payment platforms around Africa. Educated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, he has been involved in a lot of pioneering efforts in African Information Technology and believes in the vision of harnessing the knowledge and experience of African professionals globally to make Africa the greatest technology force to contend with in the world.

Tax Partner, PwC

Ayesha Bedwei

Ayesha Bedwei helps energy companies manage their tax affairs efficiently, speaks to young people about their career choices, and promotes diversity in the workplace. Ayesha understands the importance of good communication and the impact this has on forming lasting relationships.

By age 11, Ayesha had attended 6 schools in 5 countries – An experience which she credits as influencing her inclusive style of communication. In her speaking and writing engagements, where she covers a wide range of topics from tax to corporate responsibility, Ayesha brings her experience to bear by discussing complex technical concepts in simple terms in order to connect with her audience and make a lasting impression.

Ayesha is also the founder and content creator for careers advisory blog, careers1825.com which is targeted at people between the ages of 18 and 25 and 5taxminutes.com, which discusses tax matters in an easy-to-understand format.

Co-founder, Human And Kind

Kristian Bengtsson

Kristian is the Co-founder of Human And Kind, a consultancy that supports and lead clients, people and projects that make life better on the planet through innovation and human development. Kristian is an experienced entrepreneur and change maker with a background in building companies as well as working for large global corporations. Coming out of university with a design education focusing on the spaces between objects, he started working within communication and strategy.

He has since been involved in global innovation projects, has been part of developing and training teams and organizations all over the world and he is now focusing on building Human And Kind. Kristian is born Swedish, have lived and worked in several European countries, China, Mexico and currently in Switzerland. Speaking experiences include Hyper Island, Microsoft MIX and SXSW.

Partner, QI Holdings

Toro Orero

Toro is a Partner, QI.Holdings – an AI focused venture building & operating company. At QI, they’re partnering with Africa’s brightest entrepreneurs to build a suite of ethical AI technology businesses that will power the future. Toro has a software engineering background, and over 11 years’ experience building, advising, and investing in several technology startups, and venture capital.

Most recently, he was Managing Partner, DDF.Capital (an Africa focused silicon valley venture capital fund), where he led the fund’s early investments into some of Africa’s top startups (including Paystack, Sweepsouth, Tizeti). He has traveled widely, giving keynote speeches and panel sessions at major tech events in Silicon Valley, Europe, and Africa. Toro is personally passionate about education, kids, animals, and the future. He is also an avid speed chess player, a dedicated & practicing minimalist, a self-taught piano player, speaks conversational Spanish, and thinks he’s an Alien.

Co-founder & CEO, Jetstream Africa

Miishe Addy

Miishe has 12 years of experience in strategy, analysis & legal transactions, including for Wachtell Lipton and Bain & Company in New York, where she was a top-ranked analyst. She has also worked closely with economically marginalized communities in the United States, South America, and Sub-Saharan Africa on behalf of leading development NGOs including TechnoServe, Global Partnerships and ProMujer.

Before Jetstream, Miishe served as a fellow for MEST Africa in Accra, Ghana, where she mentored aspiring software entrepreneurs and developed the business concept behind Jetstream. Miishe earned an Honors BA in Philosophy from Harvard College, and a JD from Stanford Law School. She lives in Accra, Ghana.

Founder, Brighter Bridges Ltd

Dario Giuliani

Dario is the founder of Briter, a data-driven company focused on innovative ecosystem across emerging markets. He works at the intersection of technology, private sector development, and fast-growing economies and has spent several months across Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe, collaborating with organizations such as the GSMA, DFID, Oxford University, MEST and the IFC.

Founder, Motivating Africa

Princewill Omorogiuwa

Princewill Omorogiuwa is the founder of Motivating Africa. He is a successful serial entrepreneur with business operations across East and West Africa. He runs the largest professional marketing training institution in Africa (Simon Page College of Marketing) as well as a successful international digital marketing agency (3rdFloor Communications) with operations in 3 countries.

In addition, he has business interests in hospitality and early years education. He is is an award-winning trainer and an engaging public speaker.

Manager, Education and Skills Development Division, African Development Bank

Mme DOROBA Hendrina Chalwe

Mme DOROBA Hendrina Chalwe is currently the manager of Education and Skills Development  Division of Human Development Department  at African Development Bank.  She is also the Executive Director for the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). She is responsible for coordinating regional programmes across the 33 sub-Saharan African countries where FAWE has a presence.

Hendrina is an educationalist and she has expertise in design and development of gender responsive programmes, training of trainers on FAWE’s gender responsive models, project coordination, monitoring and evaluations, policy analysis and advocacy.

Hendrina has over 30 years of work experience in the development sector. She has a strong commitment to social justice, development work, advocacy, networking to promote equity and quality education for girls and women.